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title: "Presence Simulation"
description: "Presence Simulation is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 6.8k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 21, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/slashback100-presence-simulation"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/slashback100-presence-simulation.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Presence Simulation

> Presence Simulation is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 6.8k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 21, 2026.

Presence Simulation is a Home Assistant integration that imitates someone being home while the house is empty. It reads the recorded state history of chosen entities and replays the same states from a set number of days earlier. It can switch lights, covers, media players, selects and other entities that can be turned on and off, and it also repeats light brightness and color when those attributes are stored in the recorder. Each simulation is a switch with its own entities, delta in days, refresh interval, an optional random delay for switching, and an option to restore states afterward. Further settings cover treating unavailable as off, light brightness, and an end date and time for the history used. It runs locally, is set up in the UI, and needs the recorder to keep more days of history than the delta.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=slashback100&repository=presence_simulation&category=integration)

On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=slashback100&repository=presence_simulation&category=integration)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
- **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

## Setting it up

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

### Connect

- **The name of the presence simulation switch**
- **Entity or group of entities**
- **Delta (in days)**
- **Refresh interval (in seconds)**
- **Restore state after simulation**
- **Add a random time for switching entities. This parameter define the max time in seconds**
- **Consider Unavailable status as Off**
- **Brightness to be used if light allows the feature**
- **End date of historic**
- **End time of historic**

### After setup

- **The name of the presence simulation switch**
- **Entity or group of entities**
- **Delta (in days)**
- **Refresh interval (in seconds)**
- **Restore state after simulation**
- **Add a random time for switching entities. This parameter define the max time in seconds**
- **Consider Unavailable status as Off**
- **Brightness to be used if light allows the feature**
- **End date of historic**
- **End time of historic**

Texts from the code of [slashback100/presence\_simulation](https://github.com/slashback100/presence_simulation).

## From the README

> Please:star: this repo if you find it useful
>
> This Home Assistant component aim to provide a presence simulation in your home while you are away. It will turn on & off lights, switches, covers... based on your history.

From the README of [slashback100/presence\_simulation](https://github.com/slashback100/presence_simulation#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Presence and location](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/presence-and-location.md)
- Number: 6.8k installs sharing analytics; 1.1k GitHub stars
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: v7.1, last updated October 21, 2026
- Domain: `presence_simulation`
- Source: <https://github.com/slashback100/presence_simulation>
- Issues: <https://github.com/slashback100/presence_simulation/issues>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/slashback100-presence-simulation

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