Awesome Home Assistant 
Home Assistant is an open source home automation that puts local
control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers
and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local
server.
If you want to get an impression on the look and feel, you should
check out the Home Assistant
online demo.
Awesome Home Assistant is a curated list of awesome Home Assistant resources.
Additional software, tutorials, custom integration, add-ons, custom
dashboard cards & plugins, cookbooks, example setups, and much
more.
The list is divided into categories. The links in those categories do
not have pre-established order; the order is for contribution. If you
want to contribute, please read the guide
or raise an issue
to suggest additions, updates or removals.
Contents
How to use
Awesome Home Assistant is a fantastic list for people trying to
automate every aspect of their home. Automating your home is a long,
hard, and never finished task that usually involves a lot of
tinkering.
You can navigate through the list by:
Installing
Home Assistant has several installation methods; each has advantages
and disadvantages. Many people have different opinions and personal
favorites. Important to know that there is no wrong or right here; each
technique installs the SAME Home Assistant.
Home Assistant recommends the Home Assistant OS installation
method.
In case you need help
There are various ways to get in touch with the Home Assistant
community. It doesn’t matter if you have a question, need help, want to
request a feature, or just say ‘Hi’.
Official Communities
Other Communities
Public Configurations
Some people store their full Home Assistant configuration on
GitHub. They are an awesome source for learning and a great source of
inspiration.
- Carlo
Costanzo - Probably the most documented configuration out
there.
- DubhAd
- Also known as Tinkerer shares his configuration files.
- geekofweek
- Has over 300+ automations.
- Mahasri
Kalavala - Impressive setup, with lots of different hardware working
together.
- Alok
Saboo - Also known as arsaboo. Regularly updated.
- Aaron Bach - Also
known as bachya. Regularly updated and includes numerous Dockerized
services.
- Franck
Nijhof - Hass.io based, very different configuration structure
compared to others.
- Klaas
Schoute - Hass.io based, Intel NUC, Ubuntu Server, Docker and
regularly updated.
- Andrea Iannucci
- Also known as SeLLeRoNe. Regularly updated.
Add-ons
Add-ons are additional applications and services, that can be run
alongside Home Assistant. The Home Assistant OS and Supervised
installations types, provide the Supervisor, which is capable of running
and manage these add-ons.
Official Add-ons
Created and maintained by the Home Assistant team.
- DuckDNS
- Updates your Duck DNS IP address and generate SSL using Let’s
Encrypt.
- File
editor - Browser-based configuration file editor.
- Mosquitto
- Fast and reliable MQTT broker.
- Terminal
& SSH - Allows logging in remotely to using a web terminal or
SSH client.
- Samba
- Access your configuration files using Windows network shares.
- NGINX
SSL proxy - Reverse proxy with SSL termination.
- deCONZ
- Control a ZigBee network using ConBee or RaspBee hardware by Dresden
Elektronik.
- TellStick
- Run a TellStick and TellStick Duo service.
- Ada
- Ada is voice assistant powered by Almond which is open and
privacy-preserving.
- Almond
- The Open, Privacy-Preserving Virtual Assistant.
- HomeMatic
- HomeMatic central based on OCCU.
- Let’s
Encrypt - Get a free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt; an open and
automated certificate authority (CA).
- MariaDB
- An open source relational database (fork of MySQL).
Third Party Add-ons
Anyone can create an add-on, the following are created by the
community.
- SSH & Web
Terminal - SSH and Web-based terminal with tons of pre-loaded useful
tools.
- UniFi
Controller - The UniFi Controller allows you to manage your UniFi
network using a web browser.
- Node-RED -
Flow-based programming for the Internet of Things.
- Plex Media
Server - Your recorded media beautifully organized and ready to
stream.
- IDE -
Advanced web-based IDE, based on Cloud9 IDE.
- Dasshio - Easily
use your Amazon Dash Buttons.
- InfluxDB -
Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics.
- Grafana
- Open platform for beautiful analytics and monitoring.
- Tor -
Protect your privacy and access your instance via Tor.
- Spotify
Connect - Spotify Connect client for playing music on your Home
Assistant device.
- zigbee2mqtt
- Zigbee to MQTT bridge, get rid of your proprietary Zigbee
bridges.
- AppDaemon -
Python Apps and HADashboard.
- TasmoAdmin
- Centrally manage all your Sonoff-Tasmota devices.
- Aircast
- AirPlay capabilities for your Chromecast players.
- AirSonos -
AirPlay capabilities for your Sonos players.
- Dropbox
Sync - Upload your backup snapshots to Dropbox.
