---
title: "Installation on macOS"
description: "Installation of Home Assistant on your macOS system."
---

[macOS](http://www.apple.com/macos/) is available by default on Apple computer. If you run a different operating system, please refer to the other section of the documentation.

To run Home Assistant on macOS, you need to install Python first. Download Python 3.7 or later from [https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/](https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/) and follow the instructions of the installer.

Open a terminal and install Home Assistant in a virtual environment:

```bash
python3 -m venv homeassistant
source homeassistant/bin/activate
pip3 install homeassistant
```

You can then configure Home Assistant to autostart by following [this guide](/docs/autostart/macos/).