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Whisker in Home Assistant

litterrobot part of Home Assistant since 2021.3

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

Whisker is an official Home Assistant integration for Button, Select, Sensor, Switch, Update and Vacuum. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Cloud, push – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
Quality scale
Platinum – The highest level: fully typed, efficient and maintained to every rule of the project.
Installations
4,599 (0.7 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Button, Select, Sensor, Switch, Update, Vacuum
Provides
Binary sensor, Button, Diagnostics, Select, Sensor, Switch, Time, Update, Vacuum
Found automatically via
Network discovery (DHCP)
Maintained by
@natekspencer, @tkdrob
Python packages
pylitterbot==2025.6.5

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 Whisker.
  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

2 open issues and 4 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Whisker in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.9.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #162673 since February 9, 2026 · 0 reactions · 6 comments · #162673
  • open Reported problem #181130 since September 3, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #181130

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 16, 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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