venstarcolortouch
Interface Library for Venstar ColorTouch Thermostat API v5
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is lightweight, actively maintained, has no security vulnerabilities, and solves a specific problem—controlling a Venstar ColorTouch thermostat—with a straightforward API. Install it if you own or manage a ColorTouch thermostat and need programmatic control; skip it if you do not have that hardware.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires network access to the thermostat at a known IP address or hostname; the API discovery protocol is not implemented.
- Low install friction; depends only on requests.
- Actively maintained with a recent commit on 2026-08-12 and a release on 2026-07-05.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-07-05 (40 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-12 · 13 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 73,986 downloads/mo, #14,895 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
import venstarcolortouch
ct = venstarcolortouch.VenstarColorTouch('192.168.1.252', timeout=5)
if ct.login():
ct.update_info()
print(ct.get_info('heattemp'))
ct.set_setpoints(heattemp=75, cooltemp=78)- Whether the package works with Python versions beyond 3.5, given classifiers list only up to 3.5.
- Current state of the Venstar API documentation at developer.venstar.com and whether it remains the authoritative reference.
What it is and what it does
venstarcolortouch is a Python client library for Venstar ColorTouch WiFi thermostats. It wraps the thermostat's REST API to let you read current temperature, humidity, and system state, adjust heating and cooling setpoints, change operating modes (heat, cool, auto, off), control the fan, and manage away/schedule settings. The library works by making HTTP requests to the thermostat at a known IP address or hostname; you provide the address when instantiating the class, call login() to verify connectivity and API version compatibility, then use update_* methods to fetch fresh data and get_* or set_* methods to read or change settings.
The package depends only on requests and installs as a pure Python wheel with no compiled dependencies. It is actively maintained and carries no known security vulnerabilities. The main limitation is that it does not implement Venstar's device discovery protocol, so you must know the thermostat's network address beforehand.
Use it for
- Integrate a Venstar ColorTouch thermostat into a home automation system to read indoor/outdoor temperatures and adjust setpoints programmatically.
- Build a monitoring dashboard that polls thermostat data (current temperature, humidity, runtime hours) and logs it for analysis.
- Create a script to enforce away-mode scheduling or seasonal setpoint changes across one or more thermostats.
- Trigger heating or cooling adjustments based on external conditions or time-based rules.
- Test or validate thermostat behavior by automating mode and setpoint changes and reading the results.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is lightweight, actively maintained, has no security vulnerabilities, and solves a specific problem—controlling a Venstar ColorTouch thermostat—with a straightforward API. Install it if you own or manage a ColorTouch thermostat and need programmatic control; skip it if you do not have that hardware.
Install
venstarcolortouch on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction; depends only on requests. Actively maintained with a recent commit on 2026-08-12 and a release on 2026-07-05.
Requires network access to the thermostat at a known IP address or hostname; the API discovery protocol is not implemented.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
import venstarcolortouch
ct = venstarcolortouch.VenstarColorTouch('192.168.1.252', timeout=5)
if ct.login():
ct.update_info()
print(ct.get_info('heattemp'))
ct.set_setpoints(heattemp=75, cooltemp=78)Verify before relying
- Whether the package works with Python versions beyond 3.5, given classifiers list only up to 3.5.
- Current state of the Venstar API documentation at developer.venstar.com and whether it remains the authoritative reference.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagerequests |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 40 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 73,986 / month, #14,895 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5 |
Evidence: venstarcolortouch-0.22-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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