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Hass.io turns your Raspberry Pi (or another 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 &raquo;][install]

The advantages of using Hass.io:

- Free and open source
- Optimized for embedded devices like Raspberry Pi
- 100% local home automation
- Easy installation and updates (powered by [HassOS] and [Docker])
- Management web interface integrated into Home Assistant
- Create and restore full backups of your whole configuration with ease
- Install many popular add-ons with a single click! For example [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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### {% linkable_title Upgrading %}

Hass.io users can update Home Assistant via the 'Hass.io' page in the UI. However, please note that a Home Assistant updates take time to roll into the Hass.io builds. Therefore, there is often a slight delay between the availability of a Home Assistant update and the update being available in Hass.io, so be patient. When a Hass.io update is available, it will be shown as a notification in the ‘Hass.io' page in the web interface.

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Hass.io dashboard with upgrade notification (under the hamburger menu -> Hass.io)
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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
[HassOS]: https://github.com/home-assistant/hassos
[Docker]: https://www.docker.com/
[install]: /hassio/installation/
