---
title: "Autostart on macOS"
description: "Instructions on how to setup Home Assistant to launch on Apple macOS."
redirect_from: /getting-started/autostart-macos/
---

Setting up Home Assistant to run as a background service is simple; macOS will start Home Assistant after the system has booted, the user has logged in, and make sure it's always running.

To get Home Assistant installed as a background service, run:

```bash
$ hass --script macos install

Home Assistant has been installed.         Open it here: http://localhost:8123
```

Home Assistant will log to `~/Library/Logs/homeassistant.log`

Configuration is kept in `~/.homeassistant`

To uninstall the service, run:

```bash
$ hass --script macos uninstall

Home Assistant has been uninstalled.
```


Note:
`automake` is required for `hass` to start. If you are missing this on your system, you can install this by running:
 
```bash
$ brew install autoconf
```