Home Assistant

Home Assistant is free and open-source software used to enable centralized home automation. It is a smart home controller platform that serves both as a smart home hub (sometimes called a smart gateway) and an integration platform designed for interoperability, allowing users to have a single point of control and enable automating different smart home devices from a central location regardless of manufacturer or brand. The software operates with local control and does not require cloud services, allowing it to function independently of specific Internet of things (IoT) ecosystems. The user interface can be accessed through web browsers and mobile apps for Android and iOS. Voice commands are supported via virtual assistants including Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, and Home Assistant's built-in Assist local voice assistant. The Home Assistant software application is most commonly installed as a computer appliance with Home Assistant Operating System (a.k.a. Home Assistant OS, a.k.a. HAOS, formerly HassOS) that will act as a central control system for home automation (commonly called a smart home hub, gateway, bridge, or controller), that has the purpose of controlling IoT connectivity technology devices, software, applications and services from third parties via modular integration components, including native integration components for common wired or wireless communication protocols and standards for IoT products such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, EnOcean, and Matter/Thread (used to create either local personal area networks or direct ad hoc connections with small smart home devices using low-power digital radios), or Wi‑Fi– and Ethernet- connected devices on a home local area network (home LAN, or HAN). Home Assistant supports controlling devices and services connected via either open and proprietary ecosystems or commercial smart home hubs, gateways, or bridges as long they provide public access via some kind of open API or MQTT interface to allow for third-party integration over...