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title: "Collection image"
description: "Collection image is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 93 installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/collection-image"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/collection-image.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Collection image

> Collection image is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 93 installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Collection image is a built-in integration that exposes images from a chosen media location as an image entity. It works locally and is set up in the user interface by picking the media where the images are retrieved from. Actions change which image the entity shows: first, last, next, previous, or a specific selected image. A shuffle action switches the entity to a random image from the configured media. The connection settings can be changed later without removing the integration.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=collection_image)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Change settings later**: Its connection settings can change without removing it.
- **Silver quality**: Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Connect

- **Media**: The media where images will be retrieved from.

Also asked when changing the connection.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Actions

- **Select first**: Updates the image entity to the first image in the configured media.
- **Select image**: Updates the image entity to the selected image.
  Fields: Image
- **Select last**: Updates the image entity to the last image in the configured media.
- **Select next**: Updates the image entity to the next image in the configured media.
  Fields: Wrap
- **Select previous**: Updates the image entity to the previous image in the configured media.
  Fields: Wrap
- **Shuffle**: Updates the image entity to a random image from the configured media.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Number: 93 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Quality scale: Silver quality scale
- Domain: `collection_image`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/collection_image/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/collection-image

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