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Setting up Home Assistant on your own hardware has never been easier. With Armbian, we provide a preloaded Home Assistant supervised installation on a clean Debian base, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free experience. Whether you need a smart home hub or a reliable Linux server, this setup offers the best of both worlds.

Why Choose Armbian for Home Assistant?

  • Preinstalled Home Assistant – No complicated setup, just boot and start using it.
  • Clean Debian Base – Our images are debootstrapped and cleanly assembled, ensuring a minimal and optimized system.
  • Armbian-Maintained Kernels – Improved, optimized, and regularly updated for better performance and stability.
  • Supports Various Devices – Runs on Raspberry Pi, Nanopi, Radxa, Orange Pi, and many more.

How to Get Started

  1. Download the Armbian image with Home Assistant preinstalled (available at board download pages - start here https://www.armbian.com/download ( example of a direct link - for Raspberry Pi: https://dl.armbian.com/rpi4b/Bookworm_current_minimal-homeassistant )
  2. Flash it to an SD card, USB or eMMC, insert it into your device, and power it on.
  3. Access Home Assistant in your browser at http://homeassistant.local:8123 and complete the setup.

 

Since it’s built on pure Debian, you can install additional software (via armbian-config or manually) and use it as a full-fledged server alongside Home Assistant.

With Armbian, setting up Home Assistant is as simple as it gets - fast, clean, and flexible!

 

In case of troubles: support thread

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