For years I’ve been using Homebridge with my Kasa smart light switches with basically no issues and I just got some more. Earlier this year I got a Ubiquiti UDM Pro and other gear and ran into issues with the TPLink Smarthome plugin being able to automatically find devices. After a while troubleshooting, I bit the bullet and just assigned static IPs to everything and manually added them to the config. This worked fine until tonight when I went to add my new switch and assigned it a static IP, add it to the config, and it just doesn’t show up in HomeKit or the accessories tab. I’m reluctant to clear the device cache bc I hate having to re-add everything in HomeKit and set all my automations back up. I’ve restarted the child bridge and the main bridge but no dice. Any advice would be appreciated.

I can view the feed no problem and I do see an image before I expand the notification.

So I know the answer to this already but I was wondering if there was a work around. I would like to ditch the ring app completely and use the home app for my ring cameras. It ight now I get the feed and alerts, but still need to use the app to access the time line. Is there a different plugin that could bring that to the home app or would I need to have both apps? Also when I go to enlarge my notification it has space on the bottom like it wants to show a thumbnail but is always blank. Is there anyway to fix that?

Hi HomeKit gurus!! Has anyone ever managed to set the Vimar scene button pair (19591) as generic buttons in the Apple Home app?

In a nutshell, my goal is to have two generic buttons that I can use as triggers for scenes (e.g. Arrive Home and Leave Home). I obviously already purchased and configured the Vimar Gateway, and added it as a bridge. For some reason though, all smart buttons show up on the Apple Home app apart from this one.

I have a Brookstone outdoor smart plug that uses the Smart Point Connect app on iOS. I hate this app and would really like to be able to use HomeKit.

This app uses a username and password to control the plug has Virtual ID IP Address Mac Address

Anyone know if there’s a Homebridge plugin I could use to add this to HomeKit?

I have this accessory appearing on the logs like

[17/12/2024, 00:03:38] [Shelly NG] Failed to add discovered device (id: shelly1pmminig3-XXXXXXXXX): Error connecting to device (code: 1)

This accessory does not exist anymore on my network, and does not appear on Settings > Remove Single Accessory.

Where can I find its entry using SSH and remove it?

Hello,

I have homebridge running with the official homebridge-tuya-platform plugin.

My device (Luminea outdoor temperature humidity sensor) is recognized by the Smart Live app, by the Tuya IoT platform but not by the tuya plugin in homebridge.

Does this mean that my sensor is not supported by the plugin?

What can I do to integrate my sensor to homekit?

Hey guys,

Since the Shelly DS9 plugin is forked from Homebridge-Shelly-NG, does this mean I can only use the DS9 plugin for devices they support or are the Shelly-NG supported devices also included?

I know there's a supported devices list for DS9, but is it possible that DS9 plugin might work with all devices regardless?

Does anyone have any experience?

Cheers!

I bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre a couple months back in attempt to use it as a home server and learn a bit about privacy and self storage.

I currently have a google nest thermostat and 2 cync lightbulbs. These are my only smart devices on google home.

I would like to be able to use siri to control these devices and discovered homebridge.

My PC / server is running windows 10 home. Homebridge's site said I can't use windows 10 or 11 home as i cannot run hyper v or something.

Is there a workaround here? I was able to set something up to remote into my computer from my mac which isn't usually possible on windows home.

I don't have any other devices that i leave on and would rather try and figure out how to get this device setup considering i bought it for learning purposes and to leave it running all the time. It currently runs tailscale as my exit node and I have a shared folder on it which I can access from my mac.

Am I cooked here?

I have been setting up my Homebridge device, and added the Airwaves plugin. The sensors were added correctly, but, until just recently, I've had a radon leak and it triggered the leak detection in Homebridge.

The radon issue has been resolved, but the leak detection is still on. I physically reset the device (not factory reset, just a hold-button-for-less-than-5-seconds reset), but the leak detected flag is still on.

Anyone know how I can reset this, short of uninstalling the plugin, making sure all the Airthings accessories are removed, and re-installing?

Wondering if anyone else having this issue. Can’t find this plugin on Homebridge running raspberry pi when doing a plugin search. Only ones that show up are Alexa and Alexa-Player. Is there a way to manually install this plugin? Not sure what I would have to enter into the terminal. TIA

Hello,

I am wondering if there's any way to request a plug-in for devices?

Particularly, I have an Ambient Weather weather station that I'd like to integrate into
HomeBridge. I did do a search but came up empty.

So, how could I request a plug-in be created so I could integrate my weather station
into HomeBridge?

Thanks.

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For some strange reason my homebridge is suddenly stuck on the loading screen since 2 weeks or so, restarting didn't work. Any ideas??

Hi all, hoping someone can help me out.

I set up Homebridge on Hyper-V through a VM.

I've had no issues connecting to my homebridge UI through my IP address:8581 in the past. However, my IP address changed recently, no big deal right? Just enter in the new IP address:8581 right? Except that I'm getting a "Hmmm… can't reach this page" error. I've confirmed that all my devices are working just fine in homekit however. I've verified the new IP address for the VM.

I cannot for the life of me figure out why Homebridge is running and clearly working, but I can't access the web UI. Can anyone help me out please?

Thanks!

Has anyone had success setting up and incoming Webhook into Homebridge to trigger a switch etc? I’m looking to use Unifi protect to send a webhook to HB.

Thanks!!

I've discovered and explored an alternative to the Raspberry Pi as a Homebridge host. It's a hub called iHost from Sonoff.

It's based on an ARM Cortex-A7 Quad-Core CPU. It includes built in Ethernet, Zigbee hub, Bluetooth, WiFi, performant CPU (in my experience), external TF card expansion and a nice package.

