We’re developing dedicated add-ons optimized for iHost to enhance your Home Assistant experience. Stay tuned and follow our progress at iHost Open Source Project · GitHub!
Now available:
iHost Hardware Control Add-on
Control physical buttons, RGB indicators, and light strips directly from Home Assistant.
Map hardware inputs to automations for seamless interaction between physical and virtual environments.
You can click here for the tutorial.
MG21 Flashing Add-on : Upgrade MG21 firmware, with optional support for flashing either Zigbee or Thread stacks.
You can click here for the tutorial.
Node-Red :This add-on is a standalone packaged version of Node-RED, exclusively designed to support the linux/arm/v7 architecture. It has been packaged by SONOFF, specifically tailored for iHost user.
You can click here for the tutorial.
Coming soon:
eWeLink Smart Home Add-on : Connect to the eWeLink cloud to expand device compatibility and control.
We’re not just making iHost capable of running Home Assistant — our goal is to make it a powerful, hardware-integrated edge platform with deep ecosystem compatibility and a smooth user experience, built for smart home enthusiasts with real needs.
Great! A once-promising HA add-on, left to gather digital cobwebs in the forgotten corridors of GitHub. Perhaps, somewhere in the depths of its neglected repository, a rogue developer will stumble upon it—like an archaeologist unearthing an ancient relic—and utter the fateful words: “By Jove, I can bring it back!”
Until then, we must content ourselves with wistful sighs and the occasional dramatic reenactment of Frankenstein’s grand awakening: “It’s alive!.. Or at least, it could be—if someone finally dusts off the code.”
Add-ons Update: Node-RED Now Works on 32-bit iHost
We’re aware that some Home Assistant add-ons aren’t working properly on iHost due to its 32-bit architecture. Many official add-ons are built exclusively for 64-bit systems, which leads to installation or runtime failures on iHost.
We’re actively addressing this by building 32-bit versions of popular add-ons to ensure better compatibility with HA on iHost.
We’ve started with Node-RED — it’s now available in our add-on repository and has been tested to work reliably on iHost.
More add-ons are on the way, prioritized by community demand. Feel free to submit your requests or report issues — we’re committed to expanding support step by step.