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Home Assistant for Mac

Companion app for Home Assistant home automation software

Quick answer: Home Assistant is a utility for macOS. Install it with brew install --cask home-assistant. The licence is not declared in Homebrew metadata. It has 265 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What Home Assistant is

Home Assistant is a utility for macOS: companion app for Home Assistant home automation software.

It is distributed as a Homebrew cask, which installs a .app bundle into your Applications folder. The project is open source and lives at https://companion.home-assistant.io/.

How to install Home Assistant

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install --cask home-assistant.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install Home Assistant on Mac?

Run brew install --cask home-assistant in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is Home Assistant open source?

Homebrew's metadata does not declare a licence for this app, so the official site is the authoritative source.

Does Home Assistant run on Apple silicon?

Yes, as a universal binary.

How popular is Home Assistant?

It was installed 265 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #2166 in this catalogue.

What version of Home Assistant is current?

The latest packaged version is 2026.10.1,2026.3213.