# wez/govee2mqtt

Govee2MQTT: Connect Govee lights and devices to Home Assistant

Repository: https://github.com/wez/govee2mqtt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/govee2mqtt
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-15T15:26:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 69
- inputs: {"age_days": 973, "days_push": 79, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1432, forks 177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.056041+00:00)

## What it is
A Rust-based bridge that connects Govee smart lights and devices to Home Assistant via the MQTT integration. It uses LAN control, Govee's undocumented AWS IoT interface, and the official Platform API for robust, low-latency device control and status updates.

## Use cases
- control govee lights from home assistant
- bridge govee devices to mqtt
- control smart lights locally without cloud
- get live status updates from govee devices in home assistant
- run govee integration as home assistant addon
- control govee light scenes and music modes
- use govee devices when internet is down

## When to choose
- you use Home Assistant and own Govee devices
- you want low-latency LAN control of supported Govee lights
- you need device status updates faster than the official cloud integration
- you want a Docker or HAOS add-on deployment

## When to avoid
- you don't use Home Assistant or an MQTT broker
- your Govee devices don't support LAN API and you don't want to share account credentials for the undocumented AWS IoT interface
- you need a fully officially supported cloud integration only

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: iot, message-queue, middleware, http-client, networking
- domain: iot, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, rust
- tags: mqtt, home-assistant, govee, smart-lights, bridge, home-automation-addon, lan-control, aws-iot, home-automation, automation, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- wez/govee2mqtt (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.056041+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:04.014986+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wez/govee2mqtt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.056041+00:00, sha f8a00cf61aa4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.