--- title: "Imou Life" description: "Imou Life is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. Its installs are not shown, because another integration uses the same domain, imou_life. It needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated June 6, 2025." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/user2684-imou-life" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/user2684-imou-life.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # Imou Life > Imou Life is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. Its installs are not shown, because another integration uses the same domain, imou\_life. It needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated June 6, 2025. Imou Life is a custom integration for controlling Imou devices registered with the Imou Life app. It talks to the vendor's cloud API, using an app ID and app secret from an Imou developer account, and is configured through the UI. It adds binary sensors, buttons, cameras, selects, sensors, sirens and switches, so motion detection, the siren and other switches can be used from the frontend or in automations. It also covers image snapshots, video streaming, PTZ controls, push notifications and dormant devices. Options cover the polling interval, API timeout, callback URL, and waits before snapshots and after waking a dormant device. This is an unofficial integration, and development has stopped, so newer device models may not work fully. Automatic summary of the README and code of user2684/imou\_life. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=user2684&repository=imou_life&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=user2684&repository=imou_life&category=integration) ## Supports - **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Add Device - **Device ID** - **Rename as** ### Login - **API Base URL** - **Imou App ID** - **Imou App Secret** - **Discover registered devices** ### Discovered Devices - **Select the device to add:** - **Rename as** ### After setup - **Polling interval (seconds)** - **API timeout (seconds)** - **Callback URL** - **Wait before downloading camera snapshot (seconds)** - **Wait after waking up dormant device (seconds)** Texts from the code of [user2684/imou\_life](https://github.com/user2684/imou_life). ## Troubleshooting - **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report. ## From the README > PLEASE NOTE this is an UNOFFICIAL integration, NOT supported or validated by Imou or linked in any way to Imou. > > This integration is the result of the analysis of the public documentation released by Imou for its open platform and created before the vendor published its own official Home Assistant integration. Since this integration is based on information no more updated since 2021 it may not fully work with most recent devices and there is no way to support newer models since the documentation of the the APIs has not been made public by the vendor. > > - Configuration through the UI > - Auto discover registered devices > - Auto discover device capabilities and supported switches > - Sensors, binary sensors, select, buttons to control key features of each device > - Support for push notifications > - Image snapshots, video streaming and PTZ controls > - Support for dormant devices From the README of [user2684/imou\_life](https://github.com/user2684/imou_life#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Security and safety](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/security-and-safety.md), Cameras - Brand: [Imou](https://vulpo.app/integrations/imou.md) - Number: Installs not shown: shared domain imou\_life; 163 GitHub stars - Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud - Upkeep: No update in 6 to 18 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: 1.0.16, last updated June 6, 2025 - Domain: `imou_life` - Source: - Issues: In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Camera card, Button card, Select card, Apple Watch, Control Center ## Other ways in for Imou | Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Imou Life Official](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/imou-openplatform-imou-home-assistant.md) | Marketplace integration | Installs not shown: shared domain imou\_life | Needs the vendor's cloud | Updated in the last 6 months | | [Imou](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/imou.md) | Built-in integration | 519 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about) Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/user2684-imou-life --- - HTML version of this page: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/user2684-imou-life - Site index for agents: https://vulpo.app/llms.txt - Everything in one document: https://vulpo.app/llms-full.txt - All pages: https://vulpo.app/sitemap.xml