ZoneMinder
zoneminder
The ZoneMinder integration sets up Home Assistant with your ZoneMinder instance.
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 | |
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) |
2 reports below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
ZoneMinder is self-hosted; one user's cameras appear in Apple Home via HomeKit Bridge but live view fails without a stream source.
- Partly works2
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZoneMinder cameras | Partly works Local | Partly in Home Thumbnails update but full-screen shows grey overlay and loading image | Cameras work; HomeKit live view needs a stream source on the entitySaved copyThe problem I'm using Home Assistant to view my Zoneminder Cameras in the Apple Home App. I see them in the App and they update the thumbnail. When I touch on one of them to bring it full screen I get a grey overlay and a loading image. So it makes it hard to read. According to this post I need to add a stream source to the entity. I created the HomeKit instance via the UI so it says I have to edit it in the UI. When I click on the gear on the camera I get an error that says, "This entity ('camera.back_yard') does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI. See … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #107208 · 2024-01 |
| Zoneminder cameras | Partly works | Partly in Home Thumbnails update but live view stays grey and loading | No unique ID so stream source cannot be set in UISaved copyThe problem I'm using Home Assistant to view my Zoneminder Cameras in the Apple Home App. I see them in the App and they update the thumbnail. When I touch on one of them to bring it full screen I get a grey overlay and a loading image. So it makes it hard to read. According to this post I need to add a stream source to the entity. I created the HomeKit instance via the UI so it says I have to edit it in the UI. When I click on the gear on the camera I get an error that says, "This entity ('camera.back_yard') does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI. See … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #107208 · 2024-01 |
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) | 194 (0.03%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.31 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
| Maintainers | @rohankapoorcom, @nabbi |
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.
