I have not decided on which home automation system that I want to deploy, but my decision will be based on versatility.

WARNING — DO NO BUY CHAMBERLAIN OR LIFTMASTER GARAGE DOOR OPENERS!!!

They prohibit the integration of HomeAssistance, and probably other home automation systems like esphome, to interface with their garage door opening systems.

WARNING — DO NO USE CHAMBERLAIN OR LIFTMASTER GARAGE DOOR OPENERS!!! Date
Removal of MyQ integration - Home Assistant  
Does Getting Into Your Garage Really Need To Be Difficult? / Hackaday  

WARNING — DO NOT BUY HAIER MANUFACTURED HOME APPLIANCES (GENERAL ELECTRIC, HOTPOINT, HOOVER)1

Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice
Haier is a multinational home appliances and consumer electronics corporation selling a wide range of products under the brands General Electric Appliances, Hotpoint, Hoover, Fisher & Paykel, and Candy.

General Articles/News

General Articles / News Date
Home Automation: The Network – Sam Akroyd. June 18, 2024
A roadmap for Home Assistant - Home Assistant June 12, 2024
Home / SkyWind Energy Inc. May 19, 2024
The Open Home Foundation will manage Home Assistant, ESPHome, Zigpy among over 240 open-source Smart Home projects - CNX Software APRIL 23, 2024
A Smart Power Distribution Unit For Home Automation / Hackaday April 25, 2024
Measuring energy usage: regular code vs. SIMD code – Daniel Lemire’s blog February 19, 2024
I was wrong to ignore Zigbee and Z-Wave. They’re the best part of my smart home. / Ars Technica 2/12/2024, 7:30 AM
Matter, set to fix smart home standards in 2023, stumbled in the real market / Ars Technica 12/23/2023, 7:35 AM
Heat Pump Dryer Explained / Hackaday 2023-11-25
Infinite Turbine debuts heat pump turbine for homes, businesses – pv magazine International 2023-11-27

Home Assistance

GitHub — Home Assistant

GitHub Description
Home Assistant Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.

Vendors — Home Assistant

Vendors  
Zvidar Smart Gateway (Home Assistant based)  
SONOFF POW Ring Smart Power Meter / POWCT / ITEAD STUDIO OFFICIAL $34.90 10% w/ CNXSOFTSONOFF code

Articles — Home Assistant

Home Assistant Date
How I automated my entire home with just a Raspberry Pi May 9, 2024
GPT Home Runs Circles Around Traditional Home Assistant Devices - Hackster.io May 3, 2024
Review of SONOFF SNZB-06P human presence and SNZB-04P door/window Zigbee sensors - CNX Software APRIL 29, 2024
A Home-Approved Dashboard chapter 1: Drag-and-drop, Sections view, and a new grid system design! - Home Assistant March 4, 2024
Is Aqara’s FP2 presence sensor worth the hype? SEP 25, 2023
How to set up Home Assistant with a Raspberry Pi and build a smart home JUL 3, 2023
What is Home Assistant, how does it work, and what do you need to get started? SEP 8, 2023
Zvidar Z-FW-V01 Smart Gateway runs Home Assistant on Allwinner A133 processor - CNX Software 2023-06-21
A Guard Bot For Your Home Assistant / Hackaday 2023-05-14
PricelessToolkit’s MailboxGuard Watches for Activity Then Alerts You via Home Assistant or WhatsApp - Hackster.io  
Home Assistant Yellow / Crowd Supply  
Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review - The GitHub Blog 2023-11-30
PwnAssistant - Controlling /home’s via a Home Assistant RCE  
$35 SONOFF POW ring smart power meter (POWCT) safely supports up to 100A - CNX Software 2024-03-14

openHAB

GitHub — openHAB

GitHub Description
openHAB  

Vendors — openHAB

Articles — openHAB

openHAB Release Date
openHAB 4.0 Release / openHAB Release 2023-07-23

ESPHome — ESPHome

GitHub — ESPHome

GitHub Description
ESPHome empowering the smart home — a vendor and technology agnostic open source automation software for your home

Vendors — ESPHome

Product Price Date
Air Gradient Indoor Air Quality Monitor (H/W) USD 195.00**  
AirLoom Energy: Utility-Scale Wind Energy at Extremely Low Cost    

Articles — ESPHome

Products / Articles Date
SparkFun Thing Plus Matter - MGM240P board supports Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 - CNX Software 2023-03-03
Thing Plus Matter - MGM240P Hookup Guide - SparkFun Learn  
Ventbots Are Fans Of HVAC And Home Automation / Hackaday 2023-06-24
Monitoring your smart home server with prometheus on a Raspberry Pi - use the power of professional tools » The smarthome journey 2022-07-25
Jon Aguado’s ePaper Energy Monitor Keeps Track of Your Home’s Usage Across Up to Six Channels - Hackster.io  
AirGradient ONE Kit Review - An open-source indoor air quality monitor - CNX Software 2023-11-29
Airloom’s Whacky Wind Clothesline Turbine Idea / Hackaday 2023-11-26
  1. Fisher & Paykel, and Candy are brands that I have never heard of.