Generic Hygrostat
Corsw/homeassistant-generic-hygrostat · vv0.9.0
Home Assistant custom integration for humidity-rise based ventilation control
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…) |
1 report below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
- Works1
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venta humidifiers | Works Local | Dumb humidifier retains state across power cuts; used with BT hygrometersSaved copyI use Venta dumb humidifiers, they retain state even when the power is cut, and are very well regarded quality-wise. I couple them with Govee or Switchbot BT humidity sensors and create a generic_hygrostat combining the two in HA. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2026-01 | |
| Generic hygrostat | Not working | Broken in Home Humidity shows 0% with log errors | HA shows correct humidity; Home shows 0%Saved copyThe problem I've got a generic_hygrostat that does not correctly report any relative humidity to HomeKit. It just shows as 0%, and a warning and error appear in the log. I can't tell if the root cause is in the generic_hygrostat component or the Homekit humidifier accessory. As seen in the HA device details screenshot below, the hygrostat itself seems to have the right value, which makes me think this is a homekit integration issue. Enabled debugging for generic_hygrostat and homekit and these are the relevant lines: [code] Detail from the warning: [code] Detail from the error: [code] You can … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #57997 · 2021-10 |
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
Calculated
Works out its values from other data rather than talking to a device.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 214 (0.03%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 98 |
| Latest version | v0.9.0 (2026-08-20) |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
| Maintainers | @Corsw |
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.
