User documentation
HACS before Home Assistant 2026.11
This section is about HACS, the custom integration, on Home Assistant 2026.10 and older. Starting with Home Assistant 2026.11, HACS is built in as the Marketplace. See HACS and the Marketplace.
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This is the beginning of the user documentation for HACS.
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This section explains how to use HACS. It does not show how to contribute to HACS or how to publish.
- If you want to publish a repository to HACS, take a look at the publisher documentation.
- If you want to contribute to HACS itself, take a look at the contributor documentation
Getting started with HACS¶
New to HACS? To get started with HACS, follow these steps:
- Check, if the requirements are met before downloading HACS.
- Download HACS.
- Setup the HACS integration.
- Check the configuration options.
- Get an overview of the HACS dashboard and start using HACS.