- Log
Viewer - Browser-based live log viewing utility.
- Tautulli -
Monitor and get statistics from your Plex server.
- motionEye -
Simple, elegant and feature-rich CCTV/NVR for your cameras.
- JupyterLab
- Create documents containing live code, equations, visualizations, and
explanatory text.
- Backup to
Google Drive - Backup snapshots to Google Drive.
- Glances
- A cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python.
- Matrix -
A secure and decentralized communication platform.
- AdGuard
Home - A network-wide ad-and-tracker blocking DNS server with
parental control.
- Traccar
- Traccar is modern GPS Tracking Platform.
- Home
Panel - A touch-compatible web frontend for controlling the
home.
- Hass.io
Google Drive Backup - A complete and easy to configure solution for
backing up your snapshots to Google Drive.
- Grocy -
ERP beyond your fridge! A groceries & household management solution
for your home.
- EmonCMS - A
powerful open-source web app for processing, logging, and visualizing
energy, temperature, and other environmental data.
- CrowdSec
- A next-gen collaborative IPS/IDS to protect you from intrusion.
Dashboards
The Home Assistant frontend is already pretty, but you can
customize it to fit your needs or taste better.
Icon packs
Themes
It is all about the looks, apply some style.
- 📺 Themes
Tutorial - Quick tutorial/example on how to configure themes.
- Midnight
- A dark theme by Marcel Hoffs.
- Dark
Cyan - A dark theme with cyan accents by Ryoen Deprouw.
- Grey
Night - A dark theme with grey accents by ksya.
- Dark
Red - A dark theme with red accents by Ryoen Deprouw.
- Halloween
- Pumpkins colored by Mahasri Kalavala.
- Black
and Green - A dark theme with pale green accents by
GreenTurtwig.
- Vintage
- Give your frontend a vintage look with this theme by Anup
Surendran.
- Carbon
Green - Light carbon theme with green accents by Reua.
- Many
Themes, One Repo - 13 Themes in a convenient ZIP file.
- Slate - A
dark theme close to the vanila looks from seangreen2.
- Synthwave -
A theme influenced by the cover artwork of modern Synthwave bands.
- Google Home
Theme - Two themes (light and dark) matching the design of Google
Home Hub.
Custom Cards
The Home Assistant Dashboards allows people to build custom cards
on top of it, which you can easily add to your instance.
Alternative Dashboards
- TileBoard - A
simple yet highly configurable Dashboard.
- Dwains
Dashboard - An fully auto-generating dashboard for desktop, tablet
and mobile.
Custom Integrations
Additional integrations for Home Assistant, that were created by
the community.
- Lutron Caseta
Pro - Integrates Lutron Caseta Smart Bridge PRO / RA2 Select.
- SmartIR -
Integrates devices using Broadlink IR.
- Xiaomi
Hygrothermo - Sensor platform for Xiaomi Mijia BT Hygrothermo
temperature and humidity sensor.
- Volkswagen
Carnet - Integrates Volkswagen Carnet (requires valid Carnet
subscription).
- Untappd
- Connects with your Untappd account.
- Elasticsearch
- Publishes events to Elasticsearch.
- Alexa
Media Player - Allow control of Amazon Alexa devices.
- iCloud3 - Improved
version of the iCloud device tracker component with a lot of
capabilities.
- HACS - This is a manager for your
custom integration (components) and plugin (lovelace elements)
needs.
- Circadian
Lighting - Circadian Lighting slowly synchronizes your color
changing lights with the regular naturally occuring color temperature of
the sky throughout the day.
- HASS Aarlo -
Asynchronous Arlo integration. Similar to the Arlo web site; monitors
events and states for all base stations, cameras and doorbells.
- Xiaomi
Cloud Map Extractor - Presents a live view of a map for Xiaomi
(Roborock/Viomi/Roidmi/Dreame) vacuums without a need for rooting.
- WebRTC Camera - View
RTSP streams from IP Cameras in real-time through WebRTC or MSE with
Pan/Zoom controls.
- Sonoff LAN -
Control Sonoff devices with eWeLink (original) firmware over LAN and/or
Cloud.
- Spotcast - Start
Spotify playback on an idle Chromecast device as well as control Spotify
connect devices.
- The Watchman
- Keep track of missing entities and services in your config files.
DIY
Do It Yourself; rather than buying home automation hardware or
solutions, you could also build them yourself!
- ESPHome - Program ESP8266 boards
and ESP32 boards using YAML.
- Magic Cards -
RFID scannable cards that you can program to do anything.
- Tasmota - Firmware
for ESP8266 boards and devices.
