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ESPHome in Home Assistant

esphome part of Home Assistant since 0.85

Local, push Set up in the user interface Quality: Platinum

ESPHome is an official Home Assistant integration for Alarm, DIY and Update. Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, push – Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Single device
Quality scale
Platinum – The highest level: fully typed, efficient and maintained to every rule of the project.
Installations
147,129 (21.5 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Alarm, DIY, Update
Provides
Alarm control panel, Voice satellite, Binary sensor, Button, Camera, Climate, Cover, Date, Date and time, Diagnostics, Event, Fan, Light, Lock, Media player, Number, Select, Sensor, Switch, Text, Time, Update, Valve, Water heater
Found automatically via
Network discovery (Zeroconf), Network discovery (DHCP), MQTT
Maintained by
@jesserockz, @kbx81, @bdraco
Python packages
aioesphomeapi==46.4.1, esphome-dashboard-api==1.4.0, bleak-esphome==4.0.0

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 ESPHome.
  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.

Matching add-ons

Add-ons that declare a connection to this integration in their own configuration.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation NSPanel Configuration ♥ 626 · Import · Forum
  • Automation NSPanel Easy Configuration (v2026.9.15) ♥ 21 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Automatic door unlock ♥ 7 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Send a camera snapshot when doorbell was activated ♥ 6 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Automatic door unlock ♥ 3 · Import · Forum
  • Automation ESPHome Device Update ♥ 3 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

23 open issues and 40 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for ESPHome in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.9.2.

Open

  • open Reported problem #148684 since July 13, 2025 · 5 reactions · 27 comments · #148684
  • open Reported problem #139060 since February 22, 2025 · 5 reactions · 18 comments · #139060
  • open Reported problem #178087 since August 3, 2026 · 3 reactions · 3 comments · #178087
  • open Reported problem #174973 since June 27, 2026 · 1 reaction · 16 comments · #174973
  • open Reported problem #161229 since January 19, 2026 · 1 reaction · 5 comments · #161229
  • open Reported problem #144228 since May 4, 2025 · 0 reactions · 16 comments · #144228
  • open Reported problem #171846 since May 22, 2026 · 0 reactions · 11 comments · #171846
  • open Reported problem #169921 since May 6, 2026 · 0 reactions · 5 comments · #169921

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 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 →

Compatible devices

Devices that work with ESPHome

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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