Manage (Install, track, upgrade) and discover custom elements for Home Assistant directly from the UI.

What?* HACS is a integration that gives the user a powerful UI to handle downloads of custom integrations and plugins.

Highlights of what HACS can do:

• Help you discover new custom elements.
• Help you install (download) new custom elements.
• Help you keep track of your custom elements.
• Manage(Install/Upgrade/Remove)
• Shortcuts to repositories/issue tracker

Installation

1. Go into integrations and add HACS. Home Assistant will now try to install every python-package that HACS depends on.

2. Step 1 might fail for an unknown reason, but if so:

   Restart Home Assistant with sudo snap restart home-assistant-snap and wait for it to boot up. Go back and continue as described in step 1.

3. You should be prompted with some check-boxes that you need to confirm and then a screen to connect to github api.

Wallah! HACS should be up running. :)

Can't find HACS in the integration list?

Open up a terminal and issue:

``` sudo snap connect home-assistant-hacs:components home-assistant-snap:components ```

HACS should auto-connect, but sometimes it might fail. You also have to do this manually if you are using a self-snapped home-assistant-snap.

Please see https://git.giaever.org/joachimmg/home-assistant-hacs#install-from-the-snap-store-recommended for more details.

UPDATES? Out of date?

No worries. HACS is managed by HACS and Home Assistant. After installation you will be able to update HACS whenever there is a new update!