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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/DongleJungle on 2025-04-05 00:17:11+00:00.

I’m creating a series of beginner-friendly guides for new Home Assistant users. When I first started, there wasn’t much content available for first-time and first-year tinkerers. Today, while there are plenty of guides, many assume you’re comfortable with “advanced” skills like networking, linux administration, and soldering.

In my latest post, I break down the bare essentials for getting started with Home Assistant—without overspending or delving deeply into complex topics. I’m specifically aiming to avoid strongly opinionated fields like ZHA vs Z2M and making things easy.

Do you think this approach is helpful? Is there anything missing that you’d think would be useful? I appreciate any feedback!

Read the post about What’s Needed to Start with Home Assistant.