How to: Home Assistant
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[Home Assistant](https://home-assistant.io/hassio/) is a container-based system for managing your Home Assistant Core installation and related applications. The system is controlled via Home Assistant which communicates with the Supervisor. The Supervisor provides an API to manage the installation. This includes changing network settings or installing and updating software.

**Quick Links**

 - [Getting Started with Home Assistant](https://home-assistant.io/getting-started)
 - [Home Assistant for Raspberry Pi](https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/raspberrypi/)
 - [Installing Home Assistant OS using Proxmox 7](https://github.com/Kanga-Who/home-assistant/blob/master/Home%20Assistant%20with%20Proxmox%20installation.md)

[Home Assistant Frontend](https://demo.home-assistant.io/) is a frontend for Home Assistant. 

#### Tools to write the HA image to your boot media(microSD card or USB device)

[Raspberry Pi Imager](https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/) is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card, ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.
[Etcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) is an open source, cross-platform software that makes it easy to flash operating system images to a microSD card or USB device.