[golem14]

Maybe off-topic, but are there good solutions for esp32/other microcontrollers controlling zigbee devices ?

I found a bunch of libraries (e.g., https://github.com/espressif/esp-zigbee-sdk), but nothing that seems easily usable as a zigbee controller/hub to flip switches in the house, out of the box.

OTOH, running home assistant on a pi is monstrous: overly general and bloated for my use case, need a beefy Pi to get decent performance and not need >1 minute to reboot after a power outage.

[cptskippy]

Zigbee support is a relatively new feature. I believe the C6 and H2 variants of the ESP32 are the only ones to support it.