Homeassistant

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Home Assistant is the world's leading open-source smart home platform — local-first, privacy-respecting, with 2000+ integrations spanning every major (and minor) smart home protocol. Z-Wave, Zigbee, MQTT, HomeKit, Matter, plus thousands of cloud APIs, all unified under one dashboard with automation, scenes, scripts, and voice control.

Used by hundreds of thousands of households worldwide. The "Linux of smart homes" — community-driven, vendor-agnostic, and the only viable answer to "I don't want my house dependent on Google / Amazon / Apple cloud servers".

What it's for

  • Whole-home automation — lights, climate, security, media all in one dashboard
  • Privacy-first smart home — runs locally, devices controlled without cloud round-trip
  • Multi-vendor unification — Philips Hue + Sonos + Nest + Tesla + custom DIY in one UI
  • Voice control — local Alexa / Google replacement via Whisper + Piper
  • Energy monitoring — track consumption, solar production, grid export

Who it's for

  • Smart home enthusiasts managing 50+ connected devices across vendors
  • Privacy-bound households rejecting Google Home / Alexa cloud surveillance
  • DIY makers integrating ESP32 / Raspberry Pi sensors via ESPHome
  • Energy-conscious households monitoring + optimizing power consumption
  • Vacation homes where remote control + alerts matter

Why teams pick Home Assistant over alternatives

  • 2000+ integrations — every major brand + thousands of community
  • Apache 2.0 — fully open
  • Local processing — no cloud dependency for core functions
  • Automation engine — powerful YAML / visual editor for complex rules
  • Massive community — answers to every question on forum / r/homeassistant
  • Multi-platform companion apps — iOS + Android with full feature parity

Integrations

  • Protocols — Z-Wave, Zigbee (via Zigbee2MQTT), Matter, Thread, HomeKit, MQTT, Modbus, KNX
  • Voice — Alexa, Google Assistant, local pipeline via Whisper + Piper
  • Cloud services — 1000+ via official integrations (weather, calendars, transit, energy)
  • Devices — Philips Hue, Ikea Tradfri, Sonos, Tesla, Nest, Ecobee, Aqara, Shelly
  • DIY — ESPHome, Tasmota, Node-RED automation
  • Media — Plex, Jellyfin, Spotify, Sonos integration
  • Notifications — Pushover, Telegram, Discord, custom webhook

Notable users & community

  • 75k+ GitHub stars (one of the largest OSS projects globally)
  • Backed by Nabu Casa for sustainable commercial cloud (optional)
  • Annual Home Assistant Conference
  • 40k+ active users on r/homeassistant
  • Hundreds of thousands of installations worldwide
  • Default smart home platform in self-hosted community

Tips & operations

  • Plug a Zigbee USB stick (Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Plus, ConBee II) for direct Zigbee — or pair with Zigbee2MQTT on same VPS
  • Mosquitto MQTT broker pairs naturally — many integrations use MQTT
  • USB passthrough — for Z-Wave/Zigbee dongles, add --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 to the container
  • Backup /config — automations + UI customization live here; this IS your house
  • Updates can break things — pin a version + read release notes before upgrading core
  • Energy dashboard requires explicit setup but enormously valuable once configured

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker container: official ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable
  • Privileged mode for USB device passthrough (Z-Wave / Zigbee dongles)
  • Config persistence at /opt/homeassistant/config
  • Port 8123 exposed for web + mobile apps
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt (we recommend nginx in front for cert management)
  • Recommended pairings on same VPS: Mosquitto, Zigbee2MQTT, ESPHome
Read this app's deep dive on bluix.app ↗

Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan

Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.

TierTenantsCatalogSupportWhite-labelMonthly
Stacks119 curated stacksStandard$19/moDetailDeploy
Starter10Full catalogStandard+$15–25/mo$49/moDetailDeploy
Pro25Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$149/moDetailDeploy
Growth100Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$349/moDetailDeploy
Scale500Full catalog7-day window+$15–25/mo$799/moDetailDeploy
EnterpriseUnlimitedFull catalogPriority 7-dayBundled$1,499/moDetailDeploy

Powered by WHMCompleteSolution