Rointe
homebridge-rointe-unofficial · v5.0.0
Adds Rointe heating installations to HomeKit as thermostats.
What it says it supports
Brands
- Rointe
Devices it names
- Rointe radiators
Shows up in Apple Home as from its README
What people report
Works with Rointe radiators; Equation brand support is experimental, and scenes controlling many radiators are flaky.
- Works1
- Partly works1
- Requested1
| Device | Status | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rointe Belize radiators | Works | Duplicates caused by identical names in Rointe app, fixed thereSaved copyHi. Thanks for creating this. I have 4 Rointe Belize radiators. The plugin seems to know there are 4, but it initialises 2, then for the other 2 just re-adds the first one again. Here are the logs: `[7/20/2023, 2:24:08 PM] [Rointe Unofficial] [Rad. 6062EC] Initializing... [7/20/2023, 2:24:08 PM] [Rointe Unofficial] [Rad. 6062EC] Initialized [7/20/2023, 2:24:08 PM] [Rointe Unofficial] [Rad. 6062EC] Initializing... [7/20/2023, 2:24:08 PM] [Rointe Unofficial] [Rad. 6062EC] Initialized [7/20/2023, 2:24:08 PM] [Rointe Unofficial] [Rad. EBD724] Initializing... [7/20/2023, 2:24:08 PM] [Rointe … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22. | Issue #6 · 2023-07 |
| Rointe radiators in scenes | Partly works | Scene turning off many radiators leaves some on in v4Saved copyI'm experiencing a similar problem. I have three radiators - across two zones (ie. rooms) in the same installation. Manually controlling the radiators via the Homekit app work works fine. Automations to turn on heating to any/all of the radiators also works fine. The problem occurs when setting up automations in Homekit to turn OFF the radiators. Sometimes one of the three radiators fails to turn off. Other times, all the radiators turn off, but one of them will switch back on again after 10 seconds. This random turning on is really problematic. It occurs even if I just run an OFF automation … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22. | Issue #5 · 2023-03 |
| Equation heaters (Rointe sister brand) | Requested | Experimental 3.0.0 build did not work for a testerSaved copyThere’s a parallel Rointe brand named equation. Is it possible to make it compatible with them on future versions? Maybe this resource helps: https://github.com/AndreMiras/equation-connect Thanks in advance. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-22. | Issue #3 · 2023-01 |
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
Cloud
Rointe cloud via rointe-sdk-node
You’ll need
- Rointe account
Compatibility
| Verified by Homebridge | Yes |
|---|---|
| Homebridge versions | >=1.0.0 |
| Homebridge 2.0 | No |
| Node.js | >=14.18.1 |
| Settings in Homebridge UI | Yes |
| Matter | No |
| Platform name | Rointe Unofficial |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
Community signals
| Downloads a week | 3 |
|---|---|
| Downloads a month | 11 |
| GitHub stars | 6 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Closed issues | 2 |
| Last code push | 2025-09-02 |
| Latest version | 5.0.0 (2025-09-02) |
| First published | 2022-10-12 |
| Releases | 17 |
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.
Caveats from the README
- Single installation only
