Home Assistant

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first

Alternative to: smartthings, google home, amazon alexa, hubitat

Home Assistant is a home automation platform that puts local control and privacy first. It integrates with thousands of devices and services, from Zigbee and Z-Wave sensors to Matter, and lets automations run entirely on local hardware such as a Raspberry Pi or a home server without depending on the cloud. A browser-based dashboard and automation editor make it possible to build interfaces and automations without writing code.

Home Assistant Docker Compose example

Self-host Home Assistant on your own server, homelab, or VPS starting from this Docker Compose example. It runs Home Assistant in Docker containers using the official ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable image, with persistent volumes and automatic restarts preconfigured. Review the environment variables and adjust them to your setup, save the file as compose.yml (or docker-compose.yml), and start the stack with docker compose up -d.

services:
  homeassistant:
    image: ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable
    volumes:
      - config:/config
      # Share the host clock with the container.
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      # Timezone used by Home Assistant for schedules, logbook entries, and history.
      # Value must be a tz database name, e.g. "Europe/Berlin".
      TZ: "UTC"

volumes:
  config:

Prefer a managed setup? WinterFlow installs, configures, and updates Home Assistant for you using this same Docker Compose configuration.