Community Guides
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Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts
Background When you start writing automations, a device trigger seems the obvious choice. Everybody knows what a device is and it comes at the top of the UI dropdown list. It works… but it is not a the best way to s… |
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66 | 39194 | February 5, 2026 |
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The Home Assistant Cookbook - Index
A collection of posts on how to perform common tasks and deal with common problems. This Guide is intended for those new to Home Assistant, those that are struggling for answers on some subjects, and those in troubleshoo… |
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1 | 72839 | March 28, 2024 |
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Getting help in languages other than English
As explained in the FAQ this forum is an English language only forum. If you would prefer to converse in your native language rather than using a translator, there are a number of Home Assistant forums for non-English sp… |
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7 | 6726 | December 21, 2025 |
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How to read Home Assistant Configuration Errors
Lets say you have this error: Logger: homeassistant.config Source: config.py:464 First occurred: 16:28:21 (1 occurrences) Last logged: 16:28:21 Invalid config for [script]: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data… |
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8 | 5161 | May 16, 2022 |
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About the Community Guides
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1 | 2783 | May 12, 2020 |
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Restore device-specific default dashboard
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20 | 1497 | February 14, 2026 |
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How to make Quick-Search CTRL-K work on Windows
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7 | 39 | February 14, 2026 |
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Modern Guide to Thread on a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2
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9 | 22501 | February 14, 2026 |
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[GUIDE] Controlling ITHO Daalderop fan with ESP8266 and CC1101
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54 | 25735 | February 12, 2026 |
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Improve Your Home Assistant Performance with MariaDB Tuning
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43 | 8475 | February 12, 2026 |
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How to edit Home Assistant config from locally installed Visual Studio Code
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14 | 30014 | February 12, 2026 |
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Voice PE → Play Replies on an External Media Playerer
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1 | 71 | February 11, 2026 |
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Simple and Fast Installing Home Assistant Core (and Matter Server) on Android: No Root, No QEMU
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23 | 11444 | February 11, 2026 |
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Integrating Panasonic BalancedHome ERV + Swidget w/ HA
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0 | 14 | February 10, 2026 |
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Hands-on Practical Courses to learn Discourse Commands
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25 | 1889 | February 10, 2026 |
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How to make your own Thread devices with ESPHome
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9 | 1182 | February 9, 2026 |
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Make your own Thread Border Router for just $5
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41 | 9439 | February 8, 2026 |
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Developer Tools Side Menu Replacement
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6 | 930 | February 8, 2026 |
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Integrating Nest Protect smoke alarms
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109 | 57061 | February 7, 2026 |
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Definitive guide to Weather integrations :sun_behind_rain_cloud:
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147 | 140796 | February 7, 2026 |
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GUIDE - Grabbing your Phone/Watch Bluetooth IRKs (2026 edition)
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11 | 466 | February 6, 2026 |
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Getting the IRK for your phone
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11 | 2897 | February 6, 2026 |
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How to monitor network drives that are added as storage in Home Assistant OS
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13 | 1940 | February 6, 2026 |
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How to set up Tailscale Funnel to securely access Home Assistant from anywhere for free
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34 | 4397 | February 4, 2026 |
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A Better (and Simpler) LLM Music Assistant Script
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12 | 212 | February 4, 2026 |
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GUIDE: Run Linux Voice Assistant sattelite in termux for use in an Android wallpanel tablet
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6 | 316 | February 2, 2026 |
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The correct silly-walk to set up InfluxDB as of August 2025
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11 | 977 | February 2, 2026 |
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Mushroom Cards Card Mod Styling/Config Guide
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1617 | 293075 | February 2, 2026 |
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Installing Home Assistant Supervised on a Raspberry Pi using Debian 12
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979 | 250943 | February 2, 2026 |
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Installing HAOS on Apple Silicon Macs using VMware Fusion
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8 | 4084 | February 1, 2026 |