Hello everyone!
If some developers want to help us fill the Gladys external integrations store, I’ve pulled out via Claude a list of integration ideas to develop, based on the most popular integrations on Home Assistant 
Source: analytics.home-assistant.io (raw data data.json)
Snapshot: 26 July 2026 — 522,056 installations share their integrations, out of 658,145 active (79.3%).
The % below = share of HA installations using the integration.
Methodology
From the 1,349 integrations reported by the analytics, I removed:
- HA’s internal building blocks (
sun,person,automation,script,scene,backup,frontend,default_config,hassio,analytics,recorder,cloud,http…) — no meaning outside HA; - helpers (
input_boolean,input_number,template,group,timer,counter,utility_meter,min_max,derivative,threshold,statistics,schedule…) — the Gladys equivalent is the core’s scenes/variables; - generic domains (
sensor,light,switch,climate,media_player,camera,cover,weather…) — these are entity types, not integrations; - HA hardware itself (
homeassistant_sky_connect,homeassistant_yellow,rpi_power,otbr,hardware…) ; - integrations already present in Gladys (listed below, not to be redeveloped).
What remains is what counts: brands, protocols, and services that could become external integrations of the « Devices » or « Communication » type.
Already covered by Gladys (to be considered for migration to external integrations)
| Gladys | HA Equivalent | % HA |
|---|---|---|
| MQTT | mqtt |
48.6 % |
| Matter | matter |
39.2 % |
| Bluetooth | bluetooth |
49.0 % |
| Google Cast | cast |
50.8 % |
| Zigbee2MQTT | (zha on HA side) |
26.0 % |
| Philips Hue | hue |
16.0 % |
| Sonos | sonos |
16.2 % |
| AirPlay | apple_tv (partial) |
15.8 % |
| TP-Link | tplink |
13.9 % |
| Tasmota | tasmota |
8.1 % |
| Z-Wave JS UI | zwave_js |
8.4 % |
| Broadlink | broadlink |
6.1 % |
| Netatmo | netatmo |
4.3 % |
| Xiaomi | xiaomi_miio / xiaomi_ble (partial) |
2.3 % / 5.2 % |
| Tuya (deprecated) | tuya |
29.6 % |
| MELCloud | melcloud |
1.3 % |
| Nuki | nuki |
0.7 % |
| eWeLink | sonoff (HACS #2, 43,045 inst.) |
— |
| HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home | homekit, alexa, google_assistant |
17.2 % / 2.0 % / 3.6 % |
| OpenAI | openai_conversation |
4.5 % |
| MCP | mcp_server |
3.3 % |
| Telegram (deprecated) | telegram_bot |
5.0 % |
| CalDAV | caldav |
2.1 % |
| OpenWeather | openweathermap |
4.7 % |
A. « Devices » Type — Ranking by Popularity (32.9 % → 2.3 %)
| # | Integration | % HA | What it is | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPnP / IGD | 32.9 % | Box/router statistics |  Local |
| 2 | IPP (printers) | 29.3 % | Ink level, printer status | Local — IPP protocol |
| 3 | DLNA DMR / DMS | 28.2 % / 20.8 % | UPnP media players and servers | Local — UPnP/DLNA |
| 4 | ESPHome | 26.8 % | DIY firmware on ESP32/ESP8266 (sensors, relays, screens) | Local — Native API (protobuf/TCP 6053) + mDNS |
| 5 | Shelly | 24.9 % | Relay/roller shutter/energy micro modules | Local — HTTP REST (Gen1) / JSON-RPC WS (Gen2+), MQTT available |
