What add-ons exist that can be installed in a python virtual environment?

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The install documentation says: The only installation methods that allow you to use Home Assistant Add-ons is using the Home Assistant image and manual Supervised installer. All other methods only install the base Home Assistant packages, however the software from the add-ons may still usually be installed manually like any other program. https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/installation/

I have successfully installed add-ons from the community add-ons repository with pip install commands. It’s unclear what the base add-ons might add for the python virtual environment. Based on the image of the add-on page some appear to be useful utilities and the documentation says they can “usually be installed manually”.

Is a list of the base add-ons that are available to install in a python virtual environment?

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Add-ons are Docker containers extended to be managed by the Supervisor. Docker containers are just portable ways of running software.

All that means is that if you want to run, say, the Samba add-on, you just instead install (and configure) Samba.

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