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title: "Owntracks device tracker"
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date: 2015-09-22 07:00
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This platform allows you to detect presence by monitoring MQTT topics uses by [Owntracks](http://owntracks.org/) for new locations. 

To integrate Owntracks in Home Assistant, add the following section to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
  platform: owntracks
```