Octopus Energy
BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy · vv19.2.1
Unofficial Home Assistant integration for interacting with Octopus Energy
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 |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
climate | Thermostat | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) | |
water_heater | Water heater (as a thermostat) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Cloud-polled; Octopus Charge home EV chargers are supported but Octopus API changes occasionally break provider detection.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus Home Mini | Works Cloud | Live electricity and delayed gas for whole houseSaved copyOctopus Home Mini for live electricity and delayed 30 min gas usage for the whole house. Some Shelly plugs on high load devices such as the dishwasher and washing machine. For most other stuff I use IKEA plugs, things like the TVs, Sky Q box, my comms rack etc. This captures about 90% of my energy usage. Last 10% would be lights, phone chargers etc so I just ignore them. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2026-01 | |
| Octopus Charge home EV charger | Partly works Cloud | Provider label changed to OCTOPUS_ENERGY causing unknown provider repair; dedicated support PR openSaved copyProvider name OCTOPUS_ENERGY ### Ability to bump charge within the app My charger is an Octopus Charge device. This has worked flawlessly with the integration since installation and only started reporting this repair error a couple of days ago. I have rebooted HA a couple of times to try and resolve. The Off Peak sensor is working fine. The car was unplugged when it stopped working as we were away, plugging the car back in the charger seems to charge and control the car charging OK. Thanks for all the great work you do with this integration :-) ### Ability to set the charge limit/target … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #1655 · 2026-02 |
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
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 10,478 (1.48%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 1,029 |
| Latest version | v19.2.1 (2026-10-18) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @bottlecapdave |
| 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.
