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Butler for Home Assistant

Hybrid native + web companion app for Home Assistant. Butler wraps your dashboard up in a native UI, integrating better with your OS. Native features include:

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  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Linux Mobile
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Install from the command line

  • flatpak install flathub com.cassidyjames.butler

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Butler for Home Assistant?

Hybrid native + web companion app for Home Assistant. Butler wraps your dashboard up in a native UI, integrating better with your OS. Native features include:

  • Icon in your App Grid, Applications Menu, Dash, Dock, etc.
  • Native header bar
  • Save and restore current view and size when closed and re-opened
  • Two-finger swipe and mouse button support to go back/forward between views
  • Cross-desktop light/dark style support (if supported by your Lovelace theme)

Butler is designed to make getting at your Home Assistant dashboard easier for kiosks, your laptop/desktop, or your Linux phone. It does not support companion app features from Android and iOS like location services, notifications, or exposing device sensors.

Other features include:

  • Pinch-to-zoom
  • Set the scaling with Ctrl+Plus/Minus or Ctrl+0 to reset
  • Fullscreen from the menu, a keyboard shortcut, or a GSetting to better support kiosk use cases

Note WebRTC camera streams (i.e. used by some newer Nest cameras) are not currently supported.