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The first step is to install Home Assistant. We recommend a dedicated system to run Home Assistant. If you are unsure of what to choose, follow the Raspberry Pi guide to install Home Assistant Operating System.

Home Assistant offers four different installation methods. We recommend using one of the following two methods:

Home Assistant Operating System: Minimal Operating System optimized to power Home Assistant. It comes with Supervisor to manage Home Assistant Core and Add-ons. Recommended installation method.
Home Assistant Container: Standalone container-based installation of Home Assistant Core (e.g. Docker).

There are two alternative installation methods available for experienced users:

Home Assistant Supervised: Manual installation of the Supervisor.
Home Assistant Core: Manual installation using Python virtual environment.

The list below shows the installation method available based on the device and platform being used.

If you are using the Home Assistant Blue, the Home Assistant Operating System is already installed. Continue to onboarding.

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi

Home Assistant Operating System
Home Assistant Container
Home Assistant Core

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ODROID

Home Assistant Operating System
Home Assistant Container
Home Assistant Core

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ASUS Tinkerboard

ASUS Tinkerboard

Home Assistant Operating System
Home Assistant Container
Home Assistant Core

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Generic x86-64

Generic x86-64 (e.g. Intel NUC)

Home Assistant Operating System
Home Assistant Container
Home Assistant Core

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Windows

Home Assistant Operating System (VM)
Home Assistant Core

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macOS

Home Assistant Operating System (VM)
Home Assistant Core

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Linux

Home Assistant Operating System (VM)
Home Assistant Container
Home Assistant Core
Home Assistant Supervised

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Alternative

Alternative

VM's not covered by other categories, NAS installations and community guides

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Compare Installation Methods

	OS	Container	Core	Supervised
Automations	✅	✅	✅	✅
Dashboards	✅	✅	✅	✅
Integrations	✅	✅	✅	✅
Blueprints	✅	✅	✅	✅
Uses container	✅	✅	❌	✅
Supervisor	✅	❌	❌	✅
Add-ons	✅	❌	❌	✅
Backups	✅	✅¹	✅¹	✅
Managed OS	✅	❌	❌	❌

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