---
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 3.6 or later (at this time, we recommend Python 3.7) 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/).