this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
136 points (97.2% liked)

Selfhosted

41084 readers
291 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

  1. Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.

  2. No spam posting.

  3. Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.

  4. Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.

  5. Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).

  6. No trolling.

Resources:

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
136
Bathroom scale options? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I've had a fitbit wifi bathroom scale for a while. Getting the data out got suddenly more difficult when Google bought them, and I didn't love giving that data to google. It's finally died, and I'm looking at replacement options.

In a perfect world, I could just go to a store and buy a "HomeAssistant Ready" scale. If I can't have that, I'd like a scale that is on my local network and exposes the last x weigh-ins as an API on the device, then I could write something to poll it.

I haven't seen anything like those, but have turned up:

  • a project to decode the bluetooth transmissions of a number of scales (after you build an ESP32 device for it)
  • the Withings cloud based scale, but with a well documented API

Any other good options?

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mine are supported by Gadgetbridge and have no WiFi. Sounds secure enough to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm using the Xiaomi "Mi Body competition 2" together with https://github.com/lolouk44/hassio-addons/tree/master/mi-scale and am reasonably satisfied with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I have a Wyze scale, it's well made and easy to export the data via email automatically.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I got a Xiaomi scale 2 (years ago) and that works with the OpenScale app. It's Free Software. There is a list of supported bluetooth low-energy scales by that project/app.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I don’t have any options for you but make sure you get one that doesn’t use battery when not in use. It’s really annoying replacing those little coin batteries all the time even though you only use it like .001% of the time

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think looking at openscale would be worthwhile:

https://github.com/oliexdev/openScale/wiki

Looks like it can push to mqtt? Huh, that's new to me.

Also, if you want HA, there's this:

https://github.com/lolouk44/hassio-addons/blob/master/mi-scale/DOCS.md

Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I use openscale and a Beuer BF700 (I think that's the model #, it's a model listed in the github wiki) and it works great, although I had to do the initial setup on their proprietary app to get the profiles to work right, and the scale had to be imported/was a bit hard to find. The wiki includes instructions for modifying a scale to add an arduino and the necessary bits to DIY one if you're at all technically inclined.

I recommend it, but YMMV if you try to use a newer scale. If I ever have more time I would like to try to extend the drivers to support more scales, because openscale is very good software.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OpenScale works great and kind of does what you want. If you have an old Android phone laying around you can have it persistently connected to a cheap Bluetooth scale. Functional, but at a much have higher power cost than an ESP32 solution. Automated database exports to a local file (on the android device) and Syncthing can move your data around for analysis.

The good folks over at Gadgetbridge might have a solution too, although their list of supported scales looks pretty short.

You might also look into making a project like rmfakecloud to trick your Fitbit device into pushing data to a local server.

Not sure about home assistant though, I've never used it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I’ve had a withings scale for like 5 or 6 years, use trendweight.com for a graph, I haven’t had any problems with it besides replacing the batteries every year or so

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

@thirdBreakfast

@selfhosted

Ah #HomeAssistant also has an integration for #withings

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@thirdBreakfast

@selfhosted

Have you seen github.com/oliexdev/openScale

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm starting to think my commitment to the Apple ecosystem and my desire for self-hosting are at odds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where's that meme about tech enthusiasts and tech employees with a printer gun, where does this guy fall

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can you just get a normal scale? I just have a mechanical one from the last century

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How do you automatically compile the daily readings into an excel file with graphs? Raspberry pi running opencv sending the time series to influx db and then grafana generate graphs for you home assistant health monitoring dashboard, along with the blood pressure monitor, continuous glucose monitor, pee ketone content, the pills dispenser and the rest of your fitness regimen?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know what you are trying to say. (Your sentence is a run on)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, yes, I could. But I'm committed to the #selfhosted life where I spend hours building unnecessarily complicated systems to make my life easier in small ways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It just feels like a very dark reality

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait what I thought this was satire at first

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

you can't even poke fun at selfhosted people anymore because someone WILL 100% spend 48 hours straight 3d printing and programming a toothbrush
edit: you have to be kidding me https://kuenzi.dev/toothbrush/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I thought this one was dumb too https://lemm.ee/post/49060797

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That would be a fun thread. What’s the most unnecessary self hosted thing you’ve seen someone host or host

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Lmao

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I can't help, I wish I could, but I'm curious. Why a smart scale? Why not just any dumb scale from Bed Bath and Beyond?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I like data, I like tech, I like investing large amounts of time and energy to self-host things that muggles would not bother with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Body fat tracking etc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd guess automatic history tracking. Step on it every morning and it'll automatically save your weight to Home Assistant or whatever so you can see if you're gaining/losing over time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't you just use a notebook for that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sure, and I could also turn on/off my lights with a switch instead of having them come on when I get home, and turn off when I leave.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who would do such a thing? It must absolutely terrible to manually flip a switch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know what you want man. I like automating stuff so I don't have to worry about remembering as much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's crazy talk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I suppose that makes sense, honestly I just go with "more/less than last time" lol. If I went more in depth with it I'd probably use a pen and paper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Cumulatively pen and paper will add up to more effort. And I would person give up at some point. It would probably never enter my daily jabits. Realistically if on the scale everyday, the changes are so minute you won't notice the monthly and longer duration trends.

It's really surprising there isn't a no bullshit option you could just buy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't keep track of my weight so I could be wrong here, but more/less than last time wouldn't be very helpful as your weight can vary by the day. You need a trend over weeks to really see what's going on. I definitely wouldn't use pen/paper as it's just too much data to organize and graph, but excel would be a reasonable alternative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sure a spreadsheet could work too, but yeah I also clearly don't keep track lol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

perhaps a used medical scale?

load more comments
view more: next ›