# Add "Homekit only" devices to Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378 "2019-07-09T20:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DidierVU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/didiervu/32/12458_2.png) [@DidierVU](https://community.homey.app/u/DidierVU)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/1 "2019-07-09T20:01:00Z")
Hi! I’m pretty new to Homey and I already have some “Homekit only” lights, like this Flex 3P Multicolor from Osram: [https://smartplus.ledvance.com/products/indoor-lighting/index.jsp](https://smartplus.ledvance.com/products/indoor-lighting/index.jsp) (so **not** the Zigbee version). Is it possible to add these lights to Homey so I can use them in a flow? Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![DidierVU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/didiervu/32/12458_2.png) [@DidierVU](https://community.homey.app/u/DidierVU)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/3 "2019-07-09T20:13:02Z")
Hi Roy, There’s only an app for Osram to work with the Zigbee protocol ([https://apps.athom.com/app/com.osram.lightify.zigbee](https://apps.athom.com/app/com.osram.lightify.zigbee)) and not with the Homekit protocol, maybe there’s a workaround for that? ---
**Author:** ![MJPatHOME](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mjpathome/32/9413_2.png) [@MJPatHOME](https://community.homey.app/u/MJPatHOME)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/4 "2019-11-13T05:46:21Z")
Hi Didier! I am having the same issue. Were you able to resolve it? Best Manfred ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/5 "2019-11-13T07:12:46Z")
There is no app available that can act as HomeKit controller. A possible (very elaborate) workaround is to set up Home Assistant, which _can_ act as a HomeKit controller, and interface HA with Homey using either the [MQTT Hub app](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/nl.hdg.mqtt/MQTT-Hub/) or @rogro82’s [Homey integration for HA](https://github.com/rogro82/io.homeassistant). ---
**Author:** ![MJPatHOME](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mjpathome/32/9413_2.png) [@MJPatHOME](https://community.homey.app/u/MJPatHOME)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/6 "2019-11-13T10:16:21Z")
Hi Robert! Thanks a lot for your answer! Do you think it is doable to wright such an app? Or is there anything different compared to other HomeKit device like Gardena? Best Manfred ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 10:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/7 "2019-11-13T10:37:35Z")
> [@MJPatHOME](#): > > Do you think it is doable to wright such an app? Yes, it’s doable, I’ve started on one a while ago but never got around to finish it. And because I stopped using Homey, I’ll not continue working on it either, I’m afraid ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MJPatHOME](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mjpathome/32/9413_2.png) [@MJPatHOME](https://community.homey.app/u/MJPatHOME)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/8 "2019-11-13T11:13:43Z")
Do you think I could try to finish what you started? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/9 "2019-11-13T11:32:36Z")
Do you have experience with Node.js development and the HomeKit protocol? ---
**Author:** ![MJPatHOME](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mjpathome/32/9413_2.png) [@MJPatHOME](https://community.homey.app/u/MJPatHOME)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/10 "2019-11-13T11:49:04Z")
The first one yes, the second one no ( but would be willing to work my way in) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/11 "2019-11-13T12:05:25Z")
It’s on Github: [https://github.com/robertklep/name.klep.homekit-controller](https://github.com/robertklep/name.klep.homekit-controller) But it’s very much a WIP, I don’t even know if it’s able to run at this point. The easiest way to familiarize yourself with the HomeKit part of the app is to use the [`hap-controller` module](https://github.com/mrstegeman/hap-controller-node) from an example script to see if you can get it to pair with a device (or, lacking any HK devices, you can use a Homebridge setup or a [standalone device script](https://gist.github.com/robertklep/cbe45324aa73e1bb7daf0ccb088250db#file-standalone-accessory-js)). I’ve put some of my debugging/development scripts in a gist: [https://gist.github.com/robertklep/cbe45324aa73e1bb7daf0ccb088250db](https://gist.github.com/robertklep/cbe45324aa73e1bb7daf0ccb088250db) ---
**Author:** ![MJPatHOME](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mjpathome/32/9413_2.png) [@MJPatHOME](https://community.homey.app/u/MJPatHOME)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/12 "2019-11-13T12:08:04Z")
Cool! Thanks a lot! I will check it out and see what I can achieve ---
**Author:** ![Sjalabert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sjalabert/32/11432_2.png) [@Sjalabert](https://community.homey.app/u/Sjalabert)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/13 "2020-05-11T12:07:27Z")
Manfred, Have you been able to achieve anything with the making of this app 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MJPatHOME](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mjpathome/32/9413_2.png) [@MJPatHOME](https://community.homey.app/u/MJPatHOME)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/14 "2020-06-15T06:14:29Z")
Unfortunately no. I needed to pause most of my smart home related activities since my house needed and still needs some more brick and mortar related work 💪 I hope that by fall I might go on smarting my home… ---
**Author:** ![Sjalabert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sjalabert/32/11432_2.png) [@Sjalabert](https://community.homey.app/u/Sjalabert)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/15 "2020-06-15T08:05:36Z")
Thanks for the fair answer. Goodluck ‘met de steentjes en cement’. ---
**Author:** ![MiniGordini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/minigordini/32/16949_2.png) [@MiniGordini](https://community.homey.app/u/MiniGordini)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/16 "2020-07-26T19:23:38Z")
I’m still looking for a way to use Homekit only lights in Homey, any solution for that yet? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/17 "2020-07-27T05:47:10Z")
> [@MiniGordini](#): > > any solution for that yet? Nope, and as far as I’m aware, no one is working on one. ---
**Author:** ![MiniGordini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/minigordini/32/16949_2.png) [@MiniGordini](https://community.homey.app/u/MiniGordini)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-homekit-only-devices-to-homey/15378/18 "2020-07-27T09:35:10Z")
That’s too bad… Bad luck for me I guess, coming from Lightify and Homekit devices. I just took it for granted that Homekit devices would work, they aren’t that unusual these days 😕