Home Assistant Community App: Example

This is an example app for Home Assistant. When started, it displays a random quote every 5 seconds.

It shows off several features and structures like:

• Full blown GitHub repository.
• General Dockerfile structure and setup.
• The use of the config.yaml and build.yaml files.
• General structure on how to use S6 overlay with services.
• Basic usage of Bashio.
• Continuous integration and deployment using GitHub Actions.
• Deployment to the GitHub Container registry.
• Small use of the Bash function library in our base images.
• The use of Docker label schema.

Installation

The installation of this app is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other Home Assistant app.

1. Click the Home Assistant My button below to open the app on your Home Assistant instance.

   

2. Click the "Install" button to install the app.

3. Start the "Example" app.

4. Check the logs of the "Example" app to see it in action.

Configuration

Even though this app is just an example app, it does come with some configuration options to play around with.

Note: Remember to restart the app when the configuration is changed.

Example app configuration:

log_level: info
seconds_between_quotes: 5

Option: log_level

The log_level option controls the level of log output by the app and can be changed to be more or less verbose, which might be useful when you are dealing with an unknown issue. Possible values are:

• trace: Show every detail, like all called internal functions.
• debug: Shows detailed debug information.
• info: Normal (usually) interesting events.
• warning: Exceptional occurrences that are not errors.
• error: Runtime errors that do not require immediate action.
• fatal: Something went terribly wrong. App becomes unusable.

Please note that each level automatically includes log messages from a more severe level, e.g., debug also shows info messages. By default, the log_level is set to info, which is the recommended setting unless you are troubleshooting.

Option: seconds_between_quotes

Sets the number of seconds between the output of each quote. The value must be between 1 and 120 seconds. This value is set to 5 seconds by default.

Changelog & Releases

This repository keeps a change log using GitHub's releases functionality.

Releases are based on Semantic Versioning, and use the format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. In a nutshell, the version will be incremented based on the following:

• MAJOR: Incompatible or major changes.
• MINOR: Backwards-compatible new features and enhancements.
• PATCH: Backwards-compatible bugfixes and package updates.

Support

Got questions?

You have several options to get them answered:

• The Home Assistant Community Apps Discord chat server for app support and feature requests.
• The Home Assistant Discord chat server for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
• The Home Assistant Community Forum.
• Join the Reddit subreddit in /r/homeassistant

You could also open an issue here GitHub.

Authors & contributors

The original setup of this repository is by Franck Nijhof.

For a full list of all authors and contributors, check the contributor's page.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017-2026 Franck Nijhof

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.