Home Assistant
Home Assistant is a free, open-source smart home app for Android. Control all your devices in your Home Assistant instance. It has 3,954 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
- Official
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- Smart home & IoT
- Actively maintained
About Home Assistant
The Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability. It runs locally in your home via a device like the Home Assistant Green or Raspberry Pi. This app connects to all the most powerful features of Home Assistant, - One app to control the whole home - Home Assistant is compatible with the biggest brands in the smart home, connecting to thousands of smart devices and services. - Discover automatically and quickly configure new devices - such as Philips Hue, Google Cast, Sonos, IKEA Tradfri and Apple Homekit compatible devices.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Home Assistant from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Home Assistant?
Home Assistant is a free, open-source smart home app for Android. Control all your devices in your Home Assistant instance. It has 3,954 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Home Assistant free and open source?
Yes. Home Assistant's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Home Assistant?
You can install Home Assistant from F-Droid (package io.homeassistant.companion.android.minimal) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 2026.8.4).
Is Home Assistant still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.