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* Update config for Buildroot 2023.02 * Use Buildroot's version of the rtl8821cu package Buildroot provides a newer driver for the RTL8821CU based chipsets provided by https://github.com/morrownr/8821cu-20210118. * Pass argument when verifying partition table This also avoids running into a segmentation fault in the current version of sgdisk. * Remove obsolte GRUB2/NetworkManager patches * Bump buildroot * buildroot 90aa1a6daa...4832525e6c (4596): > package/runc: add support for CGroup device permission updates > package/network-manager: fix build with -Dmodem_manager=false > package/dbus-broker: bump to release 33 > package/iptables: Allow to use iptables with nf_tables backend > package/brcmfmac_sdio-firmware-rpi: bump to latest version > package/linux-firmware: Deploy fewer Intel WiFi 22000 series variants > package/linux-firmware: Add more Intel WiFi 22000 series variants > package/linux-firmware: Add Broadcom BNX2 firmware > package/rpi-firmware: bump version to 1.20230106 > Update for 2023.02-rc2 * Use Ubuntu 22.04 for CI checks * Bump xe-guest-utilities to 7.33.0 * Remove unnecessary shellcheck ignore for xe-guest-utilities * Address new buildroot check-packages issues
Home Assistant Operating System
Home Assistant Operating System (formerly HassOS) is a Linux based operating system optimized to host Home Assistant and its Add-ons.
Home Assistant Operating System uses Docker as Container engine. It by default deploys the Home Assistant Supervisor as a container. Home Assistant Supervisor in turn uses the Docker container engine to control Home Assistant Core and Add-Ons in separate containers. Home Assistant Operating System is not based on a regular Linux distribution like Ubuntu. It is built using Buildroot and it is optimized to run Home Assistant. It targets single board compute (SBC) devices like the Raspberry Pi or ODROID but also supports x86-64 systems with UEFI.
Features
- Lightweight and memory-efficient
- Minimized I/O
- Over The Air (OTA) updates
- Offline updates
- Modular using Docker container engine
Supported hardware
- Raspberry Pi
- Hardkernel ODROID
- Asus Tinker Board
- Generic x86-64 (e.g. Intel NUC)
- Virtual appliances
See the full list and specific models here
Getting Started
If you just want to use Home Assistant the official getting started guide and installation instructions take you through how to download Home Assistant Operating System and get it running on your machine.
If you're interested in finding out more about Home Assistant Operating System and how it works read on...
Development
If you don't have experience with embedded systems, Buildroot or the build process for Linux distributions it is recommended to read up on these topics first (e.g. Bootlin has excellent resources).
The Home Assistant Operating System documentation can be found on the Home Assistant Developer Docs website.
Components
- Bootloader:
- Operating System:
- Buildroot LTS Linux
- File Systems:
- Container Platform:
- Docker Engine for running Home Assistant components in containers
- Updates:
- RAUC for Over The Air (OTA) and USB updates
- Security:
- AppArmor Linux kernel security module
Development builds
The Development build GitHub Action Workflow is a manually triggered workflow which creates Home Assistant OS development builds. The development builds are available at os-builds.home-assistant.io.