SkyBell
skybell
The SkyBell integration allows you to integrate your Skybell.com doorbells in 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 |
|---|---|---|
light | Light | |
switch | Switch or outlet | |
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, occupancy) |
What people report
SkyBell doorbells use the cloud, and a cached-credential bug left the integration failing to set up after long quiet periods.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyBell video doorbell | Partly works Cloud | AccessDenied on setup when no recent activity; deleting the pickle cache helpsSaved copyThe problem Skybell integration appears to use cached credentials and doesn't recognize when they're expired, requiring the user to manually delete the /config/skybell_*.pickle file to work around this issue. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2023.12.0 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? 2023.11.3 ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue skybell ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/skybell ### Diagnostics information ### Example … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #105177 · 2023-12 |
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) | 18 |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.56 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @tkdrob |
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.
