Home Assistant 101: Creating and Using Packages

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

Home Assistant packages offer another way to organize and document your manually created YAML entities, automations and scripts. In this video, I'll cover why you may want to consider packages, how to enable and create your own packages and discuss some pros and cons of packages over other YAML configuration options.

Chapter Links:
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00:00 Intro
01:22 Split Configuration vs. Packages
03:08 Package Structure and Rules
05:03 Package Examples
06:40 Enabling Packages in Home Assistant
08:41 Packages Pros and Cons
15:52 Migrating to Packages
17:48 Final Thoughts

Other Links and Info:
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Home Assistant 101: Splitting Your Configuration: https://youtu.be/GG3IVcjTKOw
Official Home Assistant Package Documentation: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/packages/

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