Flume
flume
The Flume integration will show you the current Flume status for the given Device ID.
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 |
|---|---|---|
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) |
What people report
Flume water monitors work via the cloud; the leak sensor depends on app notifications and can lag by a day.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flume water sensor | Works Cloud | Water usage sensors added with device classesSaved copyProposed change Add support to Flume for the new water usage tracking. Adding the appropriate device class & state classes to enable this. Set the measurement state class on other too (while I was at it). ## Type of change <!-- What type of change does your PR introduce to H Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #81041 · 2022-10 | |
| Flume leak detection | Partly works Cloud | Leak sensor driven by notification list; slow to turn on and clearSaved copyI too have experienced some weirdness with the leak detection sensor. When I had a leak, it took 24+ hours for the sensor to turn on in home assistant. Now that I fixed the leak, home assistant is still reporting leak is on, even though in the app it is off. Interestingly, other sensors seem not be delayed. Which bring up weird data issues, where I have "leak detected, but 0 gals/min flow rate", which obviously shouldn't happen. Basically, the sensor in home assistant seems to be lagging behind the flume app by many hours. Here is my current status of flume app: And home assistant: ![Screen … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #96179 · 2023-07 |
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.
Found automatically over
- DHCP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 1,618 (0.23%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.103 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @ChrisMandich, @bdraco, @jeeftor |
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.