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Broadlink in Home Assistant

broadlink part of Home Assistant since 0.35

Local, polling Set up in the user interface

Broadlink is an official Home Assistant integration for Climate, Infrared, Light, Radio frequency, Remote, Sensor and Switch. Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, polling – Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Single device
Installations
32,786 (4.8 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Climate, Infrared, Light, Radio frequency, Remote, Sensor, Switch
Provides
Climate, Infrared, Light, Radio frequency, Remote, Select, Sensor, Switch, Time
Found automatically via
Network discovery (DHCP)
Maintained by
@danielhiversen, @felipediel, @L-I-Am
Python packages
broadlink==0.19.0

Setup

  1. Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
  2. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  3. Click "Add integration" and search for Broadlink.
  4. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Known issues and fixes

10 open issues and 3 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Broadlink in the Home Assistant issue tracker.

Open

  • open Reported problem #159618 since December 22, 2025 · 6 reactions · 13 comments · #159618
  • open Reported problem #178272 since August 5, 2026 · 2 reactions · 3 comments · #178272
  • open Reported problem #76034 since August 1, 2022 · 1 reaction · 46 comments · #76034
  • open Reported problem #63578 since January 7, 2022 · 1 reaction · 46 comments · #63578
  • open Reported problem #149100 since July 19, 2025 · 0 reactions · 25 comments · #149100
  • open Reported problem #149679 since July 30, 2025 · 0 reactions · 18 comments · #149679
  • open Reported problem #176041 since July 8, 2026 · 0 reactions · 5 comments · #176041
  • open Reported problem #174534 since June 23, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #174534

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 14, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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