| 6 | Android TV Remote | 20.8 % | Android TV / Google TV remote | Local — Remote v2 protocol (TLS 6466/6467) |
| 7 | Samsung TV | 17.1 % | Samsung TV (on/off, sources, volume) | Local — WebSocket 8001/8002 + WoL |
| 8 | HomeKit Controller | 14.9 % | Consume HomeKit accessories (Gladys only exposes) | Local — HAP-IP / HAP-BLE |
| 9 | LG webOS TV | 12.4 % | LG TV | Local — WebSocket SSAP |
| 10 | CO2 Signal / Electricity Maps | 12.2 % | Carbon intensity of the electrical grid |  Cloud API (free) |
| 11 | Forecast.Solar | 11.9 % | Photovoltaic production forecast | Cloud API (free) |
| 12 | Reolink | 10.9 % | Cameras and doorbells | Local — HTTP API + ONVIF |
| 13 | SmartThings | 10.0 % | Samsung hub (bridge to hundreds of devices) | Cloud API OAuth + webhooks |
| 14 | Music Assistant | 9.9 % | Multiroom audio server | Local — WebSocket API |
| 15 | Synology DSM | 9.5 % | NAS (status, Surveillance Station cameras) | Local — DSM API |
| 16 | Roborock | 9.3 % | Robot vacuums | + Cloud for auth, then local protocol |
| 17 | AVM FRITZ!Box | 8.8 % + 6.7 % | Box + DECT plugs/thermostats (big market in DE) | Local — TR-064 / AHA-HTTP |
| 18 | Brother | 8.7 % | Printers (toner levels) | Local — SNMP |
| 19 | UniFi Network | 7.3 % | Presence via network, Wi-Fi clients | Local — Controller API |
| 20 | Spotify | 6.6 % | Playback and control | Cloud API OAuth |
| 21 | Ring | 6.3 % | Doorbells and cameras | Cloud API |
| 22 | WLED | 6.2 % | Addressable LED strips | Local — HTTP JSON + WebSocket  very simple |
| 23 | Speedtest.net | 6.1 % | Connection speed | Local — CLI |
| 24 | BTHome | 5.2 % | Open standard for BLE sensors (Shelly BLU, DIY…) | Local — Passive BLE listening extension of the existing Bluetooth service |
| 25 | ONVIF | 5.0 % | Generic cameras + PTZ (Gladys only has RTSP) | Local |
| 26 | Home Connect | 5.0 % | Bosch / Siemens / Neff / Gaggenau appliances | Cloud API OAuth |
| 27 | SMLIGHT | 4.7 % | Zigbee/Thread PoE coordinators (SLZB-06…) | Local |
| 28 | Alexa Devices | 4.7 % | Control Echo as devices (the opposite of Gladys’s Alexa integration) | Cloud |
| 29 | Denon AVR | 4.6 % | Denon / Marantz home cinema amplifiers | Local — HTTP / telnet |
| 30 | LG ThinQ | 4.5 % | LG appliances | Cloud API |
| 31 | UniFi Protect | 4.5 % | Ubiquiti cameras | Local |
| 32 | SwitchBot | 4.3 % + 2.0 % | Shutters, sensors, push buttons, locks | Local BLE and Cloud API |
| 33 | NUT (UPS) | 4.3 % | Network UPS Tools — UPS status/battery | Local — TCP very simple |
| 34 | AdGuard Home | 4.3 % | DNS filtering | Local — REST API |
| 35 | Fully Kiosk | 4.2 % | Android tablet in wall dashboard mode | Local — REST |
| 36 | WiZ | 4.1 % | WiZ / Philips SmartWiFi bulbs | Local — UDP JSON port 38899 very simple |
| 37 | Google Nest | 3.9 % | Thermostats, cameras, doorbells | SDM API (paid dev account, ~$5) |
| 38 | Plex | 3.7 % | Media server | Local — API |
| 39 | Xbox | 3.5 % | Console (status, presence) | Cloud |
| 40 | HomeWizard | 3.4 % | P1 energy meters, measuring outlets | Local — HTTP very simple |
