Summer 2026 is keeping the ioBroker ecosystem busy! Since the last update, 15 new adapters have been added to the repository.
From the MSpa hot tub and the AL-KO robotic lawnmower to the Home Assistant emulator for wall panels.
There's a particularly large amount of activity surrounding energy and solar (HomeWizard, FoxESS, SOLECTRUS, Linky, Tibber widgets), but location tracking, monitoring, and lighting are also well represented.
Under the hood, almost everything currently revolves around two major topics: The Admin received a central Credentials Manager and an integrated AI Assistant, the JavaScript Adapter is further expanding its AI functions, and the Devices Adapter has made a big leap with v3.0.
Core Updates
In addition to the new adapters, there were important updates to the core components of ioBroker.
Admin 7.8.x → 7.9.x
The admin adapter was the most active core component during this period. Two new features stand out:
- Central Credentials Manager (v7.9.0) – Access data (API keys, tokens, cloud logins) can now be managed in one central location and reused multiple times, instead of being stored individually in each instance.
- AI Assistant in Admin (v7.9.1, disabled by default) – An AI assistant is now available directly in the admin panel. An API key can be conveniently created from within the assistant dialog (v7.9.11), and those who do not wish to use their own key can run the assistant via an external MCP client (v7.9.10).
- Install packages on specific hosts (v7.9.0) – In multi-host setups, packages can now be selectively installed on individual hosts.
- Minor improvements – Sorting of adapters by creation date (v7.9.4), port column in the instance overview with sorting (v7.9.12), additional filters in the Config Manager (v7.9.6) and various bug fixes.
Js-controller 7.2.2 “Milla”
The js-controller has seen several releases – currently, version 7.2.2 (June 16, 2026) is available in the stable repository. Important: Users of versions 7.1.x, 7.2.0, and 7.2.1 should update as soon as possible. The older versions are currently generating a large number of central error logs, which unnecessarily burdens the ioBroker servers. Version 7.2.2 addresses this issue.
Furthermore, since version 7.1.1, Podman and CRI-O are also recognized as container runtimes in addition to Docker.
🔗 js-controller changelog on GitHub
Vis-2 2.14.x
The visualization platform vis-2 received primarily internal improvements:
- Revised build process (v2.14.0)
- User-defined styles are now correctly applied to
tplValueInput(v2.14.3)
Important Adapter Updates
Two central adapters have also made great strides during this period.
IoBroker.javascript v9.2.x – v9.3.1
The JavaScript adapter further advances its AI integration and is also becoming more rounded:
- Credentials Manager support in the configuration (v9.3.0)
- Run one-way scripts without saving (v9.3.1)
- Display state value directly in the editor via mouse-over (v9.2.3)
- New “is state exists” block in Blockly (v9.2.2)
- More precise descriptions of the AI chat modes (agent vs. code mode) in all languages
- Various performance optimizations and bug fixes (including subscription leaks when scripts stop)
IoBroker.devices v2.1.x → v3.0.2
The Devices adapter has reached a major milestone with the jump to version 3.0.
To mark the occasion, a new video is available that demonstrates the automatic visualization step by step, from switching between device and GUI views and room design with colors and background images to transferring the settings to the ioBroker VisuApp via QR code.
The most important new features at a glance:
- Automatic visualization further expanded; finished user interfaces are created from the configured devices with just a few clicks.
- Widget icons are now supported (v3.0.2)
- Consumption values for the categories (v3.0.1) and decimal places for the display widget (v2.1.4)
- Support for the open-meteo-weather adapter (v3.0.0)
- Significantly smoother display of the device list in Safari (v3.0.1)
New adapters in the repository
These adapters welcome testers, bug reports, and suggestions for improvement.
IoBroker.mspa
Category: Pool / Hot Tub Developer: arteck
This adapter controls MSpa whirlpools via the MSpa Cloud API – with an astonishing amount of automation logic.
Features:
- Reading and setting water and target temperature (20–42 °C)
- Switching of heating, filter, bubble, jet, ozone and UVC
- Automatic dependency control – the filter pump starts, for example, before the heater and UVC unit.
- Time window control with weekday selection for heating, filter and UVC
- PV excess control with threshold, hysteresis and cloud protection delay
- Frost protection (winter mode), UVC lifespan and filter runtime tracking, and Telegram notifications
IoBroker.homewizard
Category: Energy / Monitoring Developer: krobipd
Real-time energy monitoring for HomeWizard Energy devices via the local API v2 – completely without cloud.
Features:
- API v2 over HTTPS + WebSocket with bearer token authentication
- mDNS pairing (
_homewizard._tcp) or manual pairing via IP - WebSocket push (~1 measurement/s) with REST polling as a fallback
- Supported devices: P1 meter, kWh meter (1-/3-phase), plug-in battery
- Control of the Plug-In Battery (charging/discharging mode, including
predictiveandcharge_to_full) - Detailed measurements: power, voltage, current per phase, import/export per tariff, power quality
IoBroker.foxesscloud
Category: Energy / Solar Developer: inventwo
This adapter retrieves data from the FoxESS Cloud API for solar inverters – including systems such as those used in Enpal plants.
