Valetudo VS homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum

Obligatory Valetudo reference. Replace the robovac firmware so it doesn't do cloud.

https://valetudo.cloud/

Can't help with the rest unfortunately.

Been meaning to try something like https://valetudo.cloud/ on my iRobot but I haven't checked out how hard it is.

I can repeat that experience but didn't take me quite as long as I had time to walk through it.

However, just this last update, they added support for a new set of vacuums, Midea/Eureka that don't require that PCB.

https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo/releases/tag/2025.12.0

You may want to check if your robot is supported by Valetudo: https://valetudo.cloud/

https://valetudo.cloud is the only one I know about but not sure if the controller in those units would be flashable.

People obviously find them useful. But I will reiterate a sibling comments recommendation, get one that can run Valetudo : https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo

Valetudo. I haven’t had personal experience using it (due to an unsupported model of NAND memory chip), but I’ve heard good words: https://valetudo.cloud/

This user is talking about this story:

https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo/issues/1664

So is this like Valetudo[0] but for mowers? Very cool! I wonder how much overlap / shared code there is between robot vacuums and robot mowers.

[0]: https://valetudo.cloud/

Yeah that’s an issue! But I also found this interesting project: https://valetudo.cloud

It’s a local first solution for robovacs and there are a few popular models!

Hi, I've configured the Xiaomi Roborock plugin to work with my S5 Max, but how can I configure the speed modes and water levels so that they match with the naming in the Xiaomi app. I've been reading these three links (https://github.com/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/blob/master/models/models.js#L34-L39, https://github.com/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/blob/master/models/watermodes.js#L5-L30, and https://github.com/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/blob/master/models/speedmodes.js#L182-L219), but I don't understand much of it. What information do I need and where exactly do I have to position it in the config file? Thanks!

https://github.com/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/issues/263#issuecomment-721705414

Unfortunately it does change in case you remove/add your vacuum in the app, change an account etc. My approach towards Mi Home app is: Login with your Apple ID to the app, I prefer it this way, and I'd rather do this on my secondary device, its iPad for me, so I never deal with it on my iPhone, (agh, hate it), which I use only in case I add new devices im Mi Home, which is not frequent, and I keep it as is, all the usage, automations are use Apples Home app. So you added it in Mi Home, backed up you device, follow the steps in video one, extracted it, install node js plugin. My plugin of choice would be this: "Homebridge Xiaomi Roborock Vacuum" Here's the link, just in case... https://github.com/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum/homebridge-xiaomi-roborock-vacuum.