--- title: "Samba share" description: "Samba share is an app for Home Assistant. It has 113k installs sharing analytics and was last updated October 26, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # Samba share > Samba share is an app for Home Assistant. It has 113k installs sharing analytics and was last updated October 26, 2026. Samba share is an app that exposes Home Assistant folders over SMB/CIFS to other devices on the network. It runs on Home Assistant OS on aarch64 and amd64 hardware, uses the host network directly, and has no sidebar page of its own. Setup is done in the app configuration, where a username, password, workgroup, enabled shares and allowed hosts are set. The username and password are separate from the Home Assistant login. Optional settings hide unwanted files such as macOS and Windows temporary files, enable legacy protocol and NetBIOS support for older clients, and improve interoperability with Apple devices. Network discovery through Web Services Dynamic Discovery lets the host appear in Windows File Explorer, and a server signing option sets the SMB signing requirement. Automatic summary of the docs and configuration of home-assistant/apps. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/supervisor_app/?app=core_samba) Apps need Home Assistant OS. Container and Core installs cannot run them. ## Supports - **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release. ## Setting it up Install it under Settings, Apps, then start it. ## Permissions - **Host network**: Uses the host's network directly instead of its own. - **Supervisor API**: Can talk to the Supervisor, which manages apps and the system. ## Configuration - **Username**: The username you would like to use to authenticate with the Samba server. - **Password**: The password that goes with the username configured for authentication. - **Workgroup**: Change WORKGROUP to reflect your network needs. - **Enabled Shares - allowed values are: local\_apps, app\_configs, backup, config, media, share, or ssl.**: List of file shares to make available. Adding a share requires typing its name to add it. The legacy names addons and addon\_configs are still accepted and map to local\_apps and app\_configs for backward compatibility. Only these values are allowed; the configuration cannot be saved if any other value is in the list. - **Enable Compatibility Mode**: Enable this to use old legacy Samba protocols on the Samba app. - **Enable Compatibility Settings for Apple Devices**: Enable Samba configurations to improve interoperability with Apple devices. May cause issues with file systems that do not support xattr such as exFAT. - **Enable NetBIOS over IP**: Enable NetBIOS over IP for legacy SMB clients (Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and LanManager clients). Disable to improve security and performance if you do not have legacy SMB clients. - **Local master**: When NetBIOS is enabled, try and become a local master browser on a subnet. - **Enable network discovery**: Advertise the host with Web Services Dynamic Discovery so it appears automatically under Network in Windows File Explorer. Disable if you connect by hostname or IP address and do not want the host to announce itself on the network. Shares stay reachable either way. - **Server signing**: Configure SMB server message signing requirements. Refer to the smb.conf man page for more information. Only change this if you know your SMB clients can support it. - **Veto Files**: List of files that are neither visible nor accessible. - **Allowed Hosts**: List of hosts/networks allowed to access the shared folders. ## At a glance - Kind: App - Number: 113k installs sharing analytics - Connection: Connection not stated - Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant - Needs: Needs Home Assistant OS - Runs on: 64-bit ARM, x86-64 - Latest version: 12.10.0, last updated October 26, 2026 - Source: Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about) Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba --- - HTML version of this page: https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/samba - Site index for agents: https://vulpo.app/llms.txt - Everything in one document: https://vulpo.app/llms-full.txt - All pages: https://vulpo.app/sitemap.xml