The iHost software suite includes a native Matter bridge for a multitude of 3rd party devices that are problematic such as Sonoff/eWeLink and Tuya.  It integrates ZigBee versions of these devices without a bridge. For instance, I've added Sonoff ZB-MINI devices easily and they automatically are integrated into HomeKit via the iHost Matter bridge. I've also integrated an IKEA Fyrtur roller shade without an IKEA hub. All this functionality is advertised to be local and not requiring a cloud service to function.  (Of course, internet connectivity is required for updates.)

iHost also comes with a simple Docker implementation which I have found is a great way of hosting my Homebridge setup. Docker images supported out of the box include: Homebridge, MQTT2CUBE-Tasmota (support for Tasmota devices), generic eclipse-mosquitto, node-red, and tailscale.

I find Homebridge on Docker a far easier way to maintain it.  I can update to a new docker image with a click of a button and restart.

I have also been able to run Matterbridge on iHost in a docker.  Matterbridge is a new development for integrating a variety of home automation devices to Matter.  I won't go into detail on this new software stack but it allowed me to integrate all generations of Shelly devices. My Homebridge setup stopped being an effective way to integrate Shelly Gen3 devices and Shelly seems to be recommending customers to move to Matterbridge.  I am able to remove two Homebridge plugins (Shelly and Shelly-ds9) using this new integration.

https://github.com/Luligu/matterbridge

iHost has a fairly active user forum hosted by ewelink.cc
I've had a developer answer a technical question within a few days.

I've been running it for 3 months with no glitches or strange behavior. Homebridge and Matterbridge response is snappy. 

Cons:

• A product from China. 
• Does not allow ssh access so tweaking Docker internals is not allowed.
• The iHost software stack is a 32 bit architecture which may inhibit some 3rd party docker integrations. For instance, although you could install Home Assistant, integrating it with the internal Zigbee or an external Zigbee and/or Z-wave modem seems problematic.
• There is minimal discussion on this product via Reddit and YouTube so wondering if the product is successful enough for future support.

I bought mine (the larger 4GB RAM version) on AliExpress for under $100. You can also get it on Amazon for the same price.

Hi, my Haier AC is not HomeKit compatible. I tried to use the plugin in homebridge, but they didn't work. Maybe is my fault. Can you help me with the configuration?

Recent update to a certificate on Honeywell’s end removed certain domains, one of which this plugin used to communicate with Total Comfort Connect. It causes your TCC device to go offline and not work with homebridge/homekit.

The plugin owner has posted a beta that resolves the issue and is also the HB2.0 compatible version.

Just thought I’d share as it took a bit to find a solution.

Since the last 2/3 updates, when I try to search for a specific plugin, the search interface seems to just dump every plugin, regardless of keyword matches. I can't see anything in the settings that could impact this - is there a known bug?

Please help, I am not tech savvy. I managed to get my ring devices to show up on my UI but there is no video and when i add homebridge to my home kit. it says its all ready got a home.

Hi There!

I'm frequently troubleshooting homebridge and I need a better way to view the log data and redact values when sharing.

For a minute I was using TextEdit, but it crashes when trying to redact based on pattern searches.

I'm giving Sublime Text a chance, but I'm new. I know it has tools for formatting text files. I'm wondering if there is a standard already defined for formatting Homebridge log data.

The log has a lot of added syntax I would think I could fold the code on, but I'm unsure how to configure Sublime to fold based on this syntax. New.

Open to ideas, resources, solutions.

Lately I've been having nothing but problems with homebridge. I can almost never connect to homebridge.local. The page just continues to load and never actually brings up the homebridge login page. And I'm constantly losing connection to my wiz plugins. Homebridge used to work great and now it seems to be more of a hassle than opening up each individual app to control my devices. Just wondering if there is any way to fix this?

Well, my Homebridge disconnected today after a power outage. I couldn't access homebridge.local nor the direct IP address, so I reinstalled my homebridge. However, when I tried to set up the WiFi now, even though I had entered the correct password, it kept kicking me back to the pick wifi screen. Does anyone have this problem and how to fix it?

Hi all!

I have bought some Govee lights/strips that are Matter compatible. I also have some older non-Matter Govee products, which I use through my trusty homebridge installation.

My question is, other than to natively add the Govee products to HomeKit with Matter, are there any operational advantages (or disadvantages) over using the Homebridge method?

As far as I can tell, I can turn on/off and change colors through the Home app, anything else like animations and scenes I still have to go through the Govee App, right? (I know about exposing Tap-to-Run)

Thanks!

Hey guys,

I bought a Apple HomePod mini to have a home hub. But I can’t get it to connect / link with my google home speaker.

I really enjoyed playing music on "all devices", now everything plays BUT the HomePod mini.

Any clue on how to connect them?

Cheers.

Hey guys,

How you doing?

I’ve been trying multiple Nest plugins to connect my Nest learning thermostat to home kit. At first they all work for a day and then they just kinda stop working. The Nest isn’t responding and all.

Does anyone had the same problem and found a solve?

Or, does someone have a Nest connected to home kit with a plugin that works and could help?

Cheers

I can’t unpair two ghost bridges from Settings, they keep reappearing on the list after every reboot. Any help? Running HB as a Windows VM (Ubuntu Focal 20.04.5, Node.js v22.12.0). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey all, first time attempting this homebridge connectivity. Want some advice on which way to go or at least some options. I'm a newbie in this stuff. I'm gonna have 4 Eufy cams and a bunch of went switches and plugs. Also, does homebridge remove the resolution downgrade that HomeKit applies (1080p instead of 4K) Thanks to all!