[noja]

If you find a good alternative, could you post here? I know homeassistant.io for control, but I am looking for cloudless LoT (LAN of Things) devices which can (and do) have their firmware updated. Open source firmware if possible. I can't find any.

[w-ll]

If your familiar with arduino the esp32 and esp8266 and ridiculously cheap and easy to program, have onboard wifi/bluetooth modules, and can easily hook to a relay to make your own smart lamps, switches, etc.

Also MQTT is pretty easy to work with, which many IOT devices use. You could spoof the dns of the mqtt server/broker its trying to reach and run your own.