Course program
23 Home Assistant course modules
Smart Home from Scratch – Complete Guide to Home Assistant: 246 lessons across 23 topic modules. From smart home basics and HAOS on Raspberry Pi, through Zigbee, ESPHome and MQTT, to solar, Lovelace dashboards and home security. Each module has its own page with a description and lesson list.
Last updated: 18.07.2026
Smart Home and Home Assistant, Without the Chaos
Module 1 Smart Home and Home Assistant, Without the Chaos No hardware, no installation, no wiring. Module 1 is where you decide whether…
Module 2A Home Ready for Home Assistant
Module 2 A Home Ready for Home Assistant Still no Home Assistant install here, that's Module 5. Module 2 builds the foundation unde eath…
Module 3Home Assistant Server
Module 3 Home Assistant Server Still no installation here, that's Module 5. Module 3 answers the question that comes before it: what…
Module 4Communication Protocols in the Smart Home
Module 4 Communication Protocols in the Smart Home Your server is chosen, now it's time to understand how your future devices will…
Module 5Installing Home Assistant
Module 5 Installing Home Assistant This is the moment the course has been building toward. Your network is ready, your hardware is chosen,…
Module 6First Steps in Home Assistant
Module 6 First Steps in Home Assistant Your Home Assistant server is running and you've logged in. Module 6 builds the vocabulary and…
Module 7Remote Access to Home Assistant
Module 7 Remote Access to Home Assistant Your Home Assistant server works beautifully at home. Module 7 makes it reachable everywhere…
Module 8Smart Home Security
Module 8 Smart Home Security Module 7 made your Home Assistant server reachable from anywhere. Module 8 makes sure that access, and…
Module 9Zigbee in Home Assistant
Module 9 Zigbee in Home Assistant Module 8 secured and stabilized your Home Assistant server. Module 9 brings your first real smart home…
Module 10ESPHome From Scratch
Module 10 ESPHome From Scratch Module 9 brought certified Zigbee devices into your smart home. Module 10 takes a different path entirely,…
Module 11Automations From Scratch
Module 11 Automations From Scratch Modules 9 and 10 filled your home with entities, a Zigbee smart plug, a hand-built ESPHome device,…
Module 12Helpers, Scenes, and Scripts
Module 12 Helpers, Scenes, and Scripts Module 11 taught you to build automations from trigger, condition, and action. Module 12 hands you…
Module 13Dashboards, the Basics
Module 13 Dashboards, the Basics Module 12 gave you helpers, scenes, and scripts, the reusable building blocks behind every automation.…
Module 14The Central Home Panel
Module 14 The Central Home Panel Module 13 built dashboards for individual screens, a phone here, a laptop there. Module 14 takes on one…
Module 15Dashboards Pro with HACS
Module 15 Dashboards Pro with HACS Module 13 built a sound, working dashboard. Module 14 gave the household its own wall-mounted panel.…
Module 16The Phone in Home Assistant
Module 16 The Phone in Home Assistant Module 14 gave the household a shared wall panel. Module 16 tu s to the device that's always in your…
Module 17Energy in Home Assistant
Module 17 Energy in Home Assistant Module 17 tu s Home Assistant toward electricity, water, gas, and solar. It starts with the question…
Module 18Home Security in Home Assistant
Module 18 Home Security in Home Assistant Module 18 tu s Home Assistant toward keeping your home and household safe. It opens by drawing a…
Module 19Thermal Comfort in the Home with Home Assistant
Module 19 Thermal Comfort in the Home with Home Assistant Module 19 tu s Home Assistant toward the temperature, humidity, and air quality…
Module 20Lighting and Blinds in Home Assistant
Module 20 Lighting and Blinds in Home Assistant Module 20 tu s Home Assistant toward the two hardware categories every smart home…
Module 21Outdoor in Home Assistant
Module 21 Outdoor in Home Assistant Module 21 takes Home Assistant past the walls of the house and out into the garden, the driveway, and…
Module 22Multimedia, Audio, and Announcements in Home Assistant
Module 22 Multimedia, Audio, and Announcements in Home Assistant Module 22 tu s Home Assistant into a household communication system,…
Module 23Maintaining Home Assistant
Module 23 Maintaining Home Assistant Module 23 closes the course with the layer most people forget about until something breaks: keeping a…
