Home Assistant – local-first home automation platform

Home Assistant is a home automation platform designed to bring devices, sensors and services together under a single interface. It runs on hardware in your home, giving users control over their smart home without making a cloud subscription a requirement.

The software can connect devices from different manufacturers and coordinate their behaviour through automations. Lights, heating, security systems, media players and energy monitors can all participate in workflows that respond to events, schedules and changes in household activity.

Local control and privacy remain central to Home Assistant. Data is stored locally by default, although integrations that depend on manufacturers’ cloud services still require internet access. Optional online services provide additional functionality, including remote access and connections to external voice assistants.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Integrations for thousands of devices and services across many smart home categories.
• Support for local technologies including Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter, Thread, MQTT and ESPHome.
• Customisable dashboards with cards, controls, charts and floor plans.
• Visual automation editor with triggers, conditions, actions and reusable scripts.
• Automation blueprints for sharing and reusing common configurations.
• Energy dashboard for tracking electricity consumption, solar generation, batteries and energy costs.
• Assist voice control with options for local speech processing and compatible voice hardware.
• Area, floor, label and device organisation for managing larger installations.
• Historical state recording, logbooks and graphs for sensors and devices.
• Presence detection using device trackers and other supported integrations.
• Notifications to mobile devices, with actionable notifications on supported platforms.
• Backup and restore facilities for protecting configuration and automation data.
• REST API, WebSocket API and event system for custom integrations.
• Legacy X10 support through Heyu X10 and Mochad integrations for compatible controllers.
• Native companion applications for Android and iOS.
• Deployment on Linux computers, Raspberry Pi devices, virtual machines and dedicated hardware.

Website: www.home-assistant.io
Support:
Developer: Home Assistant project, Open Home Foundation
License: Apache License 2.0

Home Assistant is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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