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Hey HN!
Nick here – developer of Itsyhome, a menu bar app for macOS that gives you control over your whole HomeKit fleet (and very soon Home Assistant). I run 130+ HomeKit devices at home and the Home app was too heavy for quick adjustments.
Full HomeKit support, favourites, hidden items, device groups, pinning of rooms/accessories/groups as separate menu bar items, iCloud sync – all in a native experience and tiny package.
Open source (GitHub - nickustinov/itsyhome-macos: A native macOS menu bar app for controlling your smart home devices.) and free to use (there is an optional one-time purchase for a Pro version which includes cameras and automation features).
Itsyhome is a Mac Catalyst app because HomeKit requires the iOS SDK, so it runs a headless Catalyst process for HomeKit (and now Home Assistant) access while using a native AppKit plugin over a bridge protocol to provide the actual menu bar UI – since AppKit gives you the real macOS menu bar experience that Catalyst alone can't.
It comes with deeplink support, a webhook server, a CLI tool (golang, all open source), a Stream Deck plugin (open source, all accessories supported), and the recent update also includes an SSE event stream (HomeKit and HA) - you can curl -N localhost:8423/events and get a real-time JSON stream of every device state change in your home.
Home Assistant version is still in beta – would anyone be willing to test it via TestFlight?
Appreciate any feedback and happy to answer any questions.
Comments URL: Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu bar (open source) | Hacker News
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Nick here – developer of Itsyhome, a menu bar app for macOS that gives you control over your whole HomeKit fleet (and very soon Home Assistant). I run 130+ HomeKit devices at home and the Home app was too heavy for quick adjustments.
Full HomeKit support, favourites, hidden items, device groups, pinning of rooms/accessories/groups as separate menu bar items, iCloud sync – all in a native experience and tiny package.
Open source (GitHub - nickustinov/itsyhome-macos: A native macOS menu bar app for controlling your smart home devices.) and free to use (there is an optional one-time purchase for a Pro version which includes cameras and automation features).
Itsyhome is a Mac Catalyst app because HomeKit requires the iOS SDK, so it runs a headless Catalyst process for HomeKit (and now Home Assistant) access while using a native AppKit plugin over a bridge protocol to provide the actual menu bar UI – since AppKit gives you the real macOS menu bar experience that Catalyst alone can't.
It comes with deeplink support, a webhook server, a CLI tool (golang, all open source), a Stream Deck plugin (open source, all accessories supported), and the recent update also includes an SSE event stream (HomeKit and HA) - you can curl -N localhost:8423/events and get a real-time JSON stream of every device state change in your home.
Home Assistant version is still in beta – would anyone be willing to test it via TestFlight?
Appreciate any feedback and happy to answer any questions.
Comments URL: Show HN: Itsyhome – Control HomeKit from your Mac menu bar (open source) | Hacker News
Points: 52
# Comments: 42
Continue reading...