FYTA
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The FYTA integration uses the open API of FYTA to obtain the data from your plant sensors and integrate these into Home Assistant.
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 |
|---|---|---|
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) |
What people report
FYTA plant sensors need a FYTA hub or app to upload to the cloud; occasional coordinator timeouts occur.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FYTA Beam plant sensor | Partly works Cloud | Needs FYTA hub or app gateway; DLI not available, PAR onlySaved copyLimitations: The integration provides the data exposed by means of the plant API. The light measurement as current daily light integral (DLI) is not yet available (currently only the PAR value is provided). To be able to access your plant data over the API, you need a FYTA hub that uploads the data from the Beam sensor to the FYTA … Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
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
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Found automatically over
- DHCP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 384 (0.05%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Platinum |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2024.4 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @dontinelli |
Limitations from the docs
- The integration provides the data exposed by means of the plant API. The light measurement as current daily light integral (DLI) is not yet available (currently only the PAR value is provided). To be able to access your plant data over the API, you need a FYTA hub that uploads the data from the Beam sensor to the FYTA …
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.
