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Open configuration.yaml files on your Mac.

configuration.yaml

Smart home automations and sensors, nested and colored.

Loper is a free, minimal editor for macOS that opens Home Assistant config instantly and colors every part of the file, so you find the value you need at a glance and can fix it right there. No IDE, no project to load, no gray wall of text.

configuration.yaml opened in Loper: Home Assistant config with color-coded YAML
Show the file as text
homeassistant:  name: Studio  unit_system: metric automation:  - alias: Lights on at sunset    trigger:      - platform: sun        event: sunset    action:      - service: light.turn_on        target:          entity_id: light.studio

How to open configuration.yaml files

  1. Download Loper (free, Apple silicon, signed and notarized) and move it to Applications.
  2. Double-click your configuration.yaml file, drag it onto the Loper window, or right-click it and choose Open With › Loper.
  3. Want every configuration.yaml file to open in Loper? Choose Loper › Make Loper the Default Editor….

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