Data points recorded:
- PV output including up to 24 individual PV strings and generation capacity
- Battery: State of charge (SoC), charging/discharging power, battery temperature
- Grid consumption and feed-in as well as inverter temperature and status
Special features:
- Optional energy reporting (day/week/month/year in kWh)
- Optional PV JSON statistics for VIS dashboards including cost calculation
- Rate limit warnings (1440 calls/day/API key), recommended interval 60 s
IoBroker.solectrus-influxdb
Category: Energy / Data Logging Developer: patricknitsch
The adapter stores selected ioBroker states in an InfluxDB-2.x database and optionally calculates derived values – designed for energy monitoring (including SOLECTRUS).
Features:
- Mapping of arbitrary states to InfluxDB measurement/field with configurable data type
- Persistent write buffer (up to 100,000 points) – survives InfluxDB outages and adapter restarts
- Formula engine with visual formula builder and state machine mode
- Internal sensors (monitored but not written to) and folder grouping
- Integrated backup (create, upload, restore) via a dedicated tab
IoBroker.linky
Category: Energy / Electricity Meters Developer: iobroker-community-adapters
This adapter reads data from Linky smart electricity meters – or from any meter that supports the French Teleinfo protocol (Enedis).
Features:
- Data reading from Linky smart electricity meters
- Support for the French Teleinfo protocol
- Read-only States, among others
value.energyandvalue.power.reactive - Configurable layout options
- Requires Node.js version 22 or higher
IoBroker.vis-2-widgets-tibberlink
Category: Visualization / Energy Developer: ssbingo
A VIS-2 widget set for visualizing dynamic Tibber electricity tariff data. The tibberlink adapter serves as the data source.
Widgets included:
- Current price with color-coded level badge and cost breakdown
- Most favorable time window (swivel N-hour window) with Sparkline
- Live power consumption (Min/Avg/Max, daily consumption and costs; requires Tibber Pulse)
- Monthly electricity costs including consumption, average price and monthly forecast
Special features:
- Dark/Light theme per widget
- Requires the
tibberlinkadapter installed and configured
IoBroker.al-ko
Category: Garden Developer: Zechnerhubert
This adapter integrates AL-KO Robolinho robotic lawnmowers and other AL-KO Smart Garden devices via the official AL-KO Cloud API.
Features:
- Connection to the official AL-KO Cloud API
- Automatic creation of all readable states
- Writable states via whitelist (response of changes via
desiredstate API) - Real-time updates via WebSocket
- Support for multiple devices
Special features:
- Requires AL-KO API access data (username, password, client ID/secret)
IoBroker.govee-smart
Category: Lighting / Smart Home Developer: krobipd
This adapter controls all Wi-Fi enabled Govee products – lamps, sensors and devices – using every available Govee channel to choose the fastest route in each case.
Features:
- Uses LAN, Cloud REST, AWS IoT MQTT, OpenAPI MQTT and App API in parallel
- LAN-first for lamps (UDP multicast discovery, commands < 50 ms)
- Cloud + MQTT push for sensors and appliances (temperature/humidity, CO2, etc.)
- Segment control (color/brightness) for LED strips including batch commands
- Scenes, DIY scenes, music mode and groups
Special features:
- Works LAN-only without any login credentials – each additional login level unlocks more features Bluetooth-only devices are not supported.
IoBroker.life360ng
Category: Location / Presence Developer: inventwo
This adapter connects to the Life360 cloud services for person tracking and presence detection at defined locations.
Features:
- Retrieval of Circles, members and Places as states with a configurable interval
- Token-based authentication (Bearer Token, specifically for EU users)
- Own places (“My Places”) with presence detection via radius – independent of the Life360 cloud
- Position data per person (coordinates,
locationName, battery, map links) - Optional GPS route logger with interactive Leaflet maps
Special features:
- Notifications via Telegram/Alexa as well as retention/data cleansing
IoBroker.google-sharedlocations2
Category: Location / Presence Developer: Garfonso
The successor to the popular Shared Locations adapter: It reads locations shared via Google Maps and creates separate states for each person sharing the location.
Features:
- Reading locations shared with a dedicated Google account
- Automatic state creation per person
- Configurable polling interval (minimum 1 minute to avoid Google blocks)
- Login via access data or alternatively via cookie
- Self-Heal in case of incorrect Chrome version (e.g. after Puppeteer update)
Special features:
- For ioBroker, be sure to create a separate Google account – do not use your personal account!
IoBroker.parcelapp
Category: Package Tracking Developer: krobipd
This adapter integrates the parcel.app API into ioBroker and tracks parcel shipments from all shipping providers supported by parcel.app.
Features:
- Supports all parcel.app carriers (DHL, FedEx, UPS, Amazon, Hermes, GLS, DPD, etc.)
- Per package states: Carrier, Status, Tracking number, Delivery window, Last event, Last location
- Summary states (active/today's number, combined delivery window)
- Status codes (0–8) as the primary data point for automations
- Adding shipments via
sendTomessage from scripts
Special features:
- Configurable polling interval (5–60 min.) and automatic cleanup of delivered packages
- Requires a parcel.app premium subscription
IoBroker.beszel
Category: Network / Monitoring Developer: krobipd
The adapter connects to a Beszel hub and provides server monitoring metrics of all registered systems as ioBroker states.
