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yandex_smart_home is a free, open source internet of things (iot) project written in Python and released under MIT. It has 1,092 GitHub stars, 141 forks and 11 open issues, and was last pushed 2 months ago. On this registry it ranks #79 of 99 tracked projects in Internet of Things (IoT), with 5 head-to-head comparisons available.

What is yandex_smart_home?

A Home Assistant component, written in Python and released under the MIT licence, that exposes devices already configured in Home Assistant to the Yandex smart home platform and to VK's Marusia smart home, so they can be controlled by voice through Alice or Marusia.

What it is

Yandex Smart Home is a component for Home Assistant that connects a Home Assistant installation to the Yandex smart home platform (умный дом Яндекса). Once installed, devices that already exist in Home Assistant become controllable from any device that carries Alice: Yandex Station smart speakers and televisions, and the "Дом с Алисой" mobile application. Since version 1.0.0 the same component also publishes those devices into VK's Marusia smart home, where they can be driven from VK Capsule speakers, the Marusia mobile app, and the "Умный дом с Марусей" web application.

The concrete problem it solves is the gap between a locally managed Home Assistant installation and the two Russian voice-assistant ecosystems. Rather than maintaining a second set of devices inside a vendor platform, a household keeps its existing Home Assistant entities and lets this component present them to the Yandex and Marusia platforms. It lives in the Home Assistant integration ecosystem, is distributed as a Home Assistant component through HACS, and is written in Python.

Key capabilities

  • Publishes Home Assistant devices to the Yandex smart home platform for control from Yandex Station speakers, televisions, and the "Дом с Алисой" mobile app.
  • Publishes the same devices to VK's Marusia smart home from version 1.0.0 onward, covering VK Capsule speakers, the Marusia mobile app, and the "Умный дом с Марусей" web app.
  • Installs as a Home Assistant component through HACS and carries the HACS Default badge, meaning it is listed in the default HACS repository.
  • Declares compatibility with Home Assistant version 2025.12 or newer.
  • Ships versioned documentation for three release lines — 1.1.x, 1.0.x, and 0.6.x — hosted at docs.yaha-cloud.ru.
  • Offers a hosted route as well as a local one: the Yaha Cloud skill is published in the Yandex Dialogs store.
  • Maintains continuous coverage reporting through Codecov and community support through a Telegram chat.

Who uses it and how

  • Households running Home Assistant alongside Yandex Station speakers or televisions, which gain voice control over existing entities without rebuilding them in another platform.
  • Households standardised on VK hardware, such as VK Capsule speakers, that want the same Home Assistant devices reachable through Marusia.
  • Users who would rather not operate the skill themselves can point to the hosted Yaha Cloud skill listed in the Yandex Dialogs store.
  • HACS users who prefer to install and track the component through the default HACS repository rather than by hand.
  • A predominantly Russian-speaking community, served by a Russian-language README, Russian documentation, and a Telegram support chat.

Getting started

Install the component through HACS, where it is listed in the default repository, on a Home Assistant instance running version 2025.12 or newer. Alternatively, use the hosted Yaha Cloud skill published in the Yandex Dialogs store.

How it compares

The facts name no paid products that this project replaces and no comparable open-source projects, so it stands alone in this registry. The only alternative route indicated is the project's own hosted Yaha Cloud skill, which trades self-operation for a skill published in the Yandex Dialogs store.

When to use it — and when not

Choose it if a Home Assistant installation already exists and the goal is voice control through Alice or Marusia without duplicating devices; be prepared to keep Home Assistant itself running and updated to at least 2025.12, since the component is an add-on to that platform rather than a standalone bridge. Users who do not read Russian should weigh the fact that the README and the linked documentation are presented in Russian, and that the README excerpt is sparse — it gives no configuration reference or command-level setup steps, so the documentation site and the Telegram chat carry most of the operational guidance. Anyone without a Yandex or VK voice assistant in the household has no reason to install it at all.

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Компонент Yandex Smart Home для Home Assistant

Компонент позволяет добавить устройства из Home Assistant в платформу умного дома Яндекса и управлять ими с любого устройства с Алисой:

  • Умные колонки и Телевизоры (Яндекс Станция и другие)
  • Мобильное приложение Дом с Алисой

А так же в умный дом от VK и управлять ими с любого устройство с Марусей (с версии 1.0.0):

Компонент работает на Home Assistant версии 2025.12 или новее.

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Frequently asked questions

Is yandex_smart_home free to use?

yandex_smart_home is open source under the MIT licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does yandex_smart_home do?

Управление устройствами из Home Assistant через Алису (Умный дом Яндекса) или Марусю

What is yandex_smart_home written in?

yandex_smart_home is primarily written in Python. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/dext0r/yandex_smart_home, and it has 1,092 GitHub stars.