Installation

Easiest

Plug and play with KS Assistant Green

The affordable KS Assistant Green is the easiest way to start using KS Assistant. It's plug-and-play and comes with KS Assistant already installed.

Easy

DIY with Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi, a mini low-cost computer, is one of the most popular platforms for running KS Assistant. If you want to learn how to DIY, this is a good way to start and gain experience.

Intermediate

Extend with KS Assistant Yellow

The extensible KS Assistant Yellow comes with all the ingredients you need to help you build a robust smart home. All you need to do is to bring your own Raspberry Pi Compute Module.

Hard

Install on other hardware

KS Assistant can be repurposed and installed on various hardware, such as an Odroid or a generic x86-64 machine. The KS Assistant Operating System allows you to install KS Assistant on these devices even if you have little to no Linux experience.

Expert

Advanced installation methods

KS Assistant offers four different installation methods. We recommend using KS Assistant Operating System. Other methods are available for experienced users for their specific needs, for example, running Home Assistant in a virtualized environment (e.g. Proxmox), or on top of an existing operating system (e.g. Windows, macOS, Linux):

• KS Assistant Container: Standalone container-based installation of KS Assistant Core (e.g. Docker).
• KS Assistant Supervised: Manual installation of the Supervisor.
• KS Assistant Core: Manual installation using Python virtual environment.

Note that while these installation methods may provide some features for advanced users, they may also have some major limitations. For example, add-ons and other important KS Assistant features may not be available.

1: Names are abbreviated. The full names of the installation methods are:

• KS Assistant Operating System
• KS Assistant Container
• KS Assistant Core
• KS Assistant Supervised

_{2: KS Assistant Supervised requires users to maintain their own operating system.}