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+Before installing Home Assistant, you might want to compare installation methods. Most notably,
+add-ons are only available with the Home Assistant Operating System.
+
## Suggested Hardware
We will need a few things to get started with installing Home Assistant. Links below lead to Amazon US. If you’re not in the US, you should be able to find these items in web stores in your country.