devolo-home-control-api
devolo Home Control API in Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you own devolo Home Control hardware and need Python integration. The library is actively maintained, has low install friction, and provides both local and cloud connectivity. However, the GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft license restricts use in proprietary applications, and the reverse-engineered nature means updates to devolo services may require fixes. Verify compatibility with your specific Central Unit hardware before committing to a production deployment.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; a working devolo Home Control Central Unit and my devolo account credentials to connect.
- Low friction install with five common runtime dependencies (python-dateutil, requests, typing-extensions, websocket_client, zeroconf).
- Actively maintained as of 2026-08-03, though based on reverse engineering and may break with devolo updates.
License · maintenance · safety
GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft) — GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft license requires derivative works and distributions to remain open-source under compatible terms; proprietary applications cannot use this library without licensing implications.
last release 2025-11-06 (281 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-03 · 11 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 74,589 downloads/mo, #14,813 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install devolo-home-control-api
from devolo_home_control_api.mydevolo import Mydevolo
from devolo_home_control_api.homecontrol import HomeControl
mydevolo = Mydevolo.get_instance()
mydevolo.user = "username"
mydevolo.password = "password"
for gateway_id in mydevolo.get_gateway_ids():
homecontrol = HomeControl(gateway_id=gateway_id, mydevolo_instance=mydevolo)- Scope and completeness of reverse-engineered API coverage compared to official devolo documentation.
- Compatibility with specific devolo Central Unit hardware versions and firmware releases.
- Performance characteristics and rate limits when polling or subscribing to device updates.
What it is and what it does
devolo-home-control-api is a Python client that communicates with devolo Home Control Central Units, the hub devices for devolo's smart home ecosystem. It implements parts of the devolo API through reverse engineering, allowing you to query and control connected devices like binary switches and sensors. The library supports two data collection modes: passive websocket updates that keep local objects synchronized, or an event-driven subscriber pattern that triggers callbacks on device state changes. It can discover Central Units on the local network via Zeroconf or connect through the cloud via my devolo credentials.
The package depends on standard libraries (requests, websocket_client, zeroconf, python-dateutil, typing-extensions) and targets Python 3.9+. Because it relies on reverse engineering rather than official API documentation, updates to devolo firmware or services may cause breakage. The maintainer actively accepts issue reports for such failures. It's designed for developers building home automation integrations or monitoring applications around devolo hardware.
Use it for
- Monitor and control devolo binary switches (on/off devices) and read their power consumption from a Python application.
- Build a local home automation dashboard that subscribes to device state changes and reacts in real time via websockets.
- Integrate devolo Home Control devices into a broader smart home system by querying gateway IDs and device properties.
- Discover devolo Central Units on the local network automatically using Zeroconf and collect data directly without cloud dependency.
- Create event-driven automations that trigger actions when devolo-connected devices change state.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you own devolo Home Control hardware and need Python integration.
The library is actively maintained, has low install friction, and provides both local and cloud connectivity. However, the GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft license restricts use in proprietary applications, and the reverse-engineered nature means updates to devolo services may require fixes. Verify compatibility with your specific Central Unit hardware before committing to a production deployment.
Install
devolo-home-control-api on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with five common runtime dependencies (python-dateutil, requests, typing-extensions, websocket_client, zeroconf). Actively maintained as of 2026-08-03, though based on reverse engineering and may break with devolo updates.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; a working devolo Home Control Central Unit and my devolo account credentials to connect.
License in practice
GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft license requires derivative works and distributions to remain open-source under compatible terms; proprietary applications cannot use this library without licensing implications.
Quickstart
pip install devolo-home-control-api
from devolo_home_control_api.mydevolo import Mydevolo
from devolo_home_control_api.homecontrol import HomeControl
mydevolo = Mydevolo.get_instance()
mydevolo.user = "username"
mydevolo.password = "password"
for gateway_id in mydevolo.get_gateway_ids():
homecontrol = HomeControl(gateway_id=gateway_id, mydevolo_instance=mydevolo)Verify before relying
- Scope and completeness of reverse-engineered API coverage compared to official devolo documentation.
- Compatibility with specific devolo Central Unit hardware versions and firmware releases.
- Performance characteristics and rate limits when polling or subscribing to device updates.
Package facts
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later copyleft |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagespython-dateutilrequeststyping-extensionswebsocket_clientzeroconf |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 281 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 74,589 / month, #14,813 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Operating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: devolo_home_control_api-0.19.1-py3-none-any.whl
Tags
Let your AI agent find packages like this
Example. Real query, live index.
You found this page by searching. An agent finds it by wishing: SkillFed indexes 14,416 PyPI packages by what they can do, searchable in plain language.
wish › “devolo home control api”
- devolo-home-control-apiPython client library for the devolo Home Control API, enabling…
- devolo-plc-apiProvides a Python API to communicate with devolo PLC (powerline…
- pyhiveapiA Python library for controlling Hive smart home devices (heating,…
Give your agent the search over MCP, or paste the wish link into any chat.
More Monitoring packages
Wraps any iterable to display a real-time progress bar in the terminal or Jupyter notebook, showing iteration count, elapsed time, and estimated time remaining.
Provides generated Python code for OpenTelemetry semantic conventions, enabling standardized attribute naming and constant definitions for instrumentation and telemetry collection.
Install it if you are using OpenTelemetry and want to follow semantic conventions correctly.
Provides the reference implementation of the OpenTelemetry API for collecting and exporting traces, metrics, and logs from Python applications.
Provides the abstract API and interfaces for OpenTelemetry instrumentation in Python, defining how to emit traces, metrics, and logs without tying code to a specific SDK implementation.
Exports OpenTelemetry observability data to an OpenTelemetry Collector using Protobuf-encoded messages over HTTP.
Install it if you are using OpenTelemetry in Python and need to send data to a Collector over HTTP.
Provides automatic instrumentation commands and programmatic APIs to inject distributed tracing into Python applications without code changes, detecting and instrumenting packages used by your program.
Install it if you need distributed tracing without code changes and have compatible instrumented packages in your environment.
See also devolo-plc-api · aioshelly · p1monitor · instructure-dap-client · websocket-client · vallox-websocket-api · websockets · python-tado · python-engineio · samsungtvws