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Home Assistant provides a platform for home automation. It does so by having modules that observe and trigger actors to do various tasks.
It is currently able to do the following things:
* Track if devices are home by monitoring connected devices to a wireless router
* Track if devices are home by monitoring connected devices to a wireless router (currently supporting modern Netgear routers or routers running Tomato firmware)
* Track which lights are on
* Track what your Chromecasts are up to
* Turn on the lights when people get home when it is dark
* Slowly turn on the lights to compensate for light loss when the sun sets
* Turn on the lights when people get home when the sun is setting or has set
* Slowly turn on the lights to compensate for light loss when the sun sets and people are home
* Turn off lights and connected devices when everybody leaves the house
* Start YouTube video's on the Chromecast
* Download files to the host
* Open a url in the default browser on the host
* Start YouTube videos on the Chromecast
* Quit current running application on a Chromecast
* Download files to the host machine
* Open a url in the default browser at the host machine
* Simulate key presses on the host for Play/Pause, Next track, Prev track, Volume up, Volume Down
* Controllable via a REST API and web interface
* Support for thin client Home Assistant instances that will forward all their commands to the main instance
* Android Tasker project to control Home Assistant from your phone and report charging state. Combine it with AutoVoice to be able to tell your phones to turn the lights off!
![screenshot-states](https://raw.github.com/balloob/home-assistant/master/docs/states.png)