Metrics collected:
- Per system: CPU, RAM, hard drive, network, temperature, load average
- Optional Details: Per-Core CPU, Peak Values, Disk I/O, GPU, Hardware/OS Info
- Docker/Podman containers, battery and systemd services
Special features:
- Configurable poll interval (10-300 sec)
- Automatic re-authentication upon token expiration
- Connection test button and automatic cleanup of remote systems
IoBroker.hassemu
Category: Display / Integration Developer: krobipd
A clever adapter: It emulates a Home Assistant server so that displays that only accept an HA dashboard can instead display any web URL (e.g., VIS).
Features:
- One URL per display or one global URL for all
- Auto-Discovery via mDNS and automatic detection of installed VIS/VIS-2/Aura instances
- Two parallel HA login flows (classic
login_flowand browser OAuth2) - Emulation of mobile app registration for the HA companion app
Special features:
- Typical clients: Shelly Wall Display and HA Companion App (Android wall panels)
- Cookie-based: Displays retain their URL across restarts, IP changes, and renaming.
IoBroker.nextcloudtalk
Category: Notification / Messaging Developer: Rello
This adapter sends notifications from ioBroker to Nextcloud Talk rooms.
Features:
- Sending messages via the Nextcloud Talk API
- Configuration via server URL, username and app token (Basic Auth)
- The target room is determined via the
roomIDstate (talk token). - Message is triggered by a change in the
textstate - Controllable from scripts or other adapters
IoBroker.speedport
Category: Network / Router Developer: hacki11
This adapter retrieves data from Telekom Speedport routers and brings it into ioBroker.
Features:
- Data retrieval from Telekom Speedport routers
- Supports Speedport W 925V
- Supports Speedport Smart 3 (experimental)
- Requires Node.js version 22 or higher
And what about stable?
Several adapters from the last review have now made the jump from version latest to stable. These include enpal, hueemu, brunner-eas3, and vis-2-widgets-sigenergy. Anyone who has been waiting to update can now do so without hesitation.
Forum discussions & exciting test threads
There's a lot of lively discussion and testing going on in the forum right now. Here are a few threads worth checking out:
- New in Admin: The AI Assistant – Currently the hottest topic with well over 190 posts. This thread is all about the new AI Assistant in the Admin: user experiences, recommended models, and how to connect OpenAI or Anthropic models, in addition to Ollama, via a custom proxy endpoint.
- Test adapter “Aura” – A new visualization interface is being tested. There is plenty of feedback for the developers regarding the widgets (e.g., the thermostat widget with quick selection).
- Hannah – Open-Source Voice Assistant – An exciting community project: a completely open-source, local voice assistant for the smart home, which more and more users are trying out as an alternative.
- Alexa Adapter – Important for all Alexa users: Following another change by Amazon, there were login problems. The discussion (and the solution) is being held in the forum; a corrected version is already on its way to stable release.
Take a look, test it out and give the developers feedback – that's what this project thrives on!
Community: Share your thoughts!
Did you know that ioBroker has an active Discord server in addition to its forum? There you'll find channels organized by topic for discussions, questions, ideas, and mutual support.
Especially useful: There's a dedicated beta adapter testing and feedback section with channels for many individual adapters, where you can talk directly to the developers and test new versions.
For those who prefer to use Telegram: Some ioBroker Telegram groups are synchronized with Discord. So it doesn't matter which platform you use to write messages; they will arrive everywhere.
In addition, an online meetup takes place every first Monday of the month at 8:30 PM on Discord. Everyone is welcome to drop in, listen, or join the discussion.
A great opportunity to get to know the community personally!
Every third Wednesday of the month there is also a developer meeting.
This is primarily aimed at adapter developers, but anyone who is curious is also welcome to drop by and experience the development firsthand.
Whether you're a beginner or a pro, drop by, ask questions, share your projects and help others in the community!
Join Discord: https://discord.gg/HwUCwsH
Online meet-up (every 1st Monday of the month): https://discord.gg/yC65zjr5uq
Developer Meeting (every 3rd Wednesday of the month): https://forum.iobroker.net/category/119/entwickler-meetings
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/440499112958264
Forum: https://forum.iobroker.net
Thank you for your support
Early summer 2026 demonstrates once again the diversity of the ioBroker ecosystem.
From hot tub control and robotic lawnmowers to solar and energy monitoring, and even a Home Assistant emulator for wall panels, the community is bringing its most creative ideas to life in working adapters. And progress is being made under the hood as well: Administrators are getting a central credentials manager and an AI assistant, while the Devices adapter reaches a significant milestone with version 3.0.
A heartfelt thank you to all the developers who continue to advance ioBroker with their dedication and creativity.
Since ioBroker is a completely open-source project, we rely on your support.
If you like ioBroker and would like to support its further development, we would appreciate a donation. Every contribution goes directly towards infrastructure, development, and community work.
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Stay smart!
Your ioBroker Team