| 41 | HEOS | 3.2 % | Denon / Marantz multiroom | Local — telnet |
| 42 | Oral-B | 3.2 % | Connected toothbrushes | Local BLE |
| 43 | Modbus | 3.1 % | Industrial bus: HVAC, UPS, meters, BMS | Local — TCP/RTU  unlocks dozens of devices |
| 44 | Sony Bravia | 3.1 % | Sony TV | Local — REST + IRCC |
| 45 | Overkiz | 2.9 % | Somfy TaHoma/Connexoon, Atlantic Cozytouch, Hitachi, Bubendorff… | Cloud (+ local TaHoma API)  |
| 46 | Android TV (ADB) | 2.7 % | Android boxes, Nvidia Shield | Local — ADB |
| 47 | Ecowitt | 2.7 % | Personal weather stations | Local — HTTP push |
| 48 | Govee | 2.6 % + 2.5 % | LED strips/lamps, T°/hum. sensors | Local UDP and BLE |
| 49 | Logitech Harmony | 2.5 % | Universal remote | Local — WebSocket |
| 50 | Lutron Caséta | 2.4 % | Lighting and shutters (big in the US) | Local — LEAP |
| 51 | Roku | 2.3 % | Players / Roku TV | Local — ECP HTTP |
| 52 | Philips TV (JointSpace) | 2.3 % | Philips TV + Ambilight | Local — JointSpace API |
| 53 | Yeelight | 2.3 % | Xiaomi/Yeelight bulbs | Local — LAN 55443 very simple |
A bis. Continuation of the ranking (1.8 % → 0.6 %)
| Integration | % | What it is | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| VeSync | 2.3 % | Levoit air purifiers/humidifiers | Cloud |
| Tado | 2.2 % | Thermostats and radiator valves | Cloud |
| iRobot Roomba | 2.1 % | Vacuum cleaners | MQTT local |
| Ecovacs | 2.0 % | Deebot vacuum cleaners | Cloud |
| Tibber | 2.0 % | Electricity provider (hourly prices) | GraphQL |
| Belkin WeMo | 1.9 % | Smart plugs | UPnP local |
| Enphase Envoy | 1.9 % | Solar inverters/microinverters | Local HTTP |
| Yamaha MusicCast | 1.8 % | Yamaha multiroom | Local |
| Miele | 1.8 % | Home appliances | Cloud OAuth |
| Fronius | 1.8 % | Solar inverters | Local JSON |
| SolarEdge | 1.8 % | Solar inverters | Cloud (+ Modbus local) |
| PlayStation Network | 1.7 % | Console (presence, game in progress) | Cloud |
| OctoPrint | 1.7 % | 3D printing | Local REST |
| Flux LED / MagicHome | 1.7 % | Chinese LED controllers | Local |
| Blink | 1.6 % | Amazon cameras | Cloud |
| KNX | 1.6 % | Professional home automation bus (big in EU) | Local KNX/IP |
| LIFX | 1.5 % | Wi-Fi bulbs | Local UDP |
| Jellyfin | 1.5 % | Free media server | Local API |
| Ecobee | 1.5 % | Thermostats (US) | Cloud |
| EZVIZ | 1.5 % | Cameras | Cloud + RTSP local |
| Withings | 1.4 % | Scales, blood pressure monitors, sleep tracking | Cloud OAuth |
| Pi-hole | 1.3 % | DNS filtering | Local API |
| HomematicIP Cloud | 1.3 % | eQ-3 home automation (big in DE) | Cloud |
| Rachio | 1.3 % | Automatic watering | Cloud |
| LinkPlay | 1.3 % | WiiM, Arylic, Audio Pro speakers | Local HTTP |
| Kodi | 1.3 % | Media center | Local JSON-RPC |
| Proxmox VE | 1.2 % | Hypervisor (VM status) | Local API |
| Tesla Wall Connector | 1.2 % | Charging station | Local HTTP |
| Gree | 1.2 % | Air conditioners (and Sinclair clones…) | Encrypted local UDP |
| Nanoleaf | 1.2 % | Light panels | Local HTTP |
