tuya-homebridge vs tuya-home-assistant

tuya-homebridge

Homebridge custom plugin for controlling Powered by Tuya (PBT) devices in HomeKit. This plugin is officially maintained by the Tuya Developer Team. (by tuya)

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tuya-home-assistant

Home Assistant integration for controlling Powered by Tuya (PBT) devices using Tuya Open API, maintained by the Home Assistant Community and Tuya Developer Team. (by tuya)

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324	Stars	845
0.3%	Growth	0.5%
2.8	Activity	2.7
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
JavaScript	Language	Python
MIT License	License	MIT License

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tuya-homebridge

Posts with mentions or reviews of tuya-homebridge. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-09.

I have no idea how to add Smart Life devices to Homebridge! Pls help
3 projects | /r/homebridge | 9 Jun 2023

First, set up your Tuya Cloud account and project with this guide here: https://github.com/tuya/tuya-homebridge/wiki/Tuya-IoT-Platform-Configuration-Guide-Using-Smart-Home-PaaS (Note: don’t install this plugin as it’s outdated, this guide is just easier to follow with screenshots)
Trouble Getting TreatLife DS03 Working Correctly
1 project | /r/homebridge | 5 Jun 2023

I installed the official Tuya plugin (https://github.com/tuya/tuya-homebridge), and followed the steps of creating the developer account, and linking it to my Smart Life app.
Tuya-Homebridge Terminal Shows Devices, Not Showing in Accessories.
1 project | /r/homebridge | 22 May 2023

I'm using this one: https://github.com/tuya/tuya-homebridge
Plug-in for X-Sense carbon monoxide detector?
1 project | /r/homebridge | 16 Feb 2023
Have anybody had any luck with adding tuya human presence sensor to homebridge?
2 projects | /r/homebridge | 31 Jan 2023
Merkury wifi smart bulbs fail to connect to wifi and trying to connect them to homebridge
1 project | /r/homebridge | 19 Jan 2023
Tuya Local
3 projects | /r/homebridge | 3 Jan 2023

It would appear the official Tuya plugin is no longer supported by Tuya, and they now point users to 05XE's plugin.
Tuya Devices Stop Responding
3 projects | /r/homebridge | 17 Nov 2022
Lumary Spotlights
1 project | /r/homebridge | 24 Oct 2022
Tuya vs. Homebridge
1 project | /r/homebridge | 3 Oct 2022

tuya-home-assistant

Posts with mentions or reviews of tuya-home-assistant. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-09.

Setting up Tuya IoT
1 project | /r/smartlife | 21 Nov 2022

Check which data center you need to use, it may not be as obvious as you'd think it is: https://github.com/tuya/tuya-home-assistant/blob/main/docs/regions_dataCenters.md
Smart life contact sensors
2 projects | /r/homebridge | 9 Oct 2021
Home Assistant & Ceiling Fan/Light Switch TreatLife entity
1 project | /r/smartlife | 13 Aug 2021

Are you using the new v2 Tuya integration? If so, not all devices are supported yet. And even the existing built in integration doesn't support all devices. Both of those links have nested links that should tell you whether or not that particular device is supported in HA.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing tuya-homebridge and tuya-home-assistant you can also consider the following projects:

homebridge-camera-ui - Homebridge plugin for RTSP Cameras with HSV, motion detection support, Image Rekognition, Web UI to manage/watch streams and WebApp support

localtuya - local handling for Tuya devices

homebridge-tuya - A Homebridge plugin to control Tuya devices locally.

tuya-convert - A collection of scripts to flash Tuya IoT devices to alternative firmwares

homebridge-smart-irrigation - Turn any electrical irrigation valve into a smart-valve.. or run your pumps on a smart schedule based on your climate! This homebridge plugin exposes a multi-zone irrigation sprinkler dummy control system to Apple's HomeKit. Although a dummy, it brings smarts of an evapotranspiration based climate and plant adaptive irrigation controller with the use of OpenWeatherMap API. The plugin can optionally email you, and/or send you push notifications through Pushover or Pushcut, with the watering schedule it has calculated, or when a watering run is completed, along with the next 7-day weather forecast. Added option to expose system controls to Homekit allowing a user to enable/disable irrigation, rechecks, push and email notifications from within the Home App. Associated WaterLevel Characteristic shows the % of watering cycle remaining.

hass-tryfi - Home Assistant integration for TryFi Dog Collar GPS monitoring.

homebridge-http-temperature-sensor - Http temperature sensor for Homebridge: https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge

tuyaha - Implements the special Tuya Home Assistant API.

homebridge-tuya-web - Hoobs and Homebridge plugin for Tuya devices using Home Assistant Tuya Web Api

amazon-dash - Hack your Amazon Dash to run what you want.

homebridge-ewelink - Homebridge plugin to integrate eWeLink devices into HomeKit.

wyzesense2mqtt - Configurable WyzeSense to MQTT Gateway intended for use with Home Assistant or other platforms that use MQTT discovery mechanisms.