Go HomeKit Services Bridge

hk-svcs-bridge is a system service written in Go that acts as a HomeKit bridge to connect SystemD services and HomeKit automation. This project is available for macOS and Linux, and it allows users to add new fake switches to their Apple HomeKit home setup. When these switches are turned on, they will start some SystemD services, and when turned off, they will stop them.

This project is designed to be easy to use and customizable. It supports custom commands, so it does not have to be integrated with SystemD. Additionally, it can be used with any SystemD service, making it a flexible and versatile tool for managing services.

Important: This is a WIP and side project. It is not designed for system production usage and this project is just for fun!

How to install from source

If you are using GNU/Linux with SystemD you can automatically install the binary from the source code. Make sure to have installed:

• SystemD (available by default on many distro like Ubuntu, Debian and Arch)
• GNU Make
• Go
• Git

You can then run these commands to install the binary and the service:

git clone https://gitlab.com/koalalorenzo/hk-svcs-bridge.git
cd hk-svcs-bridge
sudo make install

After that, you must change the configuration in /etc/hk-svcs-bridge.yaml. Then you can run/restart the bridge by running:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart hk-svcs-bridge

Configuration

You can customize many things, from the name of the bridge in Home Kit to the services and commands that will be executed. You can read more in the example configuration file here.

Please note that many of the options can be omitted, the default values are specified in the code for the configuration.

By default the binary will look for config.yaml path, but you can customize the path by using the environment variable CONFIG:

export CONFIG=/etc/hk-svcs-bridge.yaml
/usr/bin/hk-svcs-bridge