SmartRent
ZacheryThomas/homeassistant-smartrent · vv0.5.5
Home Assistant Custom Component for SmartRent Locks 🔐, Thermostats 🌡, Sensors 💧 and Switches💡
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 | |
climate | Thermostat | |
lock | Lock | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) |
2 reports below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
SmartRent cloud-push integration covering thermostats, locks, lights and motion sensors; in Apple Home the lock needs its own accessory-mode bridge.
- Works3
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartRent door lock | Works Cloud | Partly in Home Not shown on bridge; needs separate HomeKit bridge in accessory mode | Lock entity works in HASaved copyHi, First of all, thank you for this plugin, it works perfectly on Home Assistant App. I have a thermostat and Door lock in SmartRent, both working on Home Assistant, however when I add the HASS bridge to my Homekit it just shows the Thermostat, the locker is not one device visible to be added. Has anyone had this issue before? Is there any workaround? Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #11 · 2022-11 |
| SmartRent motion sensor | Works Cloud | Motion on/off support addedSaved copyAdding the motion sensors from this PR: https://github.com/ZacheryThomas/smartrent-py/pull/9 Tested in Docker compose and moved around apartment. Triggers the motion on/off. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #36 · 2025-01 | |
| SmartRent thermostat | Works Cloud | Works in Home Thermostat appears in Apple Home through the bridge | Climate entity plus temperature and humidity sensorsSaved copyHi, First of all, thank you for this plugin, it works perfectly on Home Assistant App. I have a thermostat and Door lock in SmartRent, both working on Home Assistant, however when I add the HASS bridge to my Homekit it just shows the Thermostat, the locker is not one device visible to be added. Has anyone had this issue before? Is there any workaround? Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #11 · 2022-11 |
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 push
Goes through the maker’s cloud, which sends updates as they happen. Needs the internet and an account.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 145 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 132 |
| Latest version | v0.5.5 (2026-03-07) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @zacherythomas |
| License | MIT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| alex4108/homeassistant-smartrent Newer code | ★ 0 | 2026-10-03 | Home Assistant Custom Component for SmartRent Locks 🔐, Thermostats 🌡, Sensors 💧 and Switches💡 |
| TobiasWooldridge/homeassistant-smartrent Newer code | ★ 0 | 2026-09-06 | Home Assistant Custom Component for SmartRent Locks 🔐, Thermostats 🌡, Sensors 💧 and Switches💡 |
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.
