homebridge is no longer being developed for home assistant because there is now a dedicated hoomekit plugin. Having said that, I still use homebridge standalone because it works better with some devices I control with my broadlink IR/RF emitter, in combination with home assistant for automations etc. Home assistant is clearly superior but it’s not perfect either. The only thing the home app is good for is for siri commands.
Already had that happen with perplexity, like, no mate, I’m asking you.