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You will need to install Home Assistant before we can get started. You can install Home Assistant on your computer or you can turn a Raspberry Pi into a dedicated Home Assistant hub.

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    <div class='title'>Install Hassbian on your Raspberry Pi 3</div>
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    <div class='title'>Install Home Assistant on your computer</div>
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For alternative installation methods please take a look at the [installation documentation](/docs/installation/).

If you run into any issues, please see [the troubleshooting page](/docs/installation/troubleshooting/) or [communication channels](/help/). It contains solutions to many commonly encountered issues.

### [Next step: Configuring Home Assistant &raquo;](/getting-started/configuration/)