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Zigbee2MQTT Edge

zigbee2mqtt/hassio-zigbee2mqtt edge

Security 7/8 Opens inside Home Assistant (Ingress) rare – once or twice a year

Zigbee2MQTT Edge is a development build of the Zigbee2MQTT app that enables communication with Zigbee devices via MQTT. Users use it to control and monitor smart home devices in a Zigbee network.

Facts about this add-on

Security rating
7 / 8
Ingress
yes
Maintenance
rare – once or twice a year (2 changes/year)
Version
edge
Last change
February 17, 2026
Project
github.com
Architectures
aarch64, amd64
Ports
8485/tcp -> 8485

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

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store, and add the repository https://github.com/zigbee2mqtt/hassio-zigbee2mqtt through the three-dot menu.
  2. Reload the store and open Zigbee2MQTT Edge.
  3. Install the add-on and wait for the first start.
  4. 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

  • MQTT – The add-on uses this integration

Source of this entry: the add-on configuration on GitHub

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