Our favorite home automation software is without a doubt Home Assistant. A fairly new acquaintance with seemingly endless possibilities. The supervised installation is incredibly easy to operate and maintain. Superb work from everyone involved in the development! Anyone looking for a new home automation solution should definitely try Home Assistant .

How to get started

First of all you will need some hardware to run Home Assistant on. We are especially impressed with the ODROID N2+ from Hardkernel because of the ARM Cortex processor and eMMC storage module. Have a look here to buy from a supplier in Sweden.

Next step is to get Home Assistant installed on the hardware. We recommend the supervised installation option. It will sincerely reduce the work involved to get up and running as well as maintaining the installation. Follow the installation instructions here .

Now everything should be set up and ready for configuration according to the specific requirements of your new home automation. Planning and creating dashboards for all sensor data, all control devices, creating graphs, and all automation logic, can appear daunting initially. We can assure you it is totally worth the effort.