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Project · Open Source (GPL-3.0) · Connects only to your own instances

HA DeskLink

HA DeskLink brings the few things you really check during the day from the browser tab to the desktop, and feeds your computer's status back into your automations. Music Assistant is built in and can stream straight to this PC.

Zwei Richtungen, eine kleine App

Live sensors on the desktop: temperature, energy, locks, motion in the tray
Your PC becomes an entity: CPU, RAM, disk and uptime as regular sensors in HA
Control from the tray: lights, switches and scenes without a browser window
Desktop widgets: sensor and switch cards behind all windows, one set per monitor
Music Assistant eingebaut: Bibliothek durchsuchen, Queue verwalten, Player steuern
This PC becomes a player: Sendspin streams audio to PC speakers or headphones
Notifications that arrive: automations as native desktop notifications
Full dashboard optional: embedded WebView with the complete Lovelace UI

Downloads

Windows 10 & 11
Installer with auto-update, taskbar & tray · actively maintained
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Linux x64 · ARM64
tar.gz, systemd-Daemon, Autostart · aktiv entwickelt, wenige Tester bisher
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macOS Intel · Apple Silicon
Entwicklung pausiert bei v4.4.2: keine Mac-Hardware, zu wenige Tester
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Older releases: Windows · Linux · macOS

FAQ

No. Tray view, desktop widgets, sensors, notifications, entity control and Music Assistant all work without a browser. The embedded WebView dashboard is optional.

No. The app only connects to your own Home Assistant and Music Assistant instances on the local network. No cloud service, no telemetry, no account.

Nothing. Free software under GPL-3.0, source code public on GitHub.

Shorter to set up: HASS.Agent needs an MQTT broker and a separate HACS integration; HA DeskLink only needs your HA URL and a token. HASS.Agent is the more powerful toolbox, HA DeskLink the quick live view with widgets, Music Assistant and streaming built in.

Testers shape the roadmap: Linux is in active development but barely tested outside my setups, edge cases are almost guaranteed. macOS is simply paused because there is no Mac hardware and too few users. Every bug report helps. If you run it, tell me what breaks.

Warum HA DeskLink?

For Home Assistant on the Windows desktop there are two common approaches, both with a weakness that shows at the workplace.

Gegen den Browser-Tab

The usual path: a tab with the Lovelace dashboard, permanently open.

Der Nachteil: the tab eats memory, hides behind other windows and offers no tray control.

HA DeskLink: Widgets sit on the desktop behind all windows (one set per monitor), sensors in the tray, lights and scenes switchable without a single browser window.

Against the companion app

Stark: mature and everywhere, on the phone that is.

Der Nachteil: there is none for the desktop. The PC's own sensors (CPU, RAM, disk, uptime) are missing in HA, and notifications arrive on the phone instead of the workplace.

HA DeskLink: turns the PC into an entity, streams Music Assistant to its speakers and delivers automations as native Windows notifications.

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