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Homebridge · on a Docker VPS v2026

All your smart devices in Apple Home

🔒 VPS only

Homebridge bridges the gap between your non-HomeKit devices and Apple's Home app. Hosted by DINAO in France, it unifies your home automation — without relying on a foreign manufacturer's cloud.

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Hosted in FranceApple HomeKit Compatible2000+ pluginsGDPR CompliantOfficial publisher image
Overview

What is Homebridge?

Homebridge is a lightweight open-source gateway that emulates an Apple HomeKit bridge, opening Apple's home automation ecosystem to thousands of smart devices that do not natively support it. In practice, it allows you to control devices from various brands and protocols using the Home app and Siri.

Its strength lies in its ecosystem of over 2000 community plugins covering thermostats, cameras, plugs, bulbs, shutters, sensors, and home automation hubs. A web administration interface (Homebridge UI) allows you to install and configure these plugins without using the command line.

Hosted by DINAO in France, Homebridge centralizes control of your home or office on your premises, reducing dependence on manufacturer clouds. Combined with a sovereign VPN, it offers secure remote access while keeping your configurations on French servers.

Compatible offers

Host Homebridge at DINAO

No managed container for Homebridge: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 2 Go minimum).

Homebridge needs a level of access to the machine that the managed container, shared between several customers, does not give. Two VPS hosted in France: DINAO installs and manages it for you, or you administer it yourself.

Technical reason: host/container namespace sharing (network_mode=host).

Option 2 The simplest

Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed

from €28,70 /month excl. VAT

  • Homebridge installed by DINAO when you order
  • The machine is yours alone: the privileged access Homebridge requires affects no other customer
  • System and Docker managed by DINAO, monitoring included
  • Priority support included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours)
  • Stated, capped resources (2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB): beyond that, a larger size is offered
  • Application updates on request
  • Backups as an option (€20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No administrator access to the machine

To use Homebridge without installing or administering anything.

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Option 3 100% self-managed

VPS Docker

from €11,00 /month excl. VAT

  • Your virtual machine, full administrator access
  • Docker pre-installed, control panel of your choice
  • Free to install Homebridge or any other application, including those that drive Docker
  • Delivered empty: you install and maintain Homebridge yourself (or DINAO installs it on quotation)
  • No backup by default (optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No management service by default (optional from €55,00 excl. VAT/month); monitoring as an option

By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.

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CriterionManaged VPS with Docker and the application pre-installedVPS Docker
Who installs HomebridgeDINAO, when you orderNobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation
Application updatesDINAO, on requestYou
System and DockerDINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one applicationYou: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days)
BackupsOptional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)
MonitoringIncludedOptional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month
SupportPriority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time)Best effort
IsolationA virtual machine of your own, for this application onlyA virtual machine of your own
ResourcesSized for the OS, Docker and Homebridge: 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offeredRecommended size for Homebridge: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB; can be extended
Administrator access (root)NoYes
Applications that require privileged access to the machineYes: the machine is yours aloneYes
Starting price€28,70 excl. VAT/month€11,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application)

Options 2 and 3 sized for Homebridge (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
512 Mo
ideal : 1 Go
Disk
2 Go
ideal : 5 Go
Image : homebridge/homebridge:latest Registry : docker.io Services : homebridge Ports : 8581
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Frequently asked questions

You might be wondering…

About Homebridge 6 questions

What is Homebridge used for?

Homebridge is a gateway that makes smart devices compatible with Apple HomeKit that are not natively so. You can then control all your devices from the Home app and Siri, even if they are from different brands.

Are my home automation data private?

Your Homebridge configurations and logs are hosted on the DINAO instance in France. Homebridge also reduces your dependence on manufacturer clouds by centralizing control on your premises.

Which devices are compatible?

Thanks to over 2000 community plugins, Homebridge covers a wide range: thermostats, plugs, bulbs, cameras, shutters, home automation hubs, sensors… DINAO helps you install the appropriate plugins.

How do I access my home remotely?

Remote access is done securely, ideally via a VPN (for example, Headscale). HomeKit also natively supports remote access via a home hub.

Do I need technical skills?

You install and maintain the application on your VPS. Administration is then done via a simple web interface (Homebridge UI). Advanced users can fine-tune each plugin.

Is this application tested before it is offered?

This application has not yet passed our automatic deployment test. It can still be installed, but we invite you to contact us before ordering: we will then test it as a priority. The deployment template used was last updated on 3 July 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.

Option 2Option 3 On a VPS 7 questions

One answer per option: the two VPS offers do not cover the same things.

Who installs Homebridge on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, when you order

VPS DockerNobody by default: the VPS is delivered with Docker, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation

Who updates Homebridge on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, on request

VPS DockerYou

Is the VPS managed?

Managed VPSYes: DINAO manages the system and Docker, without a control panel (one VPS, one application). Monitoring is included

VPS DockerNot by default: you manage the system and Docker. The management service and monitoring can be added as options when ordering

Is my data backed up on a VPS?

Managed VPSAs an option: backup is added when ordering

VPS DockerNone by default; backup can be added as an option when ordering

Do I get administrator (root) access to the VPS?

Managed VPSNo

VPS DockerYes

Do you provide on-call support outside business hours on a VPS?

Managed VPSNo: monitoring is included, interventions take place on business days

VPS DockerNo: monitoring is an option, support is best effort

In which data centre is my service hosted?

In France, in DINAO's private racks within two third-party data centres: Free Pro in Marseille (MAR02) and Euclyde DC1 in Sophia-Antipolis. The operator provides the building, power, cooling and physical security; DINAO operates everything inside its racks, entirely and independently.