Hauser

Less interface.
More home.

The everyday face of your smart home. Recognise a room, turn on the lights, get on with your day.

For Home Assistant. And for Apple Home with the native iPhone and iPad app.

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Free. Open source. Public beta.

Hauser shows familiar room illustrations alongside the state of their lights.
A living room, with its lights at hand. Web demo. Your rooms, at a glance. iOS demo · detail. View full size Full screen

01 / A familiar place

Your rooms.
Instantly familiar.

The sofa by the window. The table where everything happens. Hauser puts the rooms you know at the centre of the screen, with their lights and scenes close by. Start with the included illustrations, upload a picture, or make a set from a photo of your own room.

The original phone photo: a lived-in room with a grey sofa, dining table, plants and toys.
From a phone photo.
The project’s own living room.
The actual Hauser illustration made from that photo, with the same sofa, balcony door and dining table.
To a room you recognise. The illustration used in Hauser.

02 / The picture tells you

Same room.
A different moment.

By day, a sunlit room. In the evening, a warm glow. After dark, when the last light goes out, the picture settles into darkness. Hauser moves between prepared room images with the time of day and the room’s lights. You can see the change before reading a label.

Room-picture preview
Day: sunlight reaches the sofa and the dining table through the balcony windows. Evening: the same room lit warmly by its lamps, with the night visible outside. Lights off: the sofa and table are dark, outlined by a faint glow from the windows.

Three actual room images from Hauser. This preview changes pictures; it is not connected to a home and does not control individual lamps.

Tap the lamp
in the picture.

Give each lamp its place in the room picture, and the picture becomes the switch. Tap the lamp by the sofa and it comes on; hold it for brightness. In the image-control view the controls step aside completely, and a double tap shows what is where. On the wall panel and in the iPad app.

How image control works
The living room in the evening with no control panel. Dashed outlines mark the globe lamps, the lamp by the window, the TV lamp, the blinds and the light over the dining table, each with its name.
Image control · web demo, after a double tap.Full size

03 / Part of the day

On the wall.
In your hand.

On your way past.

Before anyone touches it, the panel has a job. A clock you can read from across the room. The week ahead. A note you meant to remember. After a few idle minutes, standby brings the household’s day into view.

A closer look at standby
Hauser’s standby screen: a large clock, the family week, shopping list and notes over a faint neighbourhood map.
Standby · web demo. Optional map from OpenStreetMap.Full size
The iOS living-room screen with Cozy, Bright and Off scenes above the individual light controls.
Living room · native iOS demo.
The energy screen on a phone: a large house with solar panels, the current power in the sky above it, and solar, battery and grid side by side below.
Energy · phone web demo.

iPhone & iPad

Settle in.
Set the lights.

Open the living room and choose a scene, or tap a lamp. The room’s controls are together, right where you expect them. No need to remember which integration a light belongs to.

Energy tells a story, too: your house stands large at the top, the power right now sits in its sky, and solar, battery and grid line up below it.

The native app works directly with Apple Home, without a Hauser server. With Home Assistant, it pairs to your Hauser installation. The web interface also adapts to a phone; available devices and features depend on the connection you choose.

Get the iOS beta

04 / A personal project

Made for a home.
Shared with yours.

Free. No subscription.

Hauser began on its maker’s wall panel, for the people living in that home. The room you’ve seen here is that living room: sofa, plants, toys and all.

The idea is simple: the person switching on a light shouldn’t have to understand the system behind it. The code is open source, so you can see how it works and make it your own.

Everyday control needs no Hauser account or subscription. Home Assistant runs on your hardware; the iOS app can use Apple Home directly. Optional image generation and other integrations have their own external services.

Still in public beta. Compatibility is growing, and this is a personal project without guaranteed support. The iOS app is a TestFlight beta with time-limited builds. Read what’s changed.

05 / Come on in

Make yourself
at home.

Look around first. The live demo is the real web interface with simulated devices. Nothing connects to your home. When you’re ready, choose the way that fits your setup.

Open the demo

iPhone & iPad · iOS 17+

I use Apple Home.

Install TestFlight, join the Hauser beta, then choose Apple Home. Your rooms and supported devices come from your Apple Home. No Home Assistant or Hauser server required.

Join the iOS beta App details & requirements

Wall tablet, browser & paired iOS app

I use Home Assistant.

Install Hauser on your own hardware. The guided setup finds your areas and devices and lets you arrange your rooms. On iPhone and iPad, the native app pairs with this installation by QR code.

Home Assistant OS

Add the repository, install Hauser and open the web UI.

Add to Home Assistant Step-by-step guide

Home Assistant Container or NAS

Run the same Hauser server with Docker Compose.

Docker installation guide
What should I check before installing?

Hauser is beta software. Check the requirements and release notes for your setup. Keep the server on a trusted network; do not expose its port to the internet. See the remote-access guide for access away from home.

What happens if my home is unreachable?

The web panel keeps the room picture and dims its controls when Home Assistant is disconnected. Standby’s clock and date keep running on the panel. Device control needs the connection back. Connection help.

How does the rest of Hauser work?

The feature guide covers the calendar, shopping, media and more, with their integration requirements. For the thinking behind the interface, read the design system and interaction contract. The roadmap distinguishes what works today, what is experimental and what is planned.