# Home Assistant Green

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Home Assistant Green and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a smooth, easy default for running Home Assistant at home, with few issues reported afterward. One commenter reported storage problems.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended as default Home Assistant hardware (2 comments): "put HAOS (Home Assistant OS) on a Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant Green, or some NUC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46015117)) "The minimum viable setup is the Home Assistant Green." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47402604))
- Smooth setup with few issues (2 comments): "The happy path is to buy https://www.home-assistant.io/green/ and then go from there. That's what I did and it was a very smooth setup for everything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47400411)) "I haven't had any issues since." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839265))
- Enough for typical needs (2 comments): "Sounds like the HA Green should be more than enough for my needs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584196)) "The minimum viable setup is the Home Assistant Green." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47402604))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Home Assistant](https://hackerapproved.com/p/home-assistant.md): 298 recommend
- [Apple HomeView](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-homeview.md): 95 recommend
- [Zigbee2MQTT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zigbee2mqtt.md): 16 recommend
- [Homebridge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/homebridge.md): 13 recommend
- [Samsung SmartThings](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smartthings.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Home+Assistant+Green&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.home-assistant.io/green/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Home Assistant Green", https://hackerapproved.com/p/home-assistant-green/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).