YAHAC - Yet Another Home Assistant Client

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Desktop system tray client for Home Assistant - Monitor sensors and control switches directly from your desktop. Cross-platform support for Windows and Linux with native packaging.

✨ Features

• 📊 Real-time sensor monitoring - View current values/states
• 🔄 One-click switch control - Toggle switches instantly
• 💻 Computer integration - Register as HA binary sensor via MQTT
• 📦 Native packages - Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) and Arch Linux (.pkg.tar.zst)
• 🚀 Portable binaries - No installation required
• 🎨 System tray integration - Minimal desktop footprint

🚀 Quick Start

Linux Package Installation (Recommended)

# Debian/Ubuntu/Mint - auto-installs dependencies
sudo apt install ./yahac-*.deb

# Arch/Manjaro - auto-installs dependencies  
sudo pacman -U yahac-*.pkg.tar.zst

Portable Binaries

1. Download from Releases
2. Make executable: chmod +x yahac-*
3. Run: ./yahac-*

Dependencies

• Qt6: python3-pyside6 (Debian) / python-pyside6 (Arch)
• MQTT: python3-paho-mqtt (Debian) / python-paho-mqtt (Arch)
• HTTP: python3-urllib3 (Debian) / python-urllib3 (Arch)

Note

Windows Defender may flag the executable as false positive (#34). See compatibility guide for details.

🏠 About Home Assistant

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Learn more: home-assistant.io

📄 License & Credits

• License: GPL-3.0 - see LICENSE
• Icons: Google Material Symbols (Apache 2.0)
• Framework: Built with Qt6 (PySide6) for cross-platform compatibility