Matter Bridge

In this article, I’m sharing a way to expose devices you have paired in Home Assistant as a Matter device.

There are several advantages actually:

1. Works completely locally over Matter

2. Much easier setup process (one pairing code for all devices)

3. Do not need to do it indivudlaly for Google Home, Alexa, Apple Home.

4. Great for exposing unsupported devices e.g. DIY Devices

 

You can find a list of supported entities in the main project’s readme:

https://github.com/t0bst4r/matterbridge-home-assistant?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-entities

 

Step 1.Installing the Matter Bridge HA Add-on

To install the Matter Bridge Add-on, you need to add the custom repository in Home Assistant first. Navigate to Settings > Add-ons > Add-on store > Three dots in corner > Repositories and add the following repo:

https://github.com/t0bst4r/matterbridge-home-assistant-addon

 

 

 

useful links

https://smarthomescene.com/guides/exposing-home-assistant-entities-as-matter-devices/