---
title: "Kodi"
description: "Kodi is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 6.9k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/kodi"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/kodi.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# Kodi

> Kodi is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 6.9k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Kodi is a built-in Home Assistant integration that connects to a Kodi media player over the local network. It adds the player as a media entity and provides a notifier platform for sending messages to it. Home Assistant can discover the system on the network and offer to add it, and setup is done in the UI with host, port, optional login details and an SSL option. One action adds music to the default playlist, and another calls a Kodi JSONRPC method with optional parameters. Results of a method call are returned as a Home Assistant event, which lets automations react to them. Turned on and turned off device triggers can start automations directly.

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

## 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.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Device triggers**: Its devices can start automations directly.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### Connect

- **Host**: The hostname or IP address of the system hosting your Kodi server.
- **Port**
- **Uses an SSL certificate**

### Sign in

- **Password**
- **Username**

### Ws port

- **Port**

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

## Actions

- **Add to playlist**: Adds music to the default playlist (i.e. playlistid=0).
  Fields: Artist name, Media ID, Media name, Media type
- **Call method**: Calls a Kodi JSONRPC API method with optional parameters. Results of the Kodi API call will be redirected in a Home Assistant event: kodi\_call\_method\_result.
  Fields: Method

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md), TV and streaming
- Brand: [Kodi](https://vulpo.app/integrations/kodi.md)
- Number: 6.9k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `kodi`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/kodi/>

In Vulpo: Media Player card, Apple Watch

## Other ways in for Kodi

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kodi Media Sensors](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/jtbgroup-kodi-media-sensors.md) | Marketplace integration | 170 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Kodi Recently Added Media](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/boralyl-kodi-recently-added.md) | Marketplace integration | 78 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Kodi Search Card](https://github.com/jtbgroup/kodi-search-card) | Dashboard card | 12 GitHub stars | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Kodi Playlist Card](https://github.com/jtbgroup/kodi-playlist-card) | Dashboard card | 4 GitHub stars | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Kodi Recently Added Component](https://github.com/custom-components/sensor.kodi_recently_added) | Marketplace integration | Installs not shown: shared domain kodi\_recently\_added | Connection not stated | Removed from the Marketplace: Repository is archived |

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

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