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Home Assistant offers four different installation methods. We recommend using one of the following two methods:
- Home Assistant Operating System: Minimal Operating System optimized to power Home Assistant. It comes with Supervisor to manage Home Assistant Core and Add-ons. Recommended installation method.
- Home Assistant Container: Standalone container-based installation of Home Assistant Core (e.g., Docker).
There are two alternative installation methods available for experienced users. We generally do not recommend using these, unless you have extensive Linux knowledge and experience.
- Home Assistant Core: Manual installation using a Python virtual environment.
- Home Assistant Supervised: Manual installation of the Supervisor. The most complex of all.
Ready to get started? Check out the “Getting Started” guide.
Looking for just the installation documentation? You can find it here.