VIVOTEK
vivotek
The VIVOTEK integration allows you to integrate a VIVOTEK IP camera 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 |
|---|---|---|
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
What people report
No clear device evidence beyond VIVOTEK cameras being supported; Alexa streaming regression reported in 0.110.
- Works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIVOTEK IP camera | Works | Camera platform with stream path option; device info added 2026Saved copyProposed change Add device info for Vivotek integration so we get some basic device details for cameras. ## Type of change <!-- What type of change does your PR introduce to Home Assistant? NOTE: Please, check only 1! box! If your PR requires multiple boxes to be checked, y Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #171587 · 2026-05 |
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 polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 76 (0.01%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.99 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @HarlemSquirrel |
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.
