Apps / System
Home Assistant
Your house, answering to you
Ties every smart device you own — lights, locks, sensors, vacuums, thermostats, cameras — into one system with automations, and does it locally. Devices that would otherwise each need their own app and their own cloud account keep working when the internet does not.
CategorySystem
Memory~1GB
Module
homeassistantInstalling it
Open the dashboard, find it in the App Store and press Install. Or from a terminal on the box:
sudo homebox install homeassistantWhere to open it
| Service | Port | First login |
|---|---|---|
| Home Assistant | :8123 | Creates the owner account on the first visit — pick the name and password there. |
Open it at your box's address with that port — the dashboard links to it directly once it is running.
Good to know
- It runs on the host network on purpose: discovery of most devices is mDNS and SSDP broadcast, which does not cross a bridge network. Inside one, half your devices simply never appear
- This is Home Assistant Container, not Home Assistant OS — Add-ons are an OS feature and are not available here. HACS, integrations and everything else are
- Create the owner account on the first visit. It is the only account until you make more, and there is no recovery if you lose it
- Zigbee or Z-Wave needs the USB stick passed through, which this module does not do. Add a devices: entry for /dev/serial/by-id/... if you have one