Getting Started

Hungry Machines optimizes your home’s energy use without you having to think about it, through whichever of the four routes fits your home: your own Home Assistant, a Home Hub, a Smart Satellite, or a client you build on the API. You start the same place either way.

Step 1 — Create your Hungry Machines account

This step is the same for everyone. Go to hungrymachines.io and sign up. Confirm your email when the verification message arrives. The email and password you set there are what you’ll use everywhere — the Home Assistant app, the website dashboard, and any integration you build.

Note

Always sign up through the website. It sets up billing, subscription state, and account onboarding. Signing up programmatically through the API skips those steps, so real accounts should always be created on the website.

Step 2 — Choose your path

Home AssistantInstall the Hungry Machines integration in the Home Assistant you run, sign in, add your appliances, and start saving. No code.

Home HubA pre-built appliance that runs your HVAC, water heater, EV charger and battery together on one schedule. Beta list.

Smart SatelliteA WiFi device that connects with one window AC or mini-split the way its remote does, and schedules it around the cheapest hours. Beta list.

Build on the API (developers)Build your own dashboard, Home Assistant integration, mobile app, or device client on the Hungry Machines API.

Which path is right for me?

You are…	Best path	Availability
Running Home Assistant already	Home Assistant	Shipping today
A homeowner who wants one box that runs every machine in the house	Home Hub	Beta list
Someone with one window AC or mini-split to optimize	Smart Satellite	Beta list
A Home Assistant power user who wants to extend or replace the default UI	Custom HA integration	Shipping today
A developer building a non-HA tool — mobile app, embedded device, custom hub	Build your own client	Shipping today
Just curious about the API surface	API Reference	Shipping today

Every path uses the same account, the same API, and the same optimizer. The only difference is what carries out the plan — and whether that hardware has shipped yet.

Next steps

• Running Home Assistant: Install the integration
• Want a Home Hub or Satellite: join the beta list from the Home Hub or Satellite page
• Developers: For Developers

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