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title: "Version"
description: "Version is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 11.4k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
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url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/version.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Version

> Version is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 11.4k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Version is a built-in Home Assistant integration that tracks software versions and reports them locally. It adds binary sensors and sensors, so version information can be read as entities. Setup happens in the UI, where a version source is chosen based on the installation type. Options cover which board, channel or image is tracked, and whether beta versions are included. A diagnostics download is available to attach to bug reports.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=version)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Select installation type

- **Version source**

### Configure

- **Include beta versions**
- **Which board should be tracked**
- **Which channel should be tracked**
- **Which image should be tracked**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Troubleshooting

- **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Number: 11.4k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `version`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/version/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/version

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