# Frontend

> The web interface of Home Assistant, built with Lit and TypeScript, in the home-assistant/frontend repository.

Source: https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/frontend/

- In code: `home-assistant/frontend`, `src/`

The frontend is everything users see in their browser: dashboards, the settings, the automation editor, and every dialog. The [companion apps](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/companion-app/) show the same frontend.

It talks to Home Assistant Core over a WebSocket connection.

## Related terms

- [Dashboard](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/dashboard/): A page of cards that shows and controls the home. Users can have as many dashboards as they like.
- [Card](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/card/): A block on a dashboard that shows or controls something, like an entity, a graph, or a weather forecast.
- [More-info dialog](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/more-info-dialog/): The dialog that opens when you select an entity, with its controls, its history, and its settings.
- [Home Assistant Core](https://contributors.home-assistant.io/glossary/core/): The Python application at the heart of Home Assistant, with all its integrations, in the home-assistant/core repository.