DIY Gateways
- OpenMQTTGateway
- A flexible MQTT gateway for IR, RF, BLE, MiFlora, SMS, and many
sensors.
- esp8266
Milight Hub - Alternative hub for Milight/LimitlessLED devices that
uses MQTT.
- zigbee2mqtt -
Zigbee to MQTT bridge, get rid of your proprietary Zigbee bridges.
DIY Projects
- HA
SwitchPlate - LCD Touchscreen wall switch replacement.
- 📺 DIY
Multisensor - $15, Temperature, Humidity, Light, Motion, and RGB
LED, without soldering.
- $10
WiFi RGB Bulb - In inexpensive RGB bulb that works on WiFi.
- 433mhz/IR
Bidirectional Gateway - Bidirectional with IR and 433mhz using
ESP8266 and MQTT.
- esp8266MQTTBlinds
- Automate your window blinds using an ESP8266, a servo and MQTT.
- Home
Assistant’s Hackster.io - A Hackster channel with multiple DIY
projects.
- ESP
MQTT Digital LEDs - WS2811 LED Stripe for the JSON Light Component
from BRUH.
- Bed
Presence Detection - ESP8266 based Bed Presence Detection.
- NFC
Scanner - Build an NFC tag/card scanner with an ESP8266, PN532 and
MQTT.
- ESP32-Cam
Facebox - Tie a ESP32-CAM, HA, and Facebox together for a cheap
Facial Recog / Home monitoring solution.
- RaspiPool - A
cost-effective, easy-to-build, easy-to-use “Swimming-Pool Automation
System”.
- QuinLED - DIY Wi-Fi LED dimmers
and controllers using ESP32 boards.
Online Resources
Links to various users of Home Assistant that regularly publish
Home Assistant focussed content.
Blogs
YouTube Channels
Sit back, relax, watch, and learn.
- Home
Assistant - Official YouTube Channel where new launches and live
streams are held.
- BRUH
- Ben has great tutorials for getting started, unfortunately, inactive
lately.
- BurnsHA
- Great informational and tutorial videos.
- DrZzs
- Great how-to videos and also streams live.
- The Hook
Up - Tutorials and more, also has videos on home automation in
general.
- HASSCASTS
- Tips, Tricks & Tutorials, moving to mainly live streams.
- JuanMTech - Easy to
follow how-to videos, product reviews and more.
- vCloudInfo -
Publishes videos based on his home and GitHub repository.
- digiblurDIY
- Tutorials on hardware projects and Tasmota automations.
- Intermit.Tech
- Tutorials & reviews: Camera’s, Home Networking, ESP8266 boards,
Node-RED.
- BeardedTinker
- Tutorials & 3D printing.
- Smart
Home Junkie - How-to videos and tutorials for starters and advanced
users.
- Everything
Smart Home - Focuses on Smart Home, Home Automation, general tech
reviews, guides, and step-by-step DIY projects.
Podcasts
Get inspired, while commuting, doing your morning routine, or at
the gym!
Keep up with the latest news and updates, 280 characters at a
time!
- @home_assistant - Open source
home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
- @hass_devs - Latest news on the
development of Home Assistant for contributors.
- @balloob - Founder of the Home Assistant
project.
- @pvizeli - Core developer and creator of
the Hass.io project.
- @frenck - Creator of this Awesome list
and maintainer of the Community Hass.io Add-ons project.
- @ccostan - Blogger of all things Tech.
Smart Home, #IOT & other Geeky subjects.
- @HomeTechHacker - Guy friends
call when #tech happens. Tweet 25-50x/week about #smarthome,
#homenetwork, #cybersecurity, #Linux, #gadgets, and #life.
- @hassioaddons - For all commmunity
add-on news and updates.
- @Dr_Zzs - Great how-to videos and also
streams live.
Uncategorized
Valuable links, that don’t fit in any of the above categories
(yet!).
Alternative Home
Automation Software
Home Assistant isn’t the only home automation framework out
there, here are some alternatives.
- openHAB - Java-based and
aims at being a universal integration platform.
- Domoticz - A
lightweight Home Automation System.
- Gladys - Open
source program which runs on your Raspberry Pi.
- SmartThings - Commercial
home automation hub by Samsung.
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Contributing
This awesome list is an active open-source project and is always open
to people who want to contribute to it. We have set up a separate
document containing our Contribution
Guidelines.
The original setup of this awesome list is by Franck Nijhof.
For a full list of all authors and contributors, check the contributor’s
page.
Thank you for being involved! 😍
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maintained or endorsed by Home Assistant.
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