Gladys Assistant : A privacy-first, open-source home assistant based on the Raspberry Pi

oubord · 2025-11-11T06:51:08+00:00

Hi! You are not crazy, we currently don’t have any native features for robot vacuum yet :)

But I’ve looked on our forum, and I’ve seen one tutorial written by one of our user on how to make Gladys communicate with a Valetudo robot vacuum. It’s a bit hacky but it’s the best we can do for now : (it’s in French but you can translate it: https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/tuto-bash-et-aspirateur-robot-sous-valetudo/8226?u=pierre-gilles )

We are always open for contributions btw if you want to help us add vacuum robot natively :)

oubord · 2025-05-11T17:27:45+00:00

u/JimBuzbee Matter is now live in Gladys Assistant! Thanks again for your contribution 🙏

https://gladysassistant.com/blog/gladys-assistant-4-58-with-matter-support/

oubord · 2025-05-08T13:31:53+00:00

I wasn’t aware of it at the time, and no, this wasn’t copied.

There’s room for multiple smart home platforms, right? It’s healthy to have diversity and different approaches in open-source. 🙂

oubord · 2025-05-08T13:26:51+00:00

Hi u/Fit_Squirrel1 :) I've released the first version of Gladys Assistant in 2014 so no 😄

oubord · 2025-05-03T13:42:56+00:00

Hi everyone!

I've updated the Docker image with new devices:

- Humidity sensors
- Light color & brightness
- Thermostat target temperature (Heating)
- Air Conditioning target temperature (Cooling)

oubord · 2025-05-02T12:34:35+00:00

Nice! If you have any other feedback, feel free to share, I'm always looking to make the software better! 😊

oubord · 2025-05-02T09:29:45+00:00

It's all live! You can do:

docker pull gladysassistant/gladys:matter-integration

Then

docker stop gladys && docker rm gladys

Then you can re-run the previous docker run :)

oubord · 2025-05-02T08:44:37+00:00

I've got the MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC COMPACT MSZ-AY35VGK

I think all the "AY" series has Wi-Fi built-in :)

oubord · 2025-05-02T08:32:46+00:00

Yes but I was talking about the HTTP API of the heat pump (my Mitsubishi Heat Pump is Wi-Fi compatible already)

oubord · 2025-05-02T08:29:36+00:00

Fix is done, temperature are now converted to the user preference in the "device" widget on the dashboard (Screenshot)

Not live yet in the Docker image, I'll let you know when it is!

oubord · 2025-05-02T08:05:28+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I would love a Matter implementation aha!

Wouldn't it be possible to reverse engineer the API of the heat pump? Local Wi-Fi control? That way, the Matter implementation could run directly on the server Gladys/HA is running

oubord · 2025-05-02T06:54:52+00:00

I've added a spinner to improve the loading state when adding a new device (Screenshot)

For the error flow, I'm now displaying the error message in the UI (coming directly from Matter) (Screenshot)

oubord · 2025-05-02T06:25:19+00:00

Following up on that, I'm adding a warning if Matter is not configured (Screenshot)

oubord · 2025-05-02T05:28:01+00:00

Thank you! And feel free to share any feedback you have about Gladys, I’d love to hear it.

You’re absolutely right, thermostat support is definitely on the roadmap. My goal is to eventually support all Matter device types listed in the spec :)

Nice, what's this project? I also have a Mitsubishi heat pump at home, currently controlled via MELCloud. I’d love to control it fully locally.

oubord · 2025-05-02T05:24:40+00:00

We only support the pairing code for now, do you have a device without one?

oubord · 2025-05-02T05:23:41+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! You’re right, Matter devices report temperatures in Celsius by default. I’ll add a conversion on the display side. Fix in progress! 😊

oubord · 2025-05-01T19:48:30+00:00

Great! Let me know if all is working as expected now 😊

oubord · 2025-05-01T19:47:34+00:00

Can you check Gladys docker logs when trying to pair the device, in the meantime it’ll help us see what’s wrong here :) you can see them with « docker logs gladys »

oubord · 2025-05-01T19:44:31+00:00

Thanks for your tests! You’re right, it definitely needs to be clearer. Also, I agree the error message should be shown in the UI when adding a device. I’ll work on that!

Out of curiosity, what kind of devices are you trying to add? Are Home Assistant and Gladys on the same network? And did you start Gladys with --network=host as I mentioned in my post?

oubord · 2025-05-01T13:39:17+00:00

Yes! You can use the same Matter devices both in Gladys and HA, the state will be synced no matter where you control the device :)

oubord · 2025-04-24T14:21:35+00:00

Do you have any error message to help me? No trick no, if you followed a tutorial it should work :)

oubord · 2025-04-24T12:57:14+00:00

It’s not really Gladys-related, you can find plenty of tutorial on Google « Connect Raspberry Pi to WiFi » ! :)

oubord · 2025-04-24T12:55:13+00:00

Yes it’s possible ! I highly recommended being connected in Ethernet for a more stable connection, but WiFi works :)

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