HACS
The Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) is a custom integration that provides a UI to manage custom elements in Home Assistant. What HACS can do: Help you discover new custom elements. Help you download new custom elements. Manage (update/remove) custom elements.
Downloading HACS - HACS
Downloading HACS. This section shows how to download HACS to your Home Assistant and how to troubleshoot some common issues. To download HACS¶ How you download HACS depends on your Home Assistant installation type. In the instructions below, select the tab that matches your installation type (OS/Supervised, Container, or Core).
Initial configuration - HACS
Setting up the HACS integration¶ Follow these steps to set up the HACS integration and authenticate it with GitHub. Prerequisites¶ This guide assumes that you have completed the following steps: Downloaded HACS; Restarted Home Assistant; To set up the HACS integration¶ In Home Assistant, go to Settings > Devices & services. Clear your ...
Using the HACS dashboard
Using the HACS dashboard. This section shows you how to use the HACS dashboard. Browsing repositories¶ To open HACS, in the Home Assistant sidebar, select the HACS icon. Each line in the data table represents a community repository that can be downloaded via HACS. To browse the repositories, use the search and filter functions.
Update HACS - HACS
As soon as a new version of HACS is available, you'll receive an update notification in Home Assistant, just like with any other integration. Updating HACS ¶ Follow these steps to update HACS itself.
Integration - HACS
Integrations in HACS are community-built custom integrations. Configuring integrations¶ Follow the steps on downloading a repository. How you configure the integration in Home Assistant depends on the integration: The integration documentation page …
Frequently Asked Questions - HACS
All HACS docs are open source. See something that's wrong or unclear? Submit a pull request. Edit this page on GitHub Learn how to contribute
Prerequisites - HACS
Apr 1, 2024 · Before you start using HACS, make sure the following requirements are met: You are running Home Assistant version 2024.4.1 or newer. To see which version your system is running, in Home Assistant, go to Settings > About. You are running a …
User documentation - HACS
Getting started with HACS¶ New to HACS? To get started with HACS, follow these steps: Check, if the requirements are met before downloading HACS. Download HACS. Setup the HACS integration. Check the configuration options. Get an overview of …
Data and backup - HACS
All HACS data is part of the regular Home Assistant backup. Make sure to regularly backup Home Assistant and store the backup files somewhere safe outside your Home Assistant instance. So that you can restore from the backup if needed.