Tapo: Cameras Control for Home Assistant (Marketplace integration)

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GitHub stars: 2k
Connection: Not stated
Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
Version: 7.2.13, October 23, 2026
Category: Security and safety, Cameras
Kind: Marketplace integration
Brand: TP-Link
Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
Domain: tapo_control
Source: github.com/JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control
Issues: Report an issue

Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation.

About

Tapo: Cameras Control is a custom integration that adds TP-Link Tapo cameras, doorbells and chimes to Home Assistant. It provides camera, light, siren, switch, button, number, select, sensor, binary sensor and update entities for the devices. Devices are set up in the interface, and Home Assistant can discover them on the network when they reconnect to WiFi. Options cover motion detection, webhooks, time synchronisation, sound threshold detection, custom stream links and the RTSP transport used for video. A media browser setting controls the order of days and recordings, and it can keep thumbnails cached. An action sets the camera recording schedule, provided the camera supports recording plans.

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Supports

Found by itself Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
From the Marketplace Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
Actively maintained Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

Provides

Lights
Cameras
Switches
Sensors

Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

Sign in

Username
Password
Skip RTSP check; If checked, credentials will not be verified against RTSP stream and camera stream might not work. This is useful if camera does not support RTSP stream but allows control. Stream can be also unavailable for example if both Tapo Care recordings and SD card recordings are turned on.

Ip

IP Address
Control Port

Auth klap

E-mail
Password

Auth cloud password

Username
Cloud Password

Also asked when at the auth optional cloud step.

Other options

Enable motion sensor
Enable webhooks
Automatically synchronise time
Use Stream from Home Assistant (restart required)
Enable sound threshold detection (restart required)
[Sound Detection] Peak in dB. 0 is very loud and -100 is low.
[Sound Detection] How long the noise needs to be over the peak to trigger the state.
[Sound Detection] The time to reset the state after no new noise is over the peak.
Extra arguments for ffmpeg (restart required)
Custom stream link (HD)
Custom stream link (SD)
Custom stream link (Telephoto HD)
Custom stream link (Telephoto SD)
RTSP transport mechanism

Sign in again

Camera Account - Username
Camera Account - Password

Sign in again

Cloud Password

After setup

Action
Enable sound threshold detection (restart required)
[Sound Detection] Peak in dB. 0 is very loud and -100 is low.
[Sound Detection] How long the noise needs to be over the peak to trigger the state.
[Sound Detection] The time to reset the state after no new noise is over the peak.
Order of days in Media Browser
Order of recordings in Media Browser
Number of hours to keep synchronized
Cold storage path
Cache thumbnailsKeep thumbnails for recordings whose videos have not been downloaded. When off, these thumbnails expire after about 5 minutes.
Preload thumbnailsFetch thumbnails during startup scans only when caching is also enabled. With caching off, fetch only while browsing. When preloading is off, fetch only while browsing if caching is enabled. Turn both options off to show thumbnails only for downloaded videos.
Minimum update interval when powered from mains
Minimum update interval when powered by solar or battery
Number of hours to add during DST
Number of hours to add outside of DST
Automatically synchronise time
IP Address
Control Port
Username
Password
Enable motion sensor
Enable webhooks
Use Stream from Home Assistant (restart required)
Show camera on map
Cloud Password (Optional)
Extra arguments for ffmpeg (restart required)
Custom stream link (HD)
Custom stream link (SD)
Custom stream link (Telephoto HD)
Custom stream link (Telephoto SD)
RTSP transport mechanism

Texts from the code of JurajNyiri/HomeAssistant-Tapo-Control.

Entities

LightsNightlight

Actions

Set recording planSets the camera recording schedule. Omitted days stay unchanged; an empty list clears a day. Times use the camera local time. Requires recording-plan support.Fields: Enabled, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday