Download Home Assistant 0.74

Home Assistant is an open source home automation platform that runs under Python 3. It runs via Hassbian on a Raspberry Pi 3 or a Linux, macOS or Windows computer. It supports detecting devices such as Nest thermostats, Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo switches, Mr. Coffee makers and the mqtt protocol. In addition, where possible, it can control these devices and apply automation. For more information, please refer to this page and our Forum. The developers have released version 0.74 and the release notes for that release can be found below.

0.74: Tuya, Cloudflare DNS, Push Camera and Users UI

It’s time for Home Assistant 0.74!

This week we heard that Guido van Rossum, the founder of Python, is taking a permanent vacation as the leader of Python after being at the helm for almost 30 years. Guido has not been directly involved with Home Assistant. However he created Python and was part of the team that built asyncio, technologies that power the foundation of Home Assistant and what makes us so fast and robust. Under Guido’s guidance, the Python community has grown out to be very friendly and open. A great inspiration for us and other tech communities out there. Thanks for all you have done Guido!

All right, back to Home Assistant. The last release introduced a tech preview of the new user system. The initial preview still required creating users via the command line. In the last two weeks, we’ve worked hard on adding support for an onboarding wizard and a user management interface. A walkthrough of the new features can be found below. Thanks to @awarecan and @jeradM for all their work!

To try it out today, read thesis instructions. The user system is still in tech preview. We’ve moved fast to get where we are today. The next step is that we need to take a step back and look at the system as a whole to make sure it’s robust and ready for prime time.

We keep seeing great examples of UIs built with Lovelace. Follow us on social media (FB, Twitter, G+) where we will keep sharing great examples.

For the Lovelace changes in this release, check out the changelog. To help our development and design teams, we’ve also introduced a Lovelace card gallery.

Thanks to @c727, @jeradM and @ciotlosm for leading this effort ❤️

I’m happy to announce that this release introduces support for Tuya thanks to @huangyupeng. Tuya produces cheap cloud-enabled devices that are sold under a wide variety of brand names across the globe, and now they work with Home Assistant too!

New Platforms

• Add Tuya component and switch support
• Add Tuya light platform
• Added support for Duke Energy smart meters
• Added Push Camera
• Add Cloudflare DNS component.
• Add HomematicIP alarm control panel

Breaking Changes

• Fixer.io has changed their API and now requires an API key.
• Add support to use HTTPS URLs to SynologyDSM and make it the default
• HomeKit Controller: Ignore discovering the HomeKit component and HomeKit devices which offer native local API
• LimitlessLED will no longer report hs_color/rgb_color and color_temp simultaneously.
• IP Ban: Reset failed login attempts counter when login success