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/ttyUSB0to 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
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |