home-assistant/corePublic

What is core?

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

What does core do?

Home Assistant is a Python-based open-source home automation platform. It focuses on local control and privacy, ensuring your data stays securely in your home network. The system integrates smoothly with thousands of smart devices and cloud services out of the box. It offers a powerful automation engine to connect and orchestrate entirely different devices. The highly modular architecture allows for extensive customization and self-hosting without ever relying on external cloud services.

Who is core for?

DIY enthusiasts, makers, and anyone seeking a privacy-focused smart home setup. It requires basic technical knowledge for setup, but offers advanced capabilities for power users.

How do I get started with core?

python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip3 install homeassistant && hass --open-ui

How popular is core on GitHub?

home-assistant/core has 91,868 stars and 39,155 forks on GitHub, and gained 162 stars in the last 7 days.

What license does core use?

home-assistant/core is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

• Oct 26, 2026New release 2026.10.4 (previously 2026.10.2).
• Oct 18, 2026New release 2026.10.2 (previously 2026.10.0).
• Oct 10, 2026New release 2026.10.0 (previously 2026.9.4).

• Landmark project

  91,868 stars

• Battle-tested

  13 years of history

• Very active

  24,616 commits in 52 weeks

• Community-driven

  ~6,067 contributors

• Well documented

  High community health score

• Permissive license

  Apache-2.0

• Continuous integration

  Automated checks passing

• Repeat trending

  8 trending appearances

Home Assistant is a Python-based open-source home automation platform. It focuses on local control and privacy, ensuring your data stays securely in your home network. The system integrates smoothly with thousands of smart devices and cloud services out of the box. It offers a powerful automation engine to connect and orchestrate entirely different devices. The highly modular architecture allows for extensive customization and self-hosting without ever relying on external cloud services.

DIY enthusiasts, makers, and anyone seeking a privacy-focused smart home setup. It requires basic technical knowledge for setup, but offers advanced capabilities for power users.

• Local control: Processes operations completely locally without requiring a persistent active internet connection.
• Privacy first: Stores data strictly locally and never sends it to external servers without explicit user permission.
• Extensive integration: Supports thousands of diverse smart home devices and services natively from various vendors.
• Automation engine: Allows users to create highly complex automations and dynamic scenes based on various triggers.
• Self-hosted: Deploys robustly on various hardware platforms like a Raspberry Pi, local servers, or NAS devices.
• Open source: Maintained fully open-source and community-driven, ensuring absolute transparency and continuous improvement.

Getting started: python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip3 install homeassistant && hass --open-ui

1. 2026.10.42026.10.4Oct 24, 2026

   - Raise aiohttp client header limits to 64 KiB ([@MichaelMKKelly] - [#188329]) - Bump pylutron-caseta to 0.30.0 ([@TheJulianJES] - [#188388]) ([lutron_caseta docs]) (dependency) [#188329]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/188329 [#188388]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/188388 [@MichaelMKKelly]: https://github.com/MichaelMKKelly [@TheJulianJES]: https://github.com/TheJulianJES [lutron_caseta docs]: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/lutron_caseta

2. 2026.10.32026.10.3Oct 23, 2026

   - Fix Proxmox VE update version detection ([@ezaekiel] - [#184823]) ([proxmoxve docs]) - Fix duplicate access events in UniFi Access integration ([@imhotep] - [#185160]) ([unifi_access docs]) - Handle missing Omada controller update fields ([@rubempoli] - [#185164]) ([tplink_omada docs]) - Bump wheels and base image to 2026.10.0 ([@agners] - [#185227]) (dependency) - Upgrade runner to Ubuntu 26.04 ([@edenhaus] - [#186424]) - Bump Python to 3.14.8 ([@edenhaus] - [#186429]) (dependency) - Create new SSL context instead of sharing context in SMTP integration ([@tr4nt0r] - [#186812]) ([smtp docs]) - Update uv to 0.12.24 (@renovate] - [#186899]) (dependency) - Fix missing EnergyZero gas prices before 06:00 ([@klaasnicolaas] - [#186917]) ([energyzero docs]) - Bump opower to 0.22.3 ([@tronikos] - [#186928]) ([opower docs]) (dependency) - Update uv to 0.13.0 (@renovate - [#186930]) (dependency) - Handle errors in Synology DSM button press actions ([@mib1185] - [#186931]) ([synology_dsm docs]) - Hold off the bootstrap timeout while the KNX telegram store initializes ([@farmio] - [#186980]) ([knx docs]) - Constrain bitstring<5 to fix edl21 (pysml incompatibility) ([@SchmidSP] -

3. 2026.10.22026.10.2Oct 16, 2026

   - Fix IndexError on out-of-range heater levels in Tesla Fleet ([@sebr] - [#178049]) ([tesla_fleet docs]) - Deduplicate sleepers within a single SleepIQ bed ([@derekcentrico] - [#181461]) ([sleepiq docs]) - Handle Enphase envoy Session is Closed in background tasks ([@catsmanac] - [#183172]) ([enphase_envoy docs]) - Treat MPD protocol errors as a connection failure ([@mattias-arrelid] - [#184481]) ([mpd docs]) - Bump py-opendisplay to 7.18.1 ([@g4bri3lDev] - [#184911]) ([opendisplay docs]) (dependency) - Bump aiotankerkoenig to 0.5.5 ([@mib1185] - [#185714]) ([tankerkoenig docs]) (dependency) - Tankerkoenig handle api errors config flow ([@mib1185] - [#185719]) ([tankerkoenig docs]) - Handle Gemini generation parameters and complete WAV TTS responses ([@oohhddaanngg] - [#185723]) ([google_generative_ai_conversation docs]) - Fix SmartTub error sensor reporting stale historical errors ([@mdz] - [#185726]) ([smarttub docs]) - Bump aiohttp to 3.14.5 ([@bdraco] - [#185746]) (dependency) - Mark Aquacell sensors unavailable when data is stale ([@alexborro] - [#185762]) ([aquacell docs]) - Bump aionanoleaf2 to 1.0.5 ([@feixm1] - [#185777]) ([nanoleaf docs]) (dependency) - Bump m

4. 2026.10.12026.10.1Oct 10, 2026

   - Split Matter TemperatureOffset range by Thermostat ClusterRevision ([@lboue] - [#180517]) ([matter docs]) - Bump pywaze to 1.2.4 ([@eifinger] - [#184663]) ([waze_travel_time docs]) (dependency) - Bump pyicloud to 2.7.0 ([@FezVrasta] - [#184728]) ([icloud docs]) (dependency) - Retry failed Analytics insights refresh ([@chemelli74] - [#184731]) ([analytics_insights docs]) - Fix WLED color modes not following a changed LED setup ([@frenck] - [#184778]) ([wled docs]) - Bump dwdwfsapi to 1.1.0 ([@frenck] - [#184784]) ([dwd_weather_warnings docs]) (dependency) - Add description for the device selection field in the Qingping config… ([@tengfeili-qingping] - [#184797]) ([qingping docs]) - Send a result for the ZHA reconfigure websocket subscription ([@frenck] - [#184812]) ([zha docs]) - Bump solaredge-web to 0.5.0 ([@tronikos] - [#184821]) ([solaredge docs]) (dependency) - Keep a missing meter history from blocking Peblar setup ([@frenck] - [#184824]) ([peblar docs]) - Fix `KeyError` in the Airly integration when the API payload contain no sensor data ([@bieniu] - [#184828]) ([airly docs]) - Restore unverified TLS for stream sources and add a verify_ssl option ([@RaHehl] - [#1

5. 2026.10.02026.10.0Oct 7, 2026

   https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/07/release-202610/

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