Battery Monitor BM6
Rafciq/BM6 · vv1.0.3
Home Assistant integration for Battery Monitor BM6
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) |
What people report
Bluetooth BM6 battery monitor; it accepts one connection at a time and some users fail to discover it via ESPHome proxy.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM6 battery monitor | Partly works Local | Works on Pi 5 adapter; unresponsive while phone app connected; proxy discovery issuesSaved copyWhat do you mean by "using Bluetooth proxy to discover"? Do you have the BM6 app running on your phone right now? It may be blocking BM6 detection and reading. "_BM6 device is unresponsive or not visible. It is likely that BM6 device cannot connect to multiple other devices at the same time. If you have a mobile app for BM6 running, your integration may not be able to connect to BM6 device at the same time._" Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #1 · 2025-02 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- Bluetooth
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 193 (0.03%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 68 |
| Latest version | v1.0.3 (2026-02-11) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @Rafciq |
| License | MIT |
Limitations from the README
- BM6 device is unresponsive or not visible. It is likely that BM6 device cannot connect to multiple other devices at the same time. If you have a mobile app for BM6 running, your integration may not be able to connect to BM6 device at the same time.
Notable forks
Forks with stars, or with code pushed at least 90 days after the original’s last push. Useful when the original goes quiet.
| Fork | Stars | Last push | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bsrotten/BM6 | ★ 6 | 2026-02-03 | Home Assistant integration for Battery Monitor BM6 |
| derekpurdy/BM7 | ★ 6 | 2026-03-06 | Home Assistant integration for Battery Monitor BM7 |
| townsmcp/BM6 Newer code | ★ 4 | 2026-09-06 | Home Assistant integration for Battery Monitor BM6 (Forked, maintained) |
| Mpercy-Git/BM6 Newer code | ★ 1 | 2026-08-26 | Home Assistant integration for Battery Monitor BM6 |
| bmcdonough/BM6 Newer code | ★ 0 | 2026-06-14 | Home Assistant integration for Battery Monitor BM6 |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
Sources
- Documentation: https://github.com/Rafciq/BM6
- Source code: https://github.com/Rafciq/BM6
- Issues: https://github.com/dckiller51/BM6/issues
- HACS: https://hacs.xyz
