This is the source code for Home Assistant. For installation instructions, tutorials and the docs, please see [the website](https://home-assistant.io). For a functioning demo frontend of Home Assistant, [click here](https://home-assistant.io/demo/).
Home Assistant is a home automation platform running on Python 3. The goal of Home Assistant is to be able to track and control all devices at home and offer a platform for automating control.
It offers the following functionality through built-in components:
* Track if devices are home by monitoring connected devices to a wireless router (supporting [OpenWrt](https://openwrt.org/), [Tomato](http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato), [Netgear](http://netgear.com))
* Track and control [Philips Hue](http://meethue.com) lights
* Track and control [WeMo switches](http://www.belkin.com/us/Products/home-automation/c/wemo-home-automation/)
* Track and control [Google Chromecasts](http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast)
* Track running services by monitoring `ps` output
The system is built modular so support for other devices or actions can be implemented easily. See also the [section on architecture](https://home-assistant.io/developers/architecture.html) and the [section on creating your own components](https://home-assistant.io/developers/creating_components.html).
If you run into issues while using Home Assistant or during development of a component, reach out to the [Home Assistant developer community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/home-assistant-dev).
The last command will start the Home Assistant server and launch its webinterface. By default Home Assistant looks for the configuration file `config/home-assistant.conf`. A standard configuration file will be written if none exists.
If you are still exploring if you want to use Home Assistant in the first place, you can enable the demo mode by adding the `--demo-mode` argument to the last command.
