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Lichess in Home Assistant
lichess
part of Home Assistant since 2026.4
Cloud, polling
Set up in the user interface
Quality: Bronze
Lichess is an official Home Assistant integration for Gaming and Sensor. 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
- Online service
- Quality scale
- Bronze – The basic requirements for a new integration are met.
- Installations
- 36
- Provides
- Sensor
- Maintained by
- @aryanhasgithub
- Python packages
aiolichess==1.3.0
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Lichess.
- 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