Home Assistant
Open-source home automation platform that runs locally and connects smart devices from thousands of brands.
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About Home Assistant
Home Assistant is a home automation hub you run on your own hardware. It finds devices on your network and pulls lights, sensors, thermostats, media players, energy meters and more from over a thousand brands into one system, then lets you build automations, dashboards and energy reports on top. Its voice assistant, Assist, can run locally, and official companion apps for iOS and Android add remote control, notifications and presence detection. Processing and data stay at home by default. You can install it on a Raspberry Pi or other single-board computer, an x86 PC, a virtual machine or a Docker container, or buy the ready-made Home Assistant Green hub. The software is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence and is owned by the non-profit Open Home Foundation. An optional paid Home Assistant Cloud subscription from partner Nabu Casa adds easy remote access, Alexa and Google Assistant links and cloud speech engines. It rewards tinkering; people who want a plug-and-play app may prefer Homey.
Best for: Tinkerers who want local, private control of devices from many brands in one place.
Pros and cons
What works
- Over a thousand integrations across brands and protocols
- Runs locally, with no cloud account required
- Free and open source, run by a non-profit foundation
- Official iOS and Android companion apps
Why people leave
- Setup and advanced automations take time to learn
- You maintain the server, updates and backups yourself
- Easy remote access and Alexa/Google links need a paid subscription or your own setup
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Home Assistant: common questions
Is Home Assistant free?
Yes. Home Assistant is free, open-source software that you can host yourself.
Is Home Assistant open source?
Yes. The source code is on GitHub at home-assistant/core. You can also run it on your own server.
What platforms does Home Assistant run on?
Home Assistant is available for Self-hosted, Web, iOS and Android.
What are the best alternatives to Home Assistant?
The highest-ranked Home Assistant alternatives right now are openHAB and Homey. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.