WTH Give HACS a descriptive name instead of an acronym

Feature Requests
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I know I missed the month of WTH and this isn’t exactly a feature request, so mods please move this if I put it in the wrong spot.

Could we replace “HACS” with a more descriptive title in the gui? For novice users it is another barrier to learning Home Assistant. “Community Store” would work for me and when navigating the sidebar it is a clear title that is meaningful.

I am sure the forums will continue to use the jargon and that is unavoidable, but having a useful name in the gui would be a simple thing that could help novice users.

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HACS is separate from HA so even if the code owner wanted to. (which I sincerely doubt HACS is well known now) It’s not a HA feature request.

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I think its pretty creative when you consider that its pronounced ‘hacks’.

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Thanks for clarifying this. I wasn’t clear if HA directly supported HACS or not. Obviously the content on HACS is from users, but I thought perhaps HA maintained the “store”.

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And I agree the name is clever!

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Negative ghostrider. 100% separate. And part of WHY it’s separated - to help denote that separation to end users.

This… (HACS AND EVERYTHING IN IT)

Is NOT THAT (HA core.)

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Roger that. Consider this request both in the wrong forum and DOA.

Novice users will learn the jargon, as I am, during the learning curve.

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Is ok. And welcome! Keep asking questions - you now know the dynamics of HACS and how active the community is in contributing :rofl:

Just… don’t ask about backup for the next few weeks. Let that one die down first unless you like pain.

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Yeah, if that topic comes then back up.

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You can change the options of HACS to give it a different name in the sidebar if you want to.

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Closing as HACS is a third party integration, not core. Take it up with the developer (or heed their advice above).