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title: "Hass.io"
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date: 2017-04-30 13:28
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Hass.io turns your Raspberry Pi (or other device) into the ultimate home automation hub powered by Home Assistant. With Hass.io you can focus on integrating your devices and writing automations.

[Go to the installation instructions »][install]

The advantages of using Hass.io:

 - Free and open source
 - Optimized for embedded device like Raspberry Pi
 - 100% local home automation
 - Easy installation and updates (powered by [ResinOS] and [Docker])
 - Management user interface integrated into Home Assistant
 - Easily create and restore full backups of your whole configuration.
 - Easily install many popular add-ons including [Google Assistant], encryption via [Let's Encrypt] and dynamic DNS via [Duck DNS].<br><br>[Browse available add-ons &raquo;][all]<br><br>
 - Active community that is helpful and sharing add-ons including AppDaemon, Homebridge and InfluxDB.<br><br>[Browse the forums &raquo;][forums]<br>[Join the Hass.io chat &raquo;][chat]<br>[Browse community add-on repositories &raquo;][comm-add-ons]<br><br>

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Hass.io dashboard
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[Google Assistant]: /addons/google_assistant/
[Snips.ai]: /addons/snips/
[Let's Encrypt]: /addons/lets_encrypt/
[Duck DNS]: /addons/duckdns/
[forums]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/hass-io
[comm-add-ons]: https://community.home-assistant.io/tags/hassio-repository
[all]: /addons/
[chat]: https://discord.gg/K3UVxJd
[ResinOS]: https://resinos.io/
[Docker]: https://www.docker.com/
[install]: /hassio/installation/