About r/HomeAssistant
Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io.
The community at a glance
r/HomeAssistant is a Subreddit for Self-Hosters with roughly 569K members. It uses a forum format for communication. It also includes courses or structured learning and curated tools and resources. On the Hive Index it ranks #3 in the Self-Hosting communities list.
Roughly 136K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Home Assistant, Integration, and Frustrating. Product recommendations often mention camera.
Community Topics
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2016: 3K members
- 2017: 8K members
- 2018: 13K members
- 2019: 30K members
- 2020: 48K members
- 2021: 52K members
- 2023: 115K members
- 2024: 98K members
- 2025: 124K members
- 2026: 79K members
Past year (monthly)
- Aug: 9K members
- Sep: 9K members
- Oct: 9K members
- Nov: 12K members
- Dec: 12K members
- Jan: 15K members
- Feb: 11K members
- Mar: 11K members
- Apr: 11K members
- May: 11K members
- Jun: 13K members
- Jul: 6K members
Topics
- Home Assistant173 posts in the past month#1173Home Assistant
- Integration35 posts in the past month#235Integration
- Frustrating30 posts in the past month#330Frustrating
- Struggling30 posts in the past month#430Struggling
- Automation28 posts in the past month#528Automation
Flair
- Support19 posts in the past month
- Are there any guides for setting up a serial device (Weeder Digital IO WTDIO-M and Relay WTSSR-M)
- Zigbee Device Limit? Client unable to keep up with pending messages...
- NEWBIE 🫣 / Arrived at the HA universe 48 hours ago
#119SupportAre there any guides for setting up a serial device (Weeder Digital IO WTDIO-M and Relay WTSSR-M) · Zigbee Device Limit? Client unable to keep up with pending messages... · NEWBIE 🫣 / Arrived at the HA universe 48 hours ago - Personal Setup7 posts in the past month
- Tiny Night Clock
- Counter-Strike as a Home Assistant MQTT device
- Flux Home Assistant Dashboard v1.0 Release
#27Personal SetupTiny Night Clock · Counter-Strike as a Home Assistant MQTT device · Flux Home Assistant Dashboard v1.0 Release - News1 post in the past month
- Live Preview Theme Editor — Now Available!
#31NewsLive Preview Theme Editor — Now Available! - Blog1 post in the past month
- Go Matter!
#41BlogGo Matter! - Solved1 post in the past month
- Lock automatically authentication fully verified doc all
#51SolvedLock automatically authentication fully verified doc all
Product recommendations
- camera4 posts in the past month
- Best cheap camera for home assistant
- Best option for implementing my cameras into my dashboard?
- ChatGPT says to use Homekit Secure Video, all I need is a camera that supports H.264 video encoding and RTSP stream...seems too easy?! Before I spend money I thought I would check. If this is true, what cameras do you all recommend?
#14cameraBest cheap camera for home assistant · Best option for implementing my cameras into my dashboard? · ChatGPT says to use Homekit Secure Video, all I need is a camera that supports H.264 video encoding and RTSP stream...seems too easy?! Before I spend money I thought I would check. If this is true, what cameras do you all recommend?
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/HomeAssistant for?
- Best for Self-Hosters enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/HomeAssistant free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/HomeAssistant have?
- Roughly 569K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/HomeAssistant on?
- r/HomeAssistant runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/HomeAssistant cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/HomeAssistant is organized under Self-Hosters.
- How do I join r/HomeAssistant?
- You can join r/HomeAssistant by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Self-Hosting communities like?
- Communities for people running their own servers, home labs, and self-hosted applications. Reddit dominates with massive communities for home automation, self-hosted media servers, and container orchestration, covering everything from beginner setup to advanced homelab builds.
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