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Core: Local Home Automation

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90,295 stars38,521 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/7/2026100% free ยท open source
What it is

Control your home devices remotely with this open-source home automation system that keeps your data local.

Real use case example

"A founder wants to create an automated lighting system that adjusts brightness based on the time of day. She sets up a Raspberry Pi with Home Assistant, configures an MQTT server, and writes a Python script to control the lights. After one hour of setup, she can control her home's lighting remotely."

When to use it
  • โ€ขYou want to automate your smart home devices without relying on cloud services
  • โ€ขYou need to ensure the privacy and security of your home automation data
  • โ€ขYou prefer a customizable and extensible home automation platform
Ready-to-paste prompt
hass --config /config --script check_config
Heads up: You need to have Python 3.9 or later installed on your system to run Core, as it is a requirement for the Home Assistant platform
Saves to your device
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How Core: Local Home Automation works
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Free to inspect

Core: Local Home Automation is a very large Python project (~1.4M lines across 10068 code files, plus 8144 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~1.4M lines ยท 10068 code files ยท days to read โ€” use, don't read
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Python ยท Docker
No API keys detected
Python 100%
What happens, step by step

Home automation tool controls devices

You give
User commands
1Start Tool
Begin home automation
homeassistant/__main__.py
2Add Devices
Integrate devices easily
3Run Automation
Control devices locally
4Check Status
View device status
You get
Device actions
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.rst
    Start here โ€” what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    homeassistant/__main__.py
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    pyproject.toml
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
What's in each folder
homeassistant/Folder14026 files
script/Helper scripts142 files
pylint/Folder70 files
machine/Folder13 files
rootfs/Folder3 files
mypy_plugins/Folder2 files
tests/Tests โ€” proof it works12735 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)39 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
Quick Actions
Details
Creator
home-assistant
Language
Python
Category
automation
Published
9/17/2013

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