Smart Home Integration Tools
No matter which smart home platform you prefer to use, there are often things you might want to tie in that are not natively supported by the platform. Whether you want to incorporate unsupported devices, enhance your automation capabilities, or use software features from other tools in your automations, these tools can help.
Integration Tools
Homebridge
Homebridge provides HomeKit integration for over 2000 unsupported devices, plus additional useful tools and services.
Node-RED
A low-code solution to building complex automation rules, and building custom device behaviors for a wide variety of hardware and software interfaces.
Scrypted
A powerful tool for integrating virtually any IP-based camera cameras into your smart home, regardless of platform.
Matter - The Smart Home Standard
Learn about the Matter standard, why it’s important for an integrated smart home, how it works, and the challenges that remain.
How To Guides
Homebridge The Easy Way
HOOBS is a pre-packaged fork of Homebridge that aims to make it as easy to set up and run as any commercial platform.
How to set up Raspberry Pi
Many integration tools need something to run on. The Raspberry Pi is a great compact, low-cost option. Learn how to get your first one up and running.
Node-RED with Homekit
Learn how to use Node-RED with Apple HomeKit and what the limitations are with this solution.
Node-RED with Home Assistant
Node-RED provides a powerful enhancement to automations in Home Assistant. See how to make it work for you.
How MQTT Powers Device Integration
MQTT is often the secret sauce behind how smart devices communicate. See how it works and if it could help you integrate your own builds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are my Thread devices unresponsive?
See how we’ve been able to clean out the cruft and get Thread working again.
Can you extend Bluetooth for HomeKit?
Learn how HomeKit handles Bluetooth accessories and how to boost range when needed.
Can you use IFTTT with HomeKit?
See how this tool can connect these two smart home platforms.