Shion: Home Automation for the Masses.

Overview

Getting Started

Snapshots

Events

AppleScript

Troubleshooting

Compatible Devices

Purchase A License

Press & Reviewers

 

Shion Cookbook

Shion Environments

Shion manages your home by monitoring and controlling lamps, appliances, and other devices using your Apple Mac computer. Save your favorite environmental settings as snapshots and Shion will restore these environments on events such as sunrise & sunset, remote control presses, and prescheduled times.

Built to be both simple and powerful, Shion is the home automation system designed for the mainstream Mac user.

Screenshots

Devices: Toggle (On & Off) Devices: Continuous (Dimmers)
Devices: Thermostat Devices: X10 Dimmers
Shion Menu Sharing Preferences
Snapshots Events: Scheduled Times
Events: Sunrise & Sunset Events: Temperature Changes
Events: X10 Commands Events: Hardware issues

Major Features

  • INSTEON & X10 compatible (device list)
  • AppleScript interface
  • Event system that reacts to the outside world
  • Pennyworth-ready

Pricing & License

If you have three (3) or fewer controllable devices, you may use Shion for free. No license is required.

When your collection of home automation hardware devices grows beyond the three device limit, you can unlock full support for all of your devices for $35 USD. You may use your license on all of the computers that you own.

For more information, please see the purchase page for more details and options.