Home Assistant Configuration Boilerplate

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Hi guys,

From some time I have an idea and now I want to share it.

I believe many of us goes through HA configuration repositories to check for something interesting or find a better way to make something cool with HA. In the first weeks with HA I was a bit confused how to structure my configuration.

My idea is to create a boilerplate configuration with some of the core functionalities and examples - https://github.com/Chariyski/Home-Assistant-Configuration-Boilerplate . I don’t think that this is a job for a one man, so if you have an idea or think that something is wrong please get involved with the project.

Let’s make a good and structure boilerplate for all the new guys (and the old ones :P) that will use Home Assistant.

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I agree with you, there’s a lot to think about today. But I would suggest to put the “help” part in the official docs instead of in a new repository. That will make it easier to find since all documentation is in the same place. You also get reviews from developers before it ends up in the site.

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Great suggestion

I also think maybe we need some HASS Foo - ie some standard ways to give examples - this fits well with your idea.

My Foo thoughts are - always give an example for room1 (or loungeroom) and a light1, switch2, etc

Then when things get complex (like in templates using JINGA2 etc, you might be able to detect the things that are familiar.

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To add the code in one of the Home Assistant repositories is the easiest part. First lets make it more complete.

Add you mean adding real devices(that will be a problem) or a snippet sections?

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Any ideas what kind of components and automation to add?