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ONVIF in Home Assistant

onvif part of Home Assistant since 0.47

Local, push Set up in the user interface

ONVIF is an official Home Assistant integration for Camera. 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
Installations
27,756 (4.1 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Camera
Provides
Binary sensor, Button, Camera, Diagnostics, Sensor, Switch
Found automatically via
Network discovery (DHCP)
Maintained by
@jterrace
Python packages
onvif-zeep-async==4.2.1, onvif_parsers==2.3.0, WSDiscovery==2.1.2

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 ONVIF.
  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 4 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for ONVIF in the Home Assistant issue tracker.

Open

  • open Reported problem #162687 since February 10, 2026 · 2 reactions · 27 comments · #162687
  • open Reported problem #155179 since October 26, 2025 · 2 reactions · 12 comments · #155179
  • open Reported problem #142708 since April 11, 2025 · 1 reaction · 13 comments · #142708
  • open Reported problem #120506 since June 26, 2024 · 0 reactions · 23 comments · #120506
  • open Reported problem #179093 since August 13, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #179093
  • open Reported problem #177225 since July 25, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #177225
  • open Reported problem #176975 since July 21, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #176975
  • open Reported problem #176500 since July 14, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #176500

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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