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Homebridge

Homebridge

Software Tool · Self-hosted & homelab software · 25 mentions · 5 subreddits · discussed in r/smarthome, r/homeautomation, r/homelab, r/Ubiquiti

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Pros

  • Migration to Homebridge → Snapshots worked immediately
  • I use a combination of Homebridge and Home Assistant to get my devices all talking.
  • If you think you might get other devices that might not have support, you might be able to set up a HomeBridge on a RaspPi or something to allow you to tie it into HomeKit.
  • The software for the Raspberry is called HomeBridge.
  • It involves running Homebridge with the AppleTV Enhanced plugin. In the plugin config, you can add Custom Input URLs to deep-link to apps.

Cons

  • I used to be a huge HomeKit+Homebridge fanboy, Home Assistant hater. Until I tried it. ... That Pi that you're getting? Put Home Assistant OS on it, not Homebridge.
  • Homebridge has some plugins that do this.
  • If you have devices that aren't Homekit compatible, install Homebridge on your Pi and expose it to Homekit.
  • After spending all morning getting Homebridge to just about work to pull things through to Apple Home then realizing I needed to have an always on hub as well as the laptop with the bridge constantly running I got frustrated
  • I’ve looked at homebridge as option to link HomePod to google tv but I haven’t tried it yet.

Sentiment

17 positive (68%) · 5 mixed (20%) · 3 negative (12%)

Trust + time weighted score: +56% · raw score 56%

What redditors said (10 of 25)

I used to be a huge HomeKit+Homebridge fanboy, Home Assistant hater. Until I tried it. ... That Pi that you're getting? Put Home Assistant OS on it, not Homebridge.
negative · u/T****4 · r/smarthome · comment · Dec 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Migration to Homebridge → Snapshots worked immediately
positive · u/M****r · r/smarthome · Dec 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Homebridge has some plugins that do this.
mixed · u/r****n · r/homeautomation · comment · Dec 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I use a combination of Homebridge and Home Assistant to get my devices all talking.
positive · u/b****s · r/homeautomation · comment · Dec 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you think you might get other devices that might not have support, you might be able to set up a HomeBridge on a RaspPi or something to allow you to tie it into HomeKit.
positive · u/K****6 · r/smarthome · comment · Nov 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you have devices that aren't Homekit compatible, install Homebridge on your Pi and expose it to Homekit.
mixed · u/l****r · r/homeautomation · comment · Nov 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The software for the Raspberry is called HomeBridge.
positive · u/T****e · r/smarthome · comment · Nov 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
After spending all morning getting Homebridge to just about work to pull things through to Apple Home then realizing I needed to have an always on hub as well as the laptop with the bridge constantly running I got frustrated
mixed · u/D****7 · r/smarthome · Nov 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
It involves running Homebridge with the AppleTV Enhanced plugin. In the plugin config, you can add Custom Input URLs to deep-link to apps.
positive · u/M****7 · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Not natively, but you can use solutions like ATH Bridge or Homebridge
positive · u/M****X · r/smarthome · comment · Aug 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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