🏠 What is Home Assistant?

Home Assistant is an open-source smart home hub that lets you connect and control devices from different brands and protocols all in one place. Manage lights, climate, security systems, sensors, and more — all through a single platform. Its key advantage is local operation, meaning your data stays in your home for faster performance and greater privacy.

✨ What It Can Do

Feature Description
📡 Centralized Device Management Supports 3,300+ integrations. Control lights, locks, cameras, climate systems, and more from one interface.
⚙️ Powerful Automation Trigger devices by time, environmental conditions, or actions — like turning on lights and disabling alarms when you arrive home.
🎙️ Voice Control Works with Alexa and Google Assistant, or use the built-in private voice assistant, Assist.
🔋 Energy Monitoring Track real-time energy usage, optimize consumption, and reduce your bills.
🎨 Highly Customizable Tailor dashboards and automation logic to match your lifestyle.

Step 1 — Choose Your Hardware

Home Assistant Green

Home Assistant Green

Plug‑and‑play smart home hub with Home Assistant OS pre‑installed — perfect for beginners.

Skills Required:
Interest in setting up a smart home

Tools Required:
Ethernet connection

Price: €129.95

Raspberry Pi 4

Raspberry Pi 4

Great budget gateway for light‑to‑medium smart homes. Runs Home Assistant OS smoothly for typical automations and Zigbee/Matter bridges.

Skills Required:
Assembling a Raspberry Pi setup
Flashing a Raspberry Pi

Tools Required:
Raspberry Pi 4 with 5V 3A power supply
microSD card or USB 3.0 SSD
Ethernet connection

Price: €63.95

Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit

Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit

Install Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi — a low‑cost DIY route to get started and gain hands‑on experience.

Skills Required:
Assembling a Raspberry Pi setup
Flashing a Raspberry Pi

Tools Required:
Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 with power supply
MicroSD card
Ethernet connection

Price: €149.95

Step 2 – Install ESPHome

⚡ ESPHome is an open‑source firmware framework that simplifies turning ESP32, ESP8266, or RP2040 boards into powerful, locally‑controlled smart home devices. Using simple 📝 YAML configuration files instead of complex C++ code, you can:

• 🛠️ Create custom smart home devices tailored to your needs
• 🔗 Integrate seamlessly with Home Assistant for a unified experience
• 🌐 Control and monitor devices via web, API, or MQTT
• 🤖 Automate with powerful on‑device logic
• 📡 Update firmware wirelessly with Over‑The‑Air (OTA) updates

With support for 📊 hundreds of sensors, displays, and components — and ☁️❌ no cloud dependency — ESPHome lets you focus on building your smart home exactly how you want it.

Geen Codering Vereist

Eenvoudige YAML-configuratiebestanden in plaats van complexe C++-code

Draadloze updates

Werk uw apparaten draadloos bij zonder fysieke toegang

Modulair Ontwerp

Ondersteuning voor honderden sensoren, displays en andere componenten

Lokale Controle

Apparaten werken lokaal zonder cloudafhankelijkheden

How to Install ESPHome

🧩
Install Add‑on
Settings → Add‑on Store → search “ESPHome” → Install → Start → Open Web UI
🔌
Connect Your Board
Plug ESP32/8266/RP2040 via USB for the first flash.
📝
Create Device
Name → select board → enter Wi‑Fi → generate YAML.
📡
Flash & Go
Flash via USB → device joins Wi‑Fi → OTA updates next time.

Step 3 — Choose Your Controller (Control‑side Devices)

Step 4 — Choose Your Sensors (Sensing‑side Devices)

Products for Home Assistant

Home Assistant FAQ

Home Assistant is een open-source smart home platform dat de bediening van apparaten van verschillende merken en protocollen op één plek verenigt. Het belangrijkste voordeel is lokale werking, waardoor gegevens binnen uw huis blijven voor snellere prestaties en sterkere privacy.
De Home Assistant Green is een plug-en-play optie met het besturingssysteem vooraf geïnstalleerd. Voor een budgetvriendelijke doe-het-zelf installatie draait de Raspberry Pi 4/5 typische automatiseringen en Zigbee/Matter bruggen soepel.
Home Assistant werkt met Alexa, Google Assistant en de ingebouwde Assist private spraakassistent — waarmee lokale spraakbesturing van verlichting, klimaat en meer mogelijk is zonder afhankelijkheid van de cloud.
ESPHome is een firmwareframework dat het gemakkelijk maakt om ESP32/ESP8266-borden om te zetten in aangepaste slimme apparaten. Configuratie gebeurt via eenvoudige YAML-bestanden (geen codering), met naadloze Home Assistant-integratie en OTA draadloze updates.
Nee. Kernfuncties zoals automatiseringen, spraakbesturing en energiebewaking kunnen volledig offline werken, wat de stabiliteit verhoogt en de privacy beschermt.

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