| Daikin | 1.2 % | Air conditioning / heat pump | Local (BRP) or Onecta |
| IKEA TRÅDFRI | 1.1 % | IKEA gateway | Local CoAP/DTLS |
| August / Yale | 1.1 % / 0.7 % | Smart locks | Cloud |
| Sensibo | 1.1 % | IR air conditioner controllers | Cloud |
| Viessmann ViCare | 1.1 % | Boilers and heat pumps | Cloud |
| Freebox | 1.1 % | Free box: presence, Freebox Delta home automation | Local API |
| Onkyo | 1.1 % | Amplifiers | Local eISCP |
| DSMR | 1.1 % | Smart meter P1 (NL/BE) | Local serial |
| Twinkly | 1.1 % | Light strings | Local HTTP |
| AsusWRT | 0.9 % | Asus routers (presence) | Local SSH/HTTP |
| Bond | 0.9 % | Ceiling fans, RF | Local API |
| Bose SoundTouch | 0.9 % | Speakers | Local |
| Tailscale | 0.9 % | Mesh VPN (node status) | API |
| Apple iCloud | 0.9 % | Presence via iPhone | Cloud |
| SMA | 0.9 % | Solar inverters | Local Speedwire |
| Sonarr / Radarr | 0.9 % / 0.8 % | Media library management | Local API |
| WAQI | 0.9 % | Outdoor air quality | Free API |
| Nord Pool | 0.9 % | Electricity spot prices | API |
| Litter-Robot | 0.8 % | Connected litter box | Cloud |
| QNAP | 0.8 % | NAS | Local |
| Growatt | 0.8 % | Solar inverters | Cloud |
| Tile | 0.8 % | Object trackers | Cloud |
| Tesla Fleet | 0.8 % | Tesla vehicles | Fleet API |
| Renault | 0.7 % | Zoe, Megane E-Tech (charging, battery) | Cloud |
| Vizio | 0.7 % | TV (US) | Local |
| WiiM | 0.7 % | Audio streamers | Local |
| Airthings | 0.7 % | Indoor air quality, radon | BLE + |
| Elgato Key Light | 0.7 % | Desk/stream lighting | Local API |
| motionEye | 0.7 % | Camera server | Local |
| YoLink | 0.7 % | Long-range LoRa sensors | Cloud |
| Honeywell | 0.7 % | Thermostats | Cloud |
| RFXtrx | 0.6 % | 433 MHz USB transmitter/receiver | Local serial |
B. « Communication » Type
communicationintegration type is part of phase 2 of the external integrations spec (docs/specs/external-integrations.md, section B.15): it is not yet implemented. These integrations are to be prepared/prototyped, not yet delivered.
| Integration | % HA | What it is | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram Bot | 5.0 % | Messaging | Exists in Gladys but deprecated → top candidate for core removal |
| SMTP / e-mail | 1.7 % | Email notifications | Simple, missing from Gladys quick win |
| IFTTT | 1.6 % | Webhooks / third-party automations | |
| Pushover | 0.9 % | Mobile push notifications | Simple |
| Discord | 0.5 % | Community messaging | Bot API |
| ntfy | 0.3 % | Self-hostable push | Local — very aligned with Gladys |
| Twilio | 0.3 % | SMS / calls | |
| Pushbullet | 0.2 % | Notifications | |
| Signal | 0.2 % | Encrypted messaging | Via self-hosted signal-cli-rest-api |
| Slack | 0.1 % | Team messaging | |
| Matrix | 0.1 % | Decentralized messaging | Self-hostable |
C. Additional signal: top HACS (community integrations)
These integrations are not in HA by default — users install them voluntarily. This is an excellent indicator of unsatisfied demand, and a direct model of what Gladys’s external integrations store would look like.
| # | HACS Integration | Installations | Interest for Gladys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonoff / eWeLink LAN | 43,045 |  Gladys already has eWeLink — good signal |
| 2 | LocalTuya | 31,589 |  Local Tuya — and Tuya is deprecated in Gladys |
| 3 | Alexa Media Player | 29,004 | Control Echo devices as speakers |
| 4 | WebRTC | 26,021 | Low-latency camera streams |
| 5 | Frigate | 25,321 | AI object detection on cameras |
| 6 | Meross LAN | 22,175 | Meross plugs/switches locally |
| 7 | Xiaomi MIoT / Xiaomi Home | 21,204 / 17,563 | Much broader Xiaomi coverage |
| 8 | Bambu Lab | 19,384 | 3D printers |
| 9 | Tapo Control | 15,678 | TP-Link Tapo cameras |
| 10 | Tuya Local | 14,823 | Same as LocalTuya |
| 11 | Dreame Vacuum | 14,091 | Vacuum cleaners |
| 12 | Midea AC LAN | 11,983 | Local air conditioners |
| 13 | SmartThinQ (LG) | 10,143 | LG appliances |
| 14 | Octopus Energy | 9,608 | Electricity provider (UK) |
| 15 | Eufy Security | 9,438 | Cameras and locks |
| 16 | Solcast / Solarman / PirateWeather | ~9,000 each | Solar and weather |
| 17 | Bermuda BLE | 9,017 | Indoor location via BLE |
| 18 | BLE Monitor | 7,828 | Passive BLE sensors |
| 19 | Daikin Onecta | 6,291 | Daikin cloud air conditioning |
D. My proposal for « batches » to launch the community
Batch 1 — Low effort, immediate impact (ideal for a first integration)
All local, simple and documented protocols, no OAuth:
- WLED (6.2 %) — HTTP JSON, very visual, rewarding to demo
- WiZ (4.1 %) — UDP, a hundred lines of code
- NUT / UPS (4.3 %) — TCP text
- HomeWizard (3.4 %) — HTTP, fits Gladys’s energy focus
- Yeelight (2.3 %), LIFX (1.5 %), Nanoleaf (1.2 %), Elgato (0.7 %) — local lighting
- SMTP and ntfy — communication, almost trivial
Batch 2 — High volume, real coverage gain
- ESPHome (26.8 %) — the biggest missing one. Entire DIY ecosystem, existing Node client
- Shelly (24.9 %) — ubiquitous in Europe, simple local API
- Android TV Remote (20.8 %) + Samsung TV (17.1 %) + LG webOS (12.4 %) — Gladys has no TV integration
- BTHome (5.2 %) — leverages existing Bluetooth service
- Reolink (10.9 %) / ONVIF (5.0 %) — beyond generic RTSP
- Modbus (3.1 %) and KNX (1.6 %) — one developer unlocks dozens of devices
Batch 3 — Resume deprecated existing1. Tuya — 29.6% at HA, deprecated at Gladys; aim for a local version (cf. LocalTuya, 31,589 HACS installs)
- Telegram — 5.0%, deprecated at Gladys; the spec explicitly plans to remove it from the core in phase 2
Lot 4 — Specific to the French-speaking community
Not very visible in global statistics, but highly valuable here:
- Overkiz (2.9%) — Somfy TaHoma/Connexoon, Atlantic Cozytouch, Bubendorff, Hitachi
- Freebox (1.1%) — presence + Freebox Delta home automation
- Renault (0.7%) — Zoe, Megane E-Tech
- To explore outside the ranking: Delta Dore Tydom, Legrand/Netatmo Céliane, Heatzy, Somfy Protect
Lot 5 — Energy & Solar (strong focus of Gladys, which already has Enedis)
Fronius (1.8%), Enphase Envoy (1.9%), SolarEdge (1.8%), SMA (0.9%), Growatt (0.8%), Forecast.Solar (11.9%), CO2 Signal (12.2%), Tibber (2.0%), Nord Pool (0.9%)
Practical advice for contributors
- Prioritize local over cloud. It’s Gladys’ DNA, and it avoids breakages when manufacturers change their APIs.
- Look for an existing Node library before starting from scratch: many of these protocols already have one.
- Coordinate : one thread per integration to avoid two people developing the same thing.
- Starting point : the official template repo (« Use this template ») + the Node SDK, described in
docs/specs/external-integrations.md. Publish = tag your public GitHub repo with the topicgladys-assistant-integration— no approval necessary.
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