--- title: "Hikvision Bridge" description: "Hikvision Bridge is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 60 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated November 8, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/yannik2480-hikvision-bridge" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/yannik2480-hikvision-bridge.md" last-updated: "2026-11-09" version: "1.4" --- # Hikvision Bridge > Hikvision Bridge is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 60 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated November 8, 2026. Hikvision Bridge connects Hikvision cameras, NVR/DVR recorders and video intercoms to Home Assistant locally over ISAPI. It receives events by push from the device's alert stream instead of polling, and adds live streams, detection switches, image settings and sensors for motion, tampering and licence plates. Recordings appear in the media browser by device, channel, day and kind, with a timeline viewer and a choice of playback formats. Encrypted recordings can be decrypted with the device's verification code, and recordings of a period can be saved to the media folder. Image settings are read from each camera's capabilities, and each change writes a single value and reads it back to confirm. Optional Hik-Connect support adds cloud status and security area management, and setup is done in the UI. Automatic summary of the README and code of yannik2480/hikvision\_bridge. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/support) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=yannik2480&repository=hikvision_bridge&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.10 or older? [Open it in HACS](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=yannik2480&repository=hikvision_bridge&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 a device - **Host**: IP address or host name of the camera or recorder. - **Port (optional)**: Leave empty for 80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS). - **Connection**: Automatic tries HTTPS first and falls back to HTTP only if HTTPS cannot connect. - **Verify HTTPS certificate** - **Username**: Each device can use its own user. A dedicated operator user is recommended. - **Password** Also asked when changing the connection. ### Hik-Connect - **Hik-Connect account (e-mail or phone)** - **Password** ### Verification code - **Code** ### Hik-Connect login - **Password** - **Verification code (only if asked)** ### Login failed - **Username** - **Password** ### After setup - **How events arrive**: The event stream needs no device change. The webhook requires the device to send to Home Assistant. - **Hold detections on for (seconds)**: Devices only report the start of many detections; the sensor stays on this long after the last report. - **RTSP port (optional)** - **RTSP transport** - **Separate sensors for people and vehicles** - **Playback in the media browser**: Recordings are H.265 or H.264. 'MP4 as recorded' starts at once, but browsers play H.265 only with hardware support. 'Convert to H.264' plays everywhere and needs a lot of CPU. 'Stream from the device' lets the device play the recording over RTSP. - **Recording times**: The clock the device gives its recording times on. 'Automatic' finds it out. If the timeline and the recording played are off by your time zone's offset, choose the other clock. - **Verification code (encrypted video)**: Used to decrypt recordings and local H.264 live video while keeping stream encryption enabled. Enter the device's verification code here to enable live decryption; audio and encrypted H.265 live video are not supported. Recordings can also use the code read from the device. - **Show the Hikvision panel in the sidebar**: Applies to all devices and accounts of this integration. The dashboard card stays available. - **Only administrators see the panel**: Users without administrator rights no longer see the panel. Applies to all devices and accounts. - **Try the live stream even with encryption on**: Try playing local RTSP live video even if the device reports Hik-Connect stream encryption as enabled. Many recorders only encrypt cloud streams, leaving local RTSP streams unencrypted. Texts from the code of [yannik2480/hikvision\_bridge](https://github.com/yannik2480/hikvision_bridge). ## Entities - **Binary sensors**: Motion, Tampering, Video loss, Scene change, Intrusion, Line crossing, Region entrance, Region exit, PIR, and 12 more - **Buttons**: Restart, Re-read capabilities, Open door (cloud), PTZ pan left, PTZ pan right, PTZ tilt up, PTZ tilt down, PTZ zoom in, PTZ zoom out, and 1 more - **Cameras**: Main stream, Sub stream, Third stream - **Events**: Detection, Cloud connection change, Doorbell - **Images**: Vehicle picture, License plate picture - **Numbers**: Day/night sensitivity, Day/night delay, White light brightness, IR light brightness, White light duration, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness, and 13 more - **Selects**: PTZ preset, Day/night mode, Supplement light, Light brightness control, WDR, Backlight compensation area, Noise reduction, Defog, White balance, and 8 more - **Sensors**: Event delay, Last boot, CPU load, Memory use, Reboots, IP address, License plate, Call status - **Switches**: Motion detection, Tampering detection, Scene change detection, Intrusion detection, Line crossing detection, Region entrance detection, Region exit detection, Backlight compensation, and 7 more ## Actions - **Enable event reporting**: Switches on the 'Notify surveillance center' linkage for detections that lack it. Runs as a preview unless 'Preview only' is off. Fields: Device, Preview only, Detections - **ISAPI request**: Sends one ISAPI request and returns the answer with secrets removed. Changing methods need confirmation. Fields: Device, Method, Path, Body, Confirm change - **PTZ move**: Moves a PTZ camera for a short time. Fields: Device, Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Duration - **PTZ preset**: Moves a PTZ camera to a stored preset. Fields: Device, Preset - **Set notification host**: Points one notification host slot of the device to this Home Assistant webhook. Fields: Device, Slot, Confirm change - **Search recordings**: Lists the recorded files of a camera or channel in a period. Fields: Device, Start, End, Source - **Save recording**: Saves the recordings of a period to the media folder 'hikvision\_bridge'. Fields: Device, Start, End, Source, Format, Trim to period - **Create cloud area**: Create a new security area (camera group) on a Hik-Connect device. Fields: Device, Device serial, Area name, Camera IDs - **Update cloud area**: Update an existing security area's cameras and name on Hik-Connect (recreates the area). Fields: Device, Device serial, Area ID, Area name, Camera IDs - **Delete cloud area**: Delete a security area from a Hik-Connect device. Fields: Device, Device serial, Area ID ## Troubleshooting - **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report. ## From the README > Local Home Assistant integration for Hikvision cameras, recorders (NVR/DVR) and video intercoms over ISAPI. > > Push events, live streams, recordings with a timeline viewer, detection switches and image settings, From the README of [yannik2480/hikvision\_bridge](https://github.com/yannik2480/hikvision_bridge#readme), [Apache License 2.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Security and safety](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/security-and-safety.md), Cameras - Brand: [Hikvision](https://vulpo.app/integrations/hikvision.md) - Number: 60 installs sharing analytics; 21 GitHub stars - Connection: Works locally - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: v0.9.19, last updated November 8, 2026 - Domain: `hikvision_bridge` - Source: - Issues: - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/ef8d1faf81e7edcb.webp (from yannik2480/hikvision\_bridge's README) - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/389df8906a003c25.webp (from yannik2480/hikvision\_bridge's README) In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Alarm Panel card (Pro), Camera card, Button card, Apple Watch, Control Center ## Other ways in for Hikvision | Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Hikvision](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/hikvision.md) | Built-in integration | 4.3k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant | | [Hikvision NVR / IP Camera](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/maciej-or-hikvision-next.md) | Marketplace integration | 3.1k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | No update in 6 to 18 months | | [Hik-Connect](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/tomasbedrich-home-assistant-hikconnect.md) | Marketplace integration | 1.1k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Updated in the last 6 months | | [Hikvision](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/hikvisioncam.md) | Built-in integration | 202 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant | | [Hikvision Doorbell](https://vulpo.app/integrations/apps/hikvision-doorbell.md) | App | 1.5k installs sharing analytics | Connection not stated | Updated in the last 6 months | Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. 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