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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/lapelotanodobla on 2025-12-28 11:01:03+00:00.
Just so you folks know, you can now use any esp32c6 as thread dongle to make your HA become a thread border router.
YouTube is full of videos explaining how to do it with 2 esp boards (so the second board is the actual controller), but I found it simpler (no wiring/solder) and cheaper to just use one board as if it was a sonoff dongle.
The trick is to use the latest 6.1-dev version of the esp-idf framework, so you can follow any YouTube to create the radio co-processor, but on the menu choose usb as connection mode, once it’s flashed you just plug it and install the open thread border router add-on and Bob’s your uncle
Just my 2 cents, I thought it may be useful now that Ikea and others are moving to thread