Up-front disclosure: I made this plugin with Claude Code, but it's not just made on vibes. I've been testing it rigorously the past few days, and it works great.

Skip to the link: https://github.com/seanfletchr/homebridge-ecobee-security

Background: Like many who were fully bought into the Nest ecosystem when Google rug-pulled the Nest Guard, I wasn't sure which replacement would fit our needs best. We ended up choosing the ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium because we liked the look of the hardware, it offered a security system with professional monitoring, worked with Apple Home*, and the doorbell/thermostat display integration allowed us to replace two more Nest products. We were looking forward to it; it seemed like a great option.

But after almost 2 years with the ecobee… I’m still haunted by how great the Nest Guard was. I was using a Starling Hub to put all of our Nest stuff into Apple Home so I could automate the thing completely. After ecobee added… and then removed Apple Home support for Smart Security in 2025, I was pissed.

We still have the Yale x Nest Lock- which used to allow guests to disarm our Nest Guard. We now have a robot vacuum that trips the Ecobee system if we forget to disable it when we leave for a few days. It felt like a low point in our smart home journey, where we were stuck with yet another expensive gadget that was worse now than when we bought it.

We preordered the HomeView, and it seemed like a perfect time to get our house back in order, get rid of more google stuff, and maybe finally ditch Ecobee for a different security option. But I made this instead.

homebridge-ecobee-security

The ecobee Security plugin for Homebridge exposes the Smart Security accessory to Apple Home once again, but better this time. Features:

• Made & tested by someone who cares.
• Apple Home, of course: All the benefits; use Siri, CarPlay, HomeView, and the Home app to control Smart Security.
• Automations: Use Scenes, automations, and shortcuts to set security state to trigger automations. Use the state in shortcut IF statements. Go nuts.
• Disarm with Smart Locks: If you have a smart lock that uses entry codes, like the Yale x Nest lock, it can disarm the system when a valid code is entered.
  • Your friend can water your plants while you're out of town without needing your actual security code. They just unlock the front door with the code you make for them and arm security using the thermostat on their way out.
• Enable Night Mode: Ecobee doesn't have a distinct "Night" mode, but you can enable it in Homebridge to activate Ecobee's "Stay" state with a different trigger for automations (i.e. turning on a floodlight, closing blinds, etc)
• Add Air Quality and Smoke Sensors. Ecobee doesn't expose these sensors to Apple Home. Weird.
• Security Hold API: This plugin has a system for resolving requests from other accessories to temporarily change the security state. Plugin developers can use this API to request switching from Away to Home before devices start their tasks, without you needing to create complicated automations in another app.
  • Robot vacuums can request a state change before it starts, and set it back when it's done cleaning and back in the base station. This works with my homebridge-narwal-freo plugin if you want to see a live example.
  • Security Holds could also be useful for smart window coverings, fans/AC, or anything else that might temporarily cause movement home.

So after 2 years of being super not-pleased with the ecobee thermostats, I decided to do the damn thing myself (with Claude). Now we're not thinking about switching hardware platforms yet again.

Link again: https://github.com/seanfletchr/homebridge-ecobee-security

I hope so, and it seems like it should — I’m running Homebridge 2.something on an always-on Mac Mini, and my Ring cameras are all showing up in the Home app on my iPhones, iPads, and Macs. But it would be nice to know for sure. Any thoughts out there? Thanks!

Has anyone got their Kasa devices working on homebridge after the latest Kasa firmware update. What plugin are you using and what setup? Mine stopped working after updating my Kasa firmware.

Hello folks,

I have two stale “led” accessories from the Blue Air plugin, that I think came along with the purifier accessory, that show no response. I don’t use them anyway and they clutter up the interface. Strangely, they don’t show up in the usual place where I would delete them (settings, remove individual accessories). I’d like to avoid nuking the plugin because it’s used in several automations. Is there another way?

TIA!

I've set up a HB server on MacOS (bare metal). It appears to work well, finds all the accessories that the plugins want to talk to, but...I can't add the bridge to HK. I've tried both Bonjour HAP and Ciao, Ciao fails to add immediately, Bonjour will spin for a long time and then fail to add. Not sure what else I can change to get it to add the bridge to HK?

I'm trying to use homebridge with opendeck and I'm getting the error cannot authenticate to server. How can I fix this?

Can anyone advise what's up with \@homebridge-plugins/homebridge-camera-ffmpeg ? There's some pretty important PR's pending (memory leak) and it looks like it's not been touched in months. I'm wondering if we can help pull some support together for this heavily used plugin (p.s. I'm happy to help if needed, but want to be respectful to any existing maintainer)

Hi all,
I use Homebridge-adb to control some Fire TVs but it doesn’t seem to support nodeJS 24. Does anyone know of any alternatives that provide the same functionality? I really just used power/volume functions. Hoping this plugin isn’t abandoned.
Thanks

Hey community folk, I am new to homebridge and I have set up Philips Wiz lights via Homebridge for Applehome kit integration.

All of a sudden all these lights aren’t working and responding on homebridge.

Does anyone have the same issue, if so kindly guide me through on how to rectify the issue.

Kindly do the needful.

Thanks

my setup:

ipad

home assistant os "elitedesk hp pc that is connected via ethernet cable to my network"

no apple hub

what happens is that everything is working fine but after a while apple home starts not syncing with home assistant at all....i can control the integrated accessories from both ways (apple home and home assistant) but if i changed anything in home assistant apple home doesnt update but the other way around is working fine.....i have several doubts of why this is happening but i cant reassure 100%/......so did anyone passed any issue like this before ?

Hey community folk, I am new to homebridge and I have set up Philips Wiz lights via Homebridge for Applehome kit integration.

All of a sudden all these lights aren’t working and responding on homebridge.

Does anyone have the same issue, if so kindly guide me through on how to rectify the issue.

Kindly do the needful.

Thanks

More context: currently running it on an rpi. But it’s running an old version of of the OS and node can’t get beyond 18. So I would have to wipe the card and reinstall and get everything set back up with the homebridge backup.

Or, I’ve got an always on Mac mini running things like Plex. Any reason I shouldn’t consolidate things and just install homebridge 2.0 on the mini?

I want to make sure I’m not overlooking any negatives to running it on the Mac.

I’m already dreading the process of moving to 2.0 so trying to make this as streamlined as possible.

Thanks.

ETA: I’d likely lean towards a native install and not use a VM (to avoid the overhead of VM software).

ETA2: For those that are seeing this latest edit, would you install node 24 or 26? It appears that 24 will soon go into maintenance mode. Does 26 works ok with homebridge 2.0?

Has anyone ever seen all the Homebridge devices randomly assign themselves to one room (picture 1)?

What's weird about this is my wife's Home app has all the devices in the correct spot. Nothing changed for her at all (picture 2 and 3).

Thank you for any help!

I did a bit of preliminary searching to no avail...so I thought I'd make a post on this site/thread (sorry...I don't use Reddit.)

Has anyone created, or thought about creating, a plug-in for StreamLabs products. I know they are limited, however I had a "StreamLabs Smart Home Water Monitor Leak Detector with Wi-Fi" for a while now and find it very useful.

It would be great to have a plug-in to integrate it into HomeKit.

Thanks in advance.

Hub blijft bij v2.8-4.0 en gaat niet upgraden naar v3.0-4.1. Andere hub is wel succesvol gegaan. Volgens de supportdesk hebben ze de nieuwe versie uitgerold, maar er lijkt niets in de app te verschijnen. Ik heb alle gebruikelijke workarounds geprobeerd, maar het werkt bij mij niet. Iemand een idee?

I've been wanting to control my pool in HomeKit for a while and didn't like the current options, so I made this. It enables local control of Hayward OmniLogic pool controllers. No internet or cloud login required. I recommend setting up a static IP for your OmniLogic controller before setting up this plugin. Consult your router's documentation for how to do this.

This was not a weekend project and took many weeks of development and testing time. I'm a professional software engineer with 20+ years of experience. The plugin has been running on my Homebridge instance for a while now without issue.

Features

• Filter pumps as fans with a speed slider or switches
• Heaters as thermostats or switches
• Chlorinators and spillover as fans or switches
• Lights with color and brightness, in one color, or as show switches
• Auxiliary pumps, relays, and themes as switches
• Water and air temperature sensors
• Automatic shut off option for heaters, lights, and relays

Requirements

• Homebridge 2
• Node.js >= 22
• Network access to the OmniLogic controller on port 10444

The settings UI will automatically discover your pool equipment and allow you to add accessories of your choice based on the equipment. Some equipment has multiple accessory types. The same equipment can be controlled from multiple accessories. For instance, you can setup multiple switches for a single filter pump for low, medium, and high presets.

I added an automatic shut off option for certain pieces of equipment as a convenience so things like heaters don't run indefinitely.

Would love your feedback, just file an issue on GitHub.

Source code: https://github.com/rygine/omnilogic-local/tree/main/packages/homebridge-omnilogic-local

Documentation: https://rygine.github.io/omnilogic-local/guide/homebridge

I’ve been reading a bit but still feel clueless. Moving this week to a pretty big house with three zone Mitsubishi heat pumps, a Generac standby generator, four Google Nest video doorbells, ADT (probably won’t buy monitoring), MyQ garage doors, plus my own lights and plugs I’ll bring with me. I have Apple TV to be a hub. It’s too many apps so I was hoping to set up Homebridge. I can buy a Raspberry Pi but I’ve got an old Dell XPS we don’t use anymore. How much energy savings would there be? Assume you need to keep the PC from sleeping. I know nothing about accessing a Raspberry Pi so I’m sure the PC is easier. I have Ring Doorbells at the old house I may bring as well. Theres other crap like a smart oven I haven’t even looked at yet.

Any suggestions? Even reading online I haven’t got a clear sense of where to begin. Haven't even gotten the Mitsubishi Comfort app to find my stuff (I think it needs 2.4gh WiFi).

I just bought a raspberry pi 5 8gb and want to run my eufy cameras and smart lights on it with homebridge. I’m new to all this and I see that scrypted is better for cameras. What’s the best way to go installing both of them and have them running. Also I do have a eufy e340 doorbell that is battery powered and read that it wouldn’t work with scrypted unless is has continuous power. Any suggestions and or how to would be very helpful.

Can anyone recommend one that is in the same price range as Tapo? Not looking to get a Sensibo. I set up my Tapo H110 and it works in the app but it doesn't respond in Homekit. I’m seeking homebridge options. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Homebridge v2.4

All Apple hubs v27.0 (3 Apple TVs 4k & 3 HomePods)

Had a working home bridge for multiple years, constantly updating. In the past day I added and deleted a plugin in home bridge (Lutron related). Then did some over due housekeeping in Homebridge: deleting some stranded bridges and accessories.

In Apple home app: homebridge showed non responsive. Tried multiple fixes in Homebridge, even restoring from a backup. No luck.

Found a fix: in the Home app I had manually set the apple hub. I have only one Apple TV that was on ethernet, that was set as the default.

If I change to any of my other 5 apple hubs Homebridge re appears in Home app and everything works fine. However all other 5 are on wifi. Obviously prefer to be able to return to my original hub.

I have rebooted it, however as of yet have not completely reset it.

Anyone else run into this issue? Any other advise other than reseting the misbehaving appleTV and resetting it up?

I’ve built a small Homebridge plugin for the Holmann CLXW60 Warm White Wi-Fi Garden Light Controller, with help from Codex, and have the original build working on my Unraid/Homebridge Docker setup. Built this as I got tired of having to refresh the Tuya IoT subscription as needed in homebridge-tuya every few months.

It adds a simple on/off switch to Apple Home and controls the lights directly over the LAN. No Tuya cloud connection or IoT Core subscription is needed for day-to-day control.

A few things to know:

• On/off only—no brightness support.
• You need your controller’s device ID, local IP and local key.
• Obtaining the key is a separate setup step and may involve Tuya cloud access.
• Other Holmann models haven’t been tested.
• This is an early community release, not a Homebridge-verified plugin.

I’ve included source code, installation instructions and a guide for people starting from scratch.

https://github.com/benjammin810/homebridge-holmann-local

This is my first Homebridge plugin (and first time actually uploading something to Github!), so feedback - especially from anyone with the same controller - would be very welcome. Please keep local keys and private configuration out of public posts and issues.

Hi all,

Ring push notifications/doorbell noises have stopped. Everything just stopped one day, its so odd! I tried doing a refresh of the token and no dice. I see this problem is kind of common, I may just reinstall the ring plugin...anyone have any advice?

there is also a plugin called "RING HKSV" which has a "force notifications" check. Has anyone tried that?

Has anyone using the Homebridge Kasa Python plugin run into this issue?

After updating the firmware on my Kasa switches:

• HS200 → firmware 1.1.2
• HS210 → firmware 1.1.0

the devices completely stopped being discovered and reported by the Homebridge Kasa Python plugin.

Everything still works normally in the native Kasa app.

Has anyone experienced the same problem after these firmware updates?