Verification Request: homebridge-tuya-plus

Plugin Name

homebridge-tuya-plus

Link To GitHub Repo

https://github.com/adrianjagielak/homebridge-tuya-plus

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The plugin does not offer the same nor less functionality than that of any existing verified plugin.

🟢 Yes

The plugin successfully installs and does not start unless it is configured.

🟢 Yes

The plugin does not require the user to run Homebridge in a TTY or with non-standard startup parameters, even for initial configuration.

🟢 Yes

The plugin does not contain any analytics or calls that enable you to track the user.

🟢 Yes

If the plugin needs to write files to disk (cache, keys, etc.), it stores them inside the Homebridge storage directory.

🟢 Yes

The plugin does not throw unhandled exceptions, the plugin must catch and log its own errors.

🟢 Yes

More Information

The homebridge-tuya-plus plugin is a community-maintained continuation of the original, popular but abandoned homebridge-tuya plugin, addding Homebridge 2.0 support, new Tuya protocols and devices, and more.

Compared to the other verified Tuya plugins, it uses LAN-only offline communication with Tuya devices on the network, as opposed to Tuya’s cloud/WAN communication.

For comparison, the currently verified Tuya plugins include:

Legend

✅ - Verified and actively maintained
❌ - Verified but abandoned
⬜ - Unverified plugin

• ❌ homebridge-tuya-platform - the official Tuya Homebridge plugin. It uses Tuya’s cloud/WAN API and appears to be abandoned, with last activity around 3 years ago.

  • ✅ homebridge-tuya-platform-talrhvfork - an actively maintained fork of homebridge-tuya-platform.

  • ✅ @0x5e/homebridge-tuya-platform - an actively maintained fork of homebridge-tuya-platform.

    • ✅ @homebridge-plugins/homebridge-tuya - an actively maintained fork of @0x5e/homebridge-tuya-platform with some fixes.

• ❌ @milo526/homebridge-tuya-web - a plugin that uses Tuya’s web API. Apart from dependency upgrades, it appears to be abandoned, with last real activity around 2 years ago.

• ❌ homebridge-tuya - the original popular LAN-based Tuya plugin, which appears to be abandoned, with last activity around 2 years ago.

  • ⬜ homebridge-tuya-plus - an actively maintained fork of homebridge-tuya. This is the plugin I'm requesting to verify.

Review the linked homebridge-tuya-plus repository against each verification requirement in this issue, then compare its LAN-only scope with the listed verified Tuya plugins. Confirm that the plugin satisfies the checklist and determine whether it should be added to the verified plugin information.