---
title: "Set up GlassHome"
description: "From a fresh install to your first dashboard. GlassHome finds Home Assistant by itself, you name the home, and a short tour shows you how to make it yours."
canonical: https://glasshome.app/docs/dash/guides/set-up-glasshome
section: "Guides"
updated: 2026-10-08
---
# Set up GlassHome

The setup takes you from a running GlassHome to a dashboard with your name on it. Most of it is one sign-in with Home Assistant.

## Before you start

- GlassHome is installed and running. If not yet, follow [Installation](/docs/dash/installation) first, then come back.
- Home Assistant is running on your network, and you know your sign-in for it.
- A computer or phone with a browser, with the GlassHome address open.

## Step 1: Open GlassHome (Computer)

Go to the address you installed GlassHome at, for example `http://192.168.1.100:3123`. The welcome screen says **Let's light up your home.**

![The GlassHome welcome screen saying Let's light up your home, with Continue with Home Assistant and Look around first under it](/assets/guides/set-up-glasshome/01-welcome.webp)

## Step 2: Let it find Home Assistant (Computer)

GlassHome looks for Home Assistant on your network by itself. When it finds it, the first button reads **Continue with Home Assistant**, with **Sign in once, that's it** under it. If it cannot find it, type the address you open Home Assistant with into the **Home Assistant address** field. Tap **Continue with Home Assistant** and sign in there once; GlassHome brings you back on its own.

![The welcome screen with the Continue with Home Assistant button highlighted, under the line Sign in once, that's it](/assets/guides/set-up-glasshome/02-find-ha.webp)

## Step 3: Or look around first (Computer)

On the welcome screen, **Look around first** opens a demo home with lights, music and heating, and nothing to set up. When you are ready for your own home, the **Sample home** row in Settings has **Start over**. Once your home is set up, an admin can open the demo again by tapping the same row.

![The welcome screen with the Look around first button highlighted, under the line A demo home, nothing to set up](/assets/guides/set-up-glasshome/03-look-around.webp)

## Step 4: Name your home (Computer)

The screen says **Welcome home.** Your name comes across from Home Assistant, and **Your home's name** starts with a name you can change. Change either one, then tap **Open my dashboard**. You can change both later in Settings.

![The Welcome home screen with Your name and Your home's name filled in and Open my dashboard below them](/assets/guides/set-up-glasshome/04-name-home.webp)

## Step 5: Take the tour (Computer)

Your dashboard opens with a short tour that shows you how to edit it. Each chapter can be replayed from **Settings**, under **General**, in the section **How GlassHome works**, with **Replay**.

![The first card of the dashboard tour, Welcome to GlassHome, with Skip tour and Show me](/assets/guides/set-up-glasshome/05-tour.webp)

> **If something looks off:** If GlassHome cannot find Home Assistant, check that Home Assistant opens in a browser at the address you typed. [Connecting](/docs/dash/connecting#troubleshooting) covers the rest.

## You are done when

You have a dashboard with your name on it. Next, [rearrange it](/docs/dash/guides/rearrange-your-dashboard), then [make it look like yours](/docs/dash/guides/make-your-own-theme).