---
title: "Rachio"
description: "Rachio is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 7.3k installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/rachio"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/rachio.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# Rachio

> Rachio is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 7.3k installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud.

Rachio is a built-in integration that connects Rachio irrigation controllers to Home Assistant through the vendor's cloud. It adds binary sensors for flow and rain, switches for rain delay and standby, and calendars. Zones can also be controlled with switches, and an option sets how many minutes a zone runs when its switch is turned on. Actions cover starting a single zone, a schedule or smart hose timers, starting several zones as a custom schedule, pausing, resuming and stopping watering, and setting zone moisture percentage. Zones started together should be on the same controller to avoid issues. Setup happens in the interface with an API key, and Home Assistant can discover the device on the network and offer to add it.

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

## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **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.
- **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 to your Rachio device

- **API key**

### After setup

- **Duration in minutes to run when activating a zone switch**

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

## Entities

- **Binary sensors**: Flow, Rain
- **Switches**: Rain delay, Standby

## Actions

- **Pause watering**: Pauses any currently running zones or schedules.
  Fields: Devices, Duration
- **Resume watering**: Resumes any paused zone runs or schedules.
  Fields: Devices
- **Set zone moisture percent**: Sets the moisture percentage of a zone or list of zones.
  Fields: Percent
- **Start multiple zones**: Creates a custom schedule of zones and runtimes. Note that all zones should be on the same controller to avoid issues.
  Fields: Duration
- **Start watering**: Starts a single zone, a schedule or any number of smart hose timers.
  Fields: Duration
- **Stop watering**: Stops any currently running zones or schedules.
  Fields: Devices

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Garden and plants](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/garden-and-plants.md)
- Brand: [Rachio](https://vulpo.app/integrations/rachio.md)
- Number: 7.3k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `rachio`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rachio/>

In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Calendar card, Apple Watch, Control Center

## Other ways in for Rachio

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rachio Irrigation Card](https://github.com/jpitty03/rachio-irrigation-card) | Dashboard card | 1 GitHub stars | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months |

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

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