Home Assistant Green
Ranked 5 of 6 smart home hubs by recommenders
People recommend it as a smooth, easy default for running Home Assistant at home, with few issues reported afterward. One commenter reported storage problems.
People recommend it as a smooth, easy default for running Home Assistant at home, with few issues reported afterward. One commenter reported storage problems.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Recommended as default Home Assistant hardware
“put HAOS (Home Assistant OS) on a Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant Green, or some NUC”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “The Connectivity Standards Alliance Announces Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi” “The minimum viable setup is the Home Assistant Green.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Home Assistant waters my plants” Smooth setup with few issues
“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.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Home Assistant waters my plants” “I haven't had any issues since.”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products” Enough for typical needs
“Sounds like the HA Green should be more than enough for my needs”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Raspberry Pi 5 – 16 GB, $350” “The minimum viable setup is the Home Assistant Green.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Home Assistant waters my plants”
Other smart home hubs people recommend
The four most recommended other smart home hubs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Assistant | 298 | 75 | 80% | 13 | 2 yrs17 owners | Approved |
| Apple HomeView | 95 | 149 | 39% | 6 | — | — |
| Zigbee2MQTT | 16 | 2 | 89% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Homebridge | 13 | 1 | 93% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Home Assistant GreenThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Sounds like the HA Green should be more than enough for my needs”
“My storage however was not exactly doing well.”
“Seems like another step down the slippery slope of "work on my machine"”
“The minimum viable setup is the Home Assistant Green.”
“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.”
“put HAOS (Home Assistant OS) on a Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant Green, or some NUC”
“I haven't had any issues since.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.