# Welcome to the Homey Apps SDK 👋

**Homey is a smart home platform that connects devices from various brands & technologies in one unified experience. Homey owners can control their devices in the Homey mobile & web app, create automations called Flow, learn their energy usage with Homey Energy and view charts with Homey Insights.**

The Homey Apps SDK enables developers to create apps that run on Homey. An app for Homey is a [Node.js](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js) or [Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_\(programming_language\)) bundle distributed through the [Homey App Store](https://homey.app/apps), or installed by [Homey CLI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homey). These apps run local on Homey, similar to an iPhone or Android device.

With the Homey Apps SDK your app can extend Homey by adding new [Devices](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/devices) and create new [Flow cards](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/flow), among other things. Additionally, your app can transmit and receive wireless signals, such as [Wi-Fi](https://apps.developer.homey.app/wireless/wi-fi), [Zigbee](https://apps.developer.homey.app/wireless/zigbee), [Z-Wave](https://apps.developer.homey.app/wireless/z-wave), [433 MHz](https://apps.developer.homey.app/wireless/rf-433mhz-868mhz), [Bluetooth LE ](https://apps.developer.homey.app/wireless/bluetooth)and [Infrared](https://apps.developer.homey.app/wireless/infrared).

## 🚀 Getting Started

To get started with your first Homey app, head over to [Getting Started »](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/getting-started)

## 👥 Community

* Questions? Ask them on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=homey) with the `homey` tag.
* Please report any issues you find in the [Apps SDK Issue Tracker](https://github.com/athombv/homey-apps-sdk-issues/issues).

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