Slide Local
slide_local
The Slide Local integration allows you to integrate your Slide devices in Home Assistant using the local API.
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 | |
cover | Blind | |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
Slide curtain motors work through the local API; the cloud API is gone. Slide motors also advertise over HomeKit for discovery.
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| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slide curtain motor (local API v1) | Works Local | Migration to local API fixed in 2025.1.1Saved copyThe problem Trying to add my Slide (API v1), but the integration only comes back with a "Unknown error occurred". The HTTP response of the integration trying to setup is: [code] ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2025.1.0 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue slide_local ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/slide_local ### Diagnostics information Not possible the device won't … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #134635 · 2025-01 | |
| Slide curtain motor HomeKit discovery | Works Local | Discovery via HomeKit added so it merges with Slide Local flowSaved copyProposed change Slide curtain motors advertise themselves over HomeKit (`_hap._tcp`, model `Slide`). Today that discovery shows up as a separate "HomeKit Device" flow next to the Slide Local zeroconf discovery. This PR routes HomeKit discoveries with model `Slide` to `slide_local`. The HomeKit `id` Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #185924 · 2026-10 |
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
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- HomeKit pairing
- Bonjour (zeroconf)
Devices that also speak HomeKit
- Slide
These can pair with Apple Home directly, without Home Assistant.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 261 (0.04%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Gold |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2025.1 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @dontinelli |
Limitations from the docs
- The integration only provides connection with Slide devices via the local API. The cloud API is no longer available.
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.
