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Dallas / Maxim

1-Wire OWFS

homebridge-owfs · v1.5.5

VerifiedLocalHomebridge 2.0

Adds 1-Wire temperature, humidity sensors and switches through OWFS.

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What it says it supports

Brands

  • Dallas / Maxim

Devices it names

  • DS18B20
  • DS2438
  • DS2408
  • DS2403

Shows up in Apple Home as from its README

Sensor readings in its code

What people report

Supports 1-Wire sensors via OWFS including DS18B20 temperature and DS2438/EDS0065 humidity sensors; fixes shipped for earlier regressions.

  • Works3
DeviceStatusWhat they saidSource
Embedded Data Systems EDS0065 humidity/temperature sensorWorksHumidity and temperature support contributed and merged
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Jean, I made some major changes to the plugin. Rather than lock in the sensors supported, I made that configurable. As long as the sensor has temperature or humidity in a field, it should work. I also added support for fakegago-history (https://github.com/simont77/fakegato-history ) - this provides nice graphing in the Elgato Eve app. Not sure if any other apps are using this yet. Here’s the link to the ESD0065: http://owfs.org/index.php?page=eds0065---temperature-humidity It does a lot more than just read temperature - it’s a control as well. I use them to run my dehumidifiers. With the …

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Issue #3 · 2017-09
Maxim DS18B20 temperature sensorWorksWorks; v1.5.0-1.5.2 regression fixed in 1.5.3; negative temps fixed in 1.3.3
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I've recently upgraded from v1.4.4 to latest v1.5.2 and realized DS18B20 is broken. I get the following error message with v1.5.0-1.5.2 during startup of Homebridge, [9/24/2021, 10:25:12 PM] [Biblioteket] Initializing OWFS_Sensor accessory... [9/24/2021, 10:25:12 PM] [Biblioteket] Configuring device : 28.75437C060000 on 192.168.1.89:4304 [9/24/2021, 10:25:12 PM] [Biblioteket] Capabilities: temperature [9/24/2021, 10:25:12 PM] [Biblioteket] Unknwown device type Running v1.4.4, which is working properly, gives me, 9/24/2021, 10:33:18 PM] [Biblioteket] Initializing OWFS_Sensor accessory... …

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Issue #14 · 2021-09
Maxim DS2438 humidity/temperature sensorWorksHumidity and temperature support contributed and merged
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Jean, I made some major changes to the plugin. Rather than lock in the sensors supported, I made that configurable. As long as the sensor has temperature or humidity in a field, it should work. I also added support for fakegago-history (https://github.com/simont77/fakegato-history ) - this provides nice graphing in the Elgato Eve app. Not sure if any other apps are using this yet. Here’s the link to the ESD0065: http://owfs.org/index.php?page=eds0065---temperature-humidity It does a lot more than just read temperature - it’s a control as well. I use them to run my dehumidifiers. With the …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22.

Issue #3 · 2017-09

Gathered from the plugin’s GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions, wiki and docs, and from r/homebridge. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.

How it connects

Local

OWSERVER protocol

You’ll need

  • OWFS on host

Compatibility

Verified by HomebridgeYes
Homebridge versions^1.8.0 || ^2.0.0-beta.0
Homebridge 2.0Yes
Node.js>=14.2.0
Settings in Homebridge UIYes
MatterNo
Platform nameOWFS_Sensor
LicenseMIT

Community signals

Downloads a week5
Downloads a month36
GitHub stars5
Open issues0
Closed issues15
Last code push2024-12-21
Latest version1.5.5 (2024-10-04)
First published2016-12-31
Releases22

In ReReHome

Whatever this plugin publishes reaches Apple Home as a normal HomeKit accessory behind your Homebridge bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.

HomeKit services in its code

Found by scanning the published npm package. A plugin can register a service only for some devices.

  • HumiditySensor
  • Switch
  • TemperatureSensor

Sources

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