HADA 1.3.0 (preview)

A preview with nothing new to see: it changes what HADA is built on, and goes out as a pre-release so that it gets tried before a stable version carries it. If 1.2.0 works for you, there is no reason to hurry. Run the installer over 1.2.0; settings are kept.

This build passes its 314 automated tests. Checked live on Windows 11 ARM64: the service, from a portable copy with no connection configured, starting and stopping cleanly. The tray app has not been tried by hand in this build. The files are not code-signed.

Downloads

File	For
HADA-1.3.0-x64.msi	Intel/AMD 64-bit Windows 10 (1809 or newer) and 11
HADA-1.3.0-arm64.msi	ARM64 Windows 11
HADA-1.3.0-x64-portable.zip	The same for Intel/AMD, to unpack and run without installing
HADA-1.3.0-arm64-portable.zip	The same for ARM64
SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums of all four

Changed

• .NET 10. HADA runs on .NET 10, the long-term release, instead of .NET 9, whose support ends in November 2026. The installers and the portable version bring it along, as before; there is nothing to install.
• Groundwork for macOS and Linux. What is specific to Windows is now kept apart from the rest of HADA. Versions for macOS and Linux do not exist yet; this release is for Windows only.

Good to know

• Installations are offered this version as an update only when Offer test versions too is turned on.
• Please report anything that worked in 1.2.0 and does not here as an issue.

HADA 1.2.0

A stable version. Run the installer over 1.0.0 or 1.1.0; settings are kept.

This build passes its 314 automated tests. Checked live on Windows 11: the real service, from the release ZIP, connected to two MQTT brokers at once, both getting the computer's entities, one being removed while the other stayed connected; the portable copy starting its own service, saving settings without administrator rights, and stopping it with --exit or when the tray app goes away. The files are not code-signed.

Downloads

File	For
HADA-1.2.0-x64.msi	Intel/AMD 64-bit Windows 10 (1809 or newer) and 11
HADA-1.2.0-arm64.msi	ARM64 Windows 11
HADA-1.2.0-x64-portable.zip	The same for Intel/AMD, to unpack and run without installing
HADA-1.2.0-arm64-portable.zip	The same for ARM64
SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums of all four

New

• Several Home Assistants at once. On the Connections page, Add a server for each Home Assistant, and give each a name, such as the place it is in. HADA connects to all of them at the same time; each shows the computer as a device of its own, and each has its own card on the Overview page. A notification's buttons answer the Home Assistant that sent it. A server that cannot be reached does not hold up the others.
• Broker names such as homeassistant.local. A name that stands for several addresses is tried address by address, IPv4 first, and the one that answered is remembered. The log says what a name stands for, or why it could not be found. A .local name is found only on the broker's own network, not through most VPNs: use the IP address there.
• Portable version. A ZIP to unpack and run, without installing and without administrator rights. Everything stays in its folder, and it can run next to an installed HADA. See Portable version.
• Security. The service checks who owns %ProgramData%\HADA before reading anything from it; a folder made by someone other than an administrator is set aside instead of trusted. How passwords and tokens are kept, and what that does and does not protect against, is described under Security.

Everything is described in the documentation.

Good to know

• The MQTT server of earlier versions becomes the first of the list, with its password.
• The tray app and the service of 1.2.0 work only with each other; the installer updates both.
• Installations of 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 are offered this version as an update.

HADA 1.1.0 (preview)

New features, for trying out. The stable version is 1.0.0; run this installer over it, settings are kept.

Pre-release: this build passes its 271 automated tests. Checked live on Windows 11 ARM64: the GPU reading against Windows' own counters, a global shortcut being registered and received, a toast being accepted by Windows, and the dashboard window loading a page. Not checked: a notification's buttons actually being pressed, a notification with a picture, the quick actions in the tray icon's menu, and how the new trigger looks in Home Assistant. The installers have not been run and are not code-signed.

Downloads

File	For
HADA-1.1.0-x64.msi	Intel/AMD 64-bit Windows 10 (1809 or newer) and 11
HADA-1.1.0-arm64.msi	ARM64 Windows 11
SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums of both installers

New

• Quick actions. On the Custom entities page, add an entry of the type Quick action: it appears in the tray icon's menu, optionally with a keyboard shortcut that works everywhere, and in Home Assistant as a trigger of the device. An automation on that trigger says what it does.
• Notifications with a picture and buttons. Send JSON with image and actions; a pressed button is reported back on hada/{device}/event/notification_action.
• Button: press keys. A custom button that presses a key combination, such as Ctrl+Shift+M, on the desktop.
• Dashboard window. Enter a Home Assistant address on the Settings page; the tray icon's menu then opens it in a small window.
• gpu_load sensor, and mac_address as an attribute of ip_address.

Everything is described in the documentation.

Good to know

• Windows ignores keys pressed by HADA while a program running as administrator has the focus.
• The dashboard window needs the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, which Windows 11 includes.
• Installations of 1.0.0 are offered this version only with Offer test versions too turned on.

HADA 1.0.0

The first stable version of HADA. Run the installer over the existing installation; settings are kept.

It is 0.5.0, which has been running on two computers (x64 and ARM64), with one change:

• Test versions are no longer offered as updates unless Offer test versions too is turned on, on the Settings page. An installation that saved its settings with 0.5.0 keeps what it had.

From here on, settings and MQTT topics stay compatible from one stable version to the next. New features appear first in versions marked as pre-release.

Downloads

File	For
HADA-1.0.0-x64.msi	Intel/AMD 64-bit Windows 10 (1809 or newer) and 11
HADA-1.0.0-arm64.msi	ARM64 Windows 11
SHA256SUMS.txt	Checksums of both installers

The installers are not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may warn before running them (More info → Run anyway).

What it does

Sensors, controls, notifications, your own sensors and buttons, updates from the window: see the documentation and the changelog.