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Home Assistant |Build Status| |Coverage Status| |Join the chat at https://gitter.im/home-assistant/home-assistant| |Join the dev chat at https://gitter.im/home-assistant/home-assistant/devs|
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-Home Assistant is a home automation platform running on Python 3. It is to be able to track and control all devices at home and offer a platform for automating control.
+Home Assistant is a home automation platform running on Python 3. It is able to track and control all devices at home and offer a platform for automating control.
To get started:
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