home-assistant.io/source/help/index.markdown

---
layout: page
title: "Help"
description: "If you need help or have a question..."
date: 2015-06-25 12:30
sidebar: false
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
---

There are various ways to get in touch with the Home Assistant community. It doesn't matter if you have a question, need help, want to request a feature, or just say 'Hi'.

### {% linkable_title Communication channels %} 

 - [Forum](https://community.home-assistant.io/)
 - [Gitter Chatroom](https://gitter.im/home-assistant/home-assistant) for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
 - Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/home_assistant), use [@home_assistant](https://twitter.com/home_assistant)
 - Join the [Google+ community](https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/110560654828510104551/communities/106562234893511202708)
 - Join the [Reddit subreddit](https://reddit.com/r/homeassistant) in [/r/homeassistant](https://reddit.com/r/homeassistant)

### {% linkable_title Bugs, Feature requests, and alike %}

Have you found an issue in your Home Assistant installation? Please report it. Reporting it makes it easy to track and ensures that it gets fixed.

- [Issue tracker Home Assistant](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues)
- [Issue tracker home-assistant.io](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io/issues) (Website and documentation)
- [Feature requests Home Assistant](https://community.home-assistant.io/c/feature-requests)

### {% linkable_title Videos, talks, workshops and alike %}

- [Home Assistant workshop](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-assets/tree/master/german/2017-clt-workshop) at [CLT 2017](https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2017/de/) - March 2017
- [Home Assistant - Erweiterungen (Platforms/Components)](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-assets/tree/master/german/2016-puzzle) at [Puzzle ITC](https://www.puzzle.ch/de/) - December 2016
- [Automating Your Life - Home Automation](http://slides.com/teagan42/life_automation#/) at Develop Denver 2016 - August
- [Building Online Communities: Home Assistant](https://medium.com/@gitter/building-online-communities-home-assistant-8818dff671ad#.och4x4rhx) - July 2016
- [Home Assistant Support 101 - Getting around in Home Assistant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRfk9JAlPJk) ([Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PUnOpeFZxNj4LEjaohGqH_1hOGQGuS5yRHD1ThHr6nk/edit?usp=sharing)) - June 2016 
- [Awaken your home: Python and the Internet of Things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfasc9EgbMU&list=PLKsVm4cWHDQB9JBcD7_ZfNcvC6xx47QHT&index=1) at PyCon 2016 - June 2016
- [Automating your Home with Home Assistant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-6rTwKl6ww&list=PLKsVm4cWHDQB9JBcD7_ZfNcvC6xx47QHT&index=2) at OpenIoT 2016 - March 2016

Looking for [talking points](/help/talking-points/) or [trivia](/help/trivia)?

### {% linkable_title Media coverage %}

- [Paulus Schoutsen and Home Assistant - Episode 8](http://codepop.com/open-sourcecraft/episodes/paulus-schoutsen/) - March 2017
- [Zammad, Home Assistant und Freifunk - are the winner of the Thomas-Krenn-Awards 2017](https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/tkmag/allgemein/zammad-home-assistant-und-freifunk-das-sind-die-gewinner-des-thomas-krenn-awards-2017/) - March 2017
- [10 open source software tools for developing IoT applications](http://www.cbronline.com/news/internet-of-things/10-open-source-software-tools-developing-iot-applications/) - March 2017
- [A Look at HASSbian: Raspberry Pi for Home Automation](http://www.piboards.com/2017/03/07/a-look-at-hassbian-raspberry-pi-for-home-automation/)- March 2017
- [Home Assistant with Paulus Schoutsen - Episode 94](https://www.podcastinit.com/episode-94-home-assistant-with-paulus-schoutsen/) - January 2017
- [Episode #11](https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/11/django-2.0-is-dropping-python-2-entirely-pipenv-for-profile-functionality-and-pythonic-home-automation) at minute 15:20 by [Python Bytes](https://pythonbytes.fm/) - January 2017
- [Home Assistant: The Python Approach to Home Automation](https://www.linux.com/news/home-assistant-python-approach-home-automation-video) - June 2016
- [Secure home automation, without clouds or dedicated hubs](http://linuxgizmos.com/secure-home-automation-without-clouds-or-dedicated-hubs/) - June 2016
- [Weekend Project: Setting up Home Assistant on your PC or Mac](http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/software/weekend-project-setting-up-home-assistant-on-your-pc-or-mac.html) by [automated home](http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/) - April 2016
- [Episode 105 - DIY Home Automation Roundup](https://www.hometech.fm/shows/105) by [HomeTech.fm](https://www.hometech.fm/) - April 2016
- [5 open source home automation tools](https://opensource.com/life/16/3/5-open-source-home-automation-tools) by [opensource.com](https://opensource.com) - March 2016
- [Home Assistant – Open Source Python Home Automation Platform](http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/new-products/home-assistant-open-source-python-home-automation-platform.html) - January 2015

### {% linkable_title Site Search %}

There is not currently a site search for Home-Assistant.io but it's in the works. For now, you can use this [Google link](https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=005053695590750500199:dtrfi8yigbi) which will narrow your search to this specific site.

### {% linkable_title Roadmap %}

There is no explicit roadmap available but the public [tracker](https://www.pivotaltracker.com/n/projects/1250084) can give you some insight into what is going on.