VLC
home-assistant/addons
1.1.0
VLC turns a device into a media player, allowing users to play videos, music, and other media files directly on their device.
Facts about this add-on
- Security rating
- 7 / 8
- Ingress
- yes
- Maintenance
- regular – a few times a year (6 changes/year)
- Version
1.1.0- Last change
- June 30, 2026
- Repository
- home-assistant/addons
- Project
- github.com
- Architectures
- aarch64, amd64
How this rating comes about
Home Assistant calculates the rating itself: every add-on starts at 5, and each right it asks for or gives up moves the number. The same calculation runs here, on the configuration the add-on ships.
| Starting value of every add-on | 5 |
|---|---|
| Reached through Ingress, so no port of its own | +2 |
| Result | 7 / 8 |
A high number does not mean the add-on is good, and a low one does not mean it is dangerous – a backup add-on has to reach far into the system to do its job. The number says how much it is allowed to do, and the list above says what exactly.
Installation
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store, and add the repository https://github.com/home-assistant/addons through the three-dot menu.
- Reload the store and open VLC.
- Install the add-on and wait for the first start.
- Switch on "Show in sidebar" – the interface then opens directly inside Home Assistant.
Add repository to my Home Assistant Open the add-on directly
Both links go through my.home-assistant.io and open the store of your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Home Assistant integration
- VLC media player via Telnet – The add-on announces itself, and this integration then sets itself up