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I've found Home Assistant [0] to be a solid project that works swimmingly on a raspberry Pi 3. For sensors, the Aeotec (by Aeon Labs) Z-Wave sensors [1] have been reliable for me. The Z-Wave stick I use is from Z-Wave.Me [2] and seems good, too.

[0] https://home-assistant.io [1] https://aeotec.com [2] https://www.z-wave.me/index.php?id=28

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Looks really interesting. I'm not sure where the breakdown in my SmartThings setup is happening -- might be the hub or might be the remote devices.

Do you know if Home Assistant can interact directly with sensors, etc., without requiring the branded hub itself?

I haven't used a SmartThings hub, however their documentation [0] states that they're using Z-Wave, so if you go that route with Home Assistant, I'm willing to bet that it'll play nice with what you already have as far as sensors go.

[0] https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/204392790-...

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