App
Extra software that runs next to Home Assistant on Home Assistant OS, like an MQTT broker or a file editor.
- In code
addonsconfig.yaml- Also
- apps
- Formerly
- add-on, addonOld name: don't use it in new text.
Apps used to be called add-ons. The code still uses the old name, in the Supervisor API, in config.yaml keys, and in repository names like home-assistant/addons. In text, say app.
Not to be confused with the companion apps for phones and computers.