SSH for Home Assistant (Marketplace integration)

Installs: Not shown: shared domain ssh
GitHub stars: 167
Connection: Works locally
Upkeep: No update in 6 to 18 months
Version: v1.3.1, June 9, 2025
Category: Computers and network, Cloud and developer tools
Kind: Marketplace integration
Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
Domain: ssh
Source: github.com/zhbjsh/homeassistant-ssh
Issues: Report an issue

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

About

SSH is an integration that controls and monitors devices by running terminal commands over SSH. It connects locally and supports password or key file authentication, and several devices can be added at once. It creates sensors, binary sensors, texts, selects, numbers, switches, buttons and updates from command output, and one command can feed several sensors. Default command sets for Linux and Windows add sensors such as CPU load, free memory and temperature, and allow shutting down and restarting the device. Commands can use templates, and devices can be turned on by Wake on LAN using the MAC address. Turning a device off is disabled until an option allows it, and a power button can replace the switch. Setup and later command edits are done in the UI, and it needs the Marketplace.

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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.

Provides

Switches
Sensors

Setting it up

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

Connect

Automatically add key to host keys file
Default commands
Host
Host keys file
Invoke shell (experimental)
Key file
Load system host keys
Password
Port
Username

MAC address

Mac address

Name

Name

After setup

Action commands
Allow to turn the device off
Command timeout
Disconnect between commands
Use power button instead of switch
Reset commands
Sensor commands
Update interval
Reset the default commands
Remove all custom commands

Texts from the code of zhbjsh/homeassistant-ssh.

From the README

This custom integration allows you to control and monitor devices in Home Assistant by executing terminal commands via SSH. It uses the paramiko library and works in a similar way as the official Command Line integration.
SSH authentication with username/password or key file.
Connect to multiple devices at the same time.
Generate sensor, binary sensor, text, select, number, switch and update entities.
Default commands for Linux and Windows included and available without configuration.
Edit all commands and settings from the UI.
Get the value of multiple sensors from the output of a single command.
Use dynamic sensors to automatically add/remove entities.
Render commands and sensor values with templates.
Poll sensors manually by calling a service.
Include sensor values in commands and update them automatically when executing.
Turn on devices by Wake on LAN.

From the README of zhbjsh/homeassistant-ssh, