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The version sensor platform is displaying the current version of Home Assistant in the frontend.
To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml file for a GET request:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: version
Configuration variables:
- name (Optional): Name of the sensor. Defaults to
Current Version.
{% linkable_title Alternatives %}
This sensor is an alternative to the existing solutions to achieve the same result through various platforms. Remember that you can easily get the installed version on the command line.
$ hass --version
Or go to the 
Info section of the Developer Tools.
A command_line with hass to display your current version.
sensor:
- platform: command_line
name: Version
command: "/home/homeassistant/bin/hass --version"
It's also possible to ready a file called .HA_VERSION which is located in your Home Assistant configuration folder.
sensor:
- platform: command_line
name: Version
command: "cat /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/.HA_VERSION"
You might think that a rest sensor could work, too, but it will not as Home Assistant is not ready when the sensor get initialized.
sensor:
- platform: rest
resource: http://IP_ADDRESS:8123/api/config
name: Current Version
value_template: '{{ value_json.version }}'