Advanced SSH & Web Terminal
hassio-addons/repository
24.1.4
This add-on provides SSH and web terminal access to your Home Assistant instance, allowing remote control and command execution.
Facts about this add-on
- Security rating
- 1 / 8
- Ingress
- yes
- Maintenance
- lively – about monthly (22 changes/year)
- Version
24.1.4- Last change
- September 11, 2026
- Repository
- hassio-addons/repository
- Project
- github.com
- Architectures
- aarch64, amd64
- Ports
- 22/tcp -> 22
How this rating comes about
Home Assistant calculates the rating itself: every add-on starts at 5, and each right it asks for or gives up moves the number. The same calculation runs here, on the configuration the add-on ships.
| Starting value of every add-on | 5 |
|---|---|
| AppArmor switched off | -1 |
| Reached through Ingress, so no port of its own | +2 |
| Asks for far reaching rights (NET_ADMIN, SYS_ADMIN, SYS_RAWIO) | -1 |
| May command the Supervisor (role: manager) | -1 |
| Shares the network of the host | -1 |
| Reaches the Docker API – that alone sets the rating to 1 | – |
| Result | 1 / 8 |
A high number does not mean the add-on is good, and a low one does not mean it is dangerous – a backup add-on has to reach far into the system to do its job. The number says how much it is allowed to do, and the list above says what exactly.
What the add-on is allowed to do
- Access to the Docker API
- Uses the host network
- Extended rights: NET_ADMIN, SYS_ADMIN, SYS_RAWIO, SYS_TIME, SYS_NICE
- Supervisor role: manager
- Direct access to devices (e.g. a USB stick)
Installation
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store, and add the repository https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository through the three-dot menu.
- Reload the store and open Advanced SSH & Web Terminal.
- Install the add-on and wait for the first start.
- Switch on "Show in sidebar" – the interface then opens directly inside Home Assistant.
- Check the rights the add-on asks for before you start it – they are listed above.
Add repository to my Home Assistant Open the add-on directly
Both links go through my.home-assistant.io and open the store of your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Home Assistant integration
- MQTT – The add-on uses this integration