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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][forum]
- [Discord Chat Server][discord] for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
- Follow us on [Twitter][twitter], use [@home_assistant][twitter]
- Join the [Google+ community][google-plus]
- Join the [Reddit subreddit][reddit] in [/r/homeassistant][reddit]

### {% 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](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-assets/tree/master/english/2017-qecampX) at QECampX 2017 - October 2017
- [Open Source Heimautomation mit Home Assistant](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant-assets/tree/master/german/2017-maker-faire-zurich) at [Mini Maker Faire Zurich 2017](https://www.makerfairezurich.ch/en/) - September 2017
- [Why we can't have the Internet of Nice Things: A home automation primer](https://www.openwest.org/custom/description.php?id=92) at [OpenWest 2017](https://www.openwest.org) - July 2017
- [Home Automation with Home Assistant](https://github.com/jjmontesl/talk-hass-pydaygalicia2017) at [PyDay Galicia 2017](https://pyday2017.python-vigo.es/gl/) - June 2017
- [Home Automation with Python](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNFZSSCPUyM) at [GLT 2017](https://glt17.linuxtage.at) - April 2017
- [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 %}

Don't miss the regular [Home Assistant podcasts](https://hasspodcast.io/).

- [The winners of the Thomas-Krenn-Awards 2018](https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/tkmag/allgemein/die-gewinner-des-thomas-krenn-awards-2018-stehen-fest/) - March 2018
- [Hausautomations-Schaltzentrale Home Assistant auf Python-Basis](https://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2017-26-Hausautomations-Schaltzentrale-Home-Assistant-3909532.html) - December 2017
- [Using Home Assistant the ARTIK Cloud](https://developer.artik.io/documentation/developer-guide/wireless-iot/hass.html) - September 2017
- [Control home automation hardware with Home Assistant](http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2017/203/Home-Assistant) - August 2017
- [Smart Home Home Assistant KNX Alexa Sprachsteuerung](http://onesmarthome.de/smart-home-home-assistant-knx-alexa-sprachsteuerung/) - August 2017
- [Episode #122: Home Assistant: Pythonic Home Automation](https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/122/home-assistant-pythonic-home-automation) - July 2017
- [Smart Home Home Assistant Konfiguration mit YAML](http://onesmarthome.de/smart-home-home-assistant-konfiguration/) - July 2017
- [Why can't we have the Internet of Nice Things?](https://opensource.com/article/17/7/home-automation-primer) - July 2017
- [Smart Home Home Assistant Raspberry Pi Installation Hassbian](http://onesmarthome.de/smart-home-home-assistant-raspberry-pi-installation-hassbian/) - July 2017
- [Integrating Snips with Home Assistant](https://medium.com/snips-ai/integrating-snips-with-home-assistant-314723645c77) - June 2017
- [Jupiter Broadcasting - No Privacy Compromise Home Automation](http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/115566/no-privacy-compromise-home-automation/) - June 2017
- [Monitor IoT devices with Home Assistant and Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/monitor-home-assistant/) - June 2017
- [Castálio Podcast - Episódio 102: Marcelo Mello - Red Hat e Automação Residencial com Home Assistant](https://youtu.be/hZq8ucpzjCs) - May 2017
- [Paulus Schoutsen and Home Assistant - Episode 8](http://codepop.com/open-sourcecraft/episodes/paulus-schoutsen/) - March 2017
- [Zammad, Home Assistant and 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
- [Now you can hide your smart home on the darknet](https://www.wired.com/2016/07/now-can-hide-smart-home-darknet/) - July 2016
- [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 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.

[forum]: https://community.home-assistant.io/
[twitter]: https://twitter.com/home_assistant
[google-plus]: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/110560654828510104551/communities/106562234893511202708
[reddit]: https://reddit.com/r/homeassistant
[discord]: https://discord.gg/c5DvZ4e