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Harbor - Home Assistant Integration
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Harbor - Home Assistant Integration

u/DivergingDog built a Home Assistant integration for Harbor that was recently deployed https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/harbor/

Harbor started as a baby monitor, but we’ve been pushing it more toward a general monitoring platform.

You can use the same system for a baby, an aging parent, or someone medically fragile. We have nurses on staff who can monitor medically fragile family members (as an optional service), and the vision and word-detection AI lets you create open vocabulary alerts for whatever you care about instead of choosing from a fixed list.

A Home Assistant integration has always made sense for us, but we didn't have the expertise / HA experience internally. Community dev u/DivergingDog did all the work on the integration. We just helped where we could. Harbor is modular by design (you can add as many Cameras or Monitors as you'd like), so we wanted to be able to plug it into everything else people already have in their homes.

More entities and support coming in the 2026.9 release, and even more after that.

You can learn more about Harbor on our website.

Thanks for any interest 🙏

u/charlie_at_harbor — 1 day ago
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Harbor Beta Apple HomeKit Integration Walkthrough

https://github.com/Harbor-Systems/harbor-homekit-public/

Current Release Version: 0.5.2 (will change)

This is LAN only, no remote access. It uses go2rtc to help convert Harbor H.265 to H.264 to be compatible with HomeKit.

Please let me know by commenting below if you are testing, which platform you are using the host the bridge, and what your experience is (positive or if you hit issues)

Security measures we implemented:

  • Local-only operation: Camera video travels between your Harbor camera, your bridge computer, and Apple Home over your home network. The bridge does not require internet port forwarding.
  • Apple Home encryption: After pairing, HomeKit communications are protected by Apple’s HomeKit security protocol. Video sent to Apple Home uses encrypted SRTP transport.
  • Unique credentials: Every installation generates its own HomeKit setup code and a separate random 256-bit camera-ingest token. Customers do not share default passwords.
  • Restricted camera gateway: The camera-facing gateway accepts only authenticated video publishing for configured Harbor camera serial numbers. It cannot be used to view recordings, retrieve snapshots, change settings, or access the general go2rtc interface.
  • Protected administration interfaces: The go2rtc API, RTSP listener, and management interface are restricted to the bridge computer itself and are not exposed to other devices on the network.
  • Minimal network exposure: Only the ports required for camera ingest and Apple Home communication are available on the local network. Customers are instructed never to expose them to the internet.
  • Signed and notarized software: The macOS application and bridge binaries are signed by Project Monitor, Inc. and notarized by Apple.
  • Verified releases: Release artifacts have cryptographic checksums and GitHub build-provenance attestations. The release process fails if signing or notarization is unavailable.
  • Automatic security checks: The project tests that sensitive management endpoints remain unavailable and that network listeners retain their hardened configuration.
  • Private local storage: Setup codes, ingest tokens, and Apple Home pairing records are stored locally with restrictive file permissions.
  • Open for inspection: The bridge source code and security documentation are public, allowing customers and security researchers to inspect how it works and report concerns privately.
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u/charlie_at_harbor — 8 days ago