How is this repo different than the home-assistant airthings integration?

[lone-cloud]

Was just wondering how the functionality provided with this repo is different from https://github.com/home-assistant/core/tree/dev/homeassistant/components/airthings

[sverrham]

I thin that gets the data from the web interface and this one gets it from the unit over bluethooth, so with that you need a hub or have your phone upload constantly, with this the pc running HA connects to the device and reads out the data, no need for internett and the web portal thingy...

[lone-cloud]

If that's true it would be nice it was added to the README for future reference.

[MartyTremblay]

The simplest way to describe the difference is that ours is "cloudless" or "cloud-free" and follows one of Home Assistant's guiding principles.

Home Assistant keeps your data local, no need for a cloud.

Home Assistant communicates with your devices locally, and will fallback to pulling in data from the cloud if there is no other option. No data is stored in the cloud, and everything is processed locally.

I'll update the README as suggested

[MartyTremblay]

Adding a note to README describing that this component is cloudless.