HAIR
DAB-LABS/HAIR · vv0.18.1
Infrared (IR) device admin panel for Home Assistant. Learn signals, assign to devices, create triggers, all from the GUI. Built on HA 2026.6+ infrared platform.
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 |
|---|---|---|
light | Light | |
switch | Switch or outlet | |
cover | Blind, garage door, window or door | |
climate | Thermostat | |
fan | Fan | |
media_player | TV, receiver or media switches | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
remote | TV remote (activities) | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
Local infrared remote integration via ESPHome receivers; one user asked for a Xiaomi Wi-Fi IR gateway, which cannot be used yet.
- Requested1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaomi Universal IR Remote (Wi-Fi IR gateway) | Requested | Owner says HAIR cannot use it yet; works via xiaomi_miioSaved copyThanks for the request, and for including the model number. The NDZ-08-GA is the Xiaomi Universal IR Remote, which Home Assistant supports through the `xiaomi_miio` integration.🍻 The short answer is that HAIR cannot use it yet, and the reason sits on the Xiaomi side rather than ours. The `xiaomi_miio` integration has not adopted that platform. It exposes a `remote` entity instead, which is the older style, and HAIR has no way to send through one. Supporting vendors individually is the design we deliberately chose not to have, because it means a new HAIR release for every brand and a code path … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #143 · 2026-08 |
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 push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 1,358 (0.19%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 334 |
| Latest version | v0.18.1 (2026-10-22) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @DAB-LABS |
| License | MIT |
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/DAB-LABS/HAIR
- Source code: https://github.com/DAB-LABS/HAIR
- Issues: https://github.com/DAB-LABS/HAIR/issues
- HACS: https://hacs.xyz
