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Imou in Home Assistant
imou
part of Home Assistant since 2026.7
Cloud, polling
Set up in the user interface
Quality: Silver
Imou is an official Home Assistant integration for Binary sensor, Button, Camera, Select, Sensor and Switch. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Connection
- Cloud, polling – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
- Setup
- in the user interface
- Kind
- Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
- Quality scale
- Silver – Stable in daily use: recovers from connection problems and has an active code owner.
- Installations
- 258
- Provides
- Binary sensor, Button, Camera, Select, Sensor, Switch
- Found automatically via
- Network discovery (DHCP)
- Maintained by
- @Imou-OpenPlatform
- Python packages
pyimouapi==1.4.0
Setup
- Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Imou.
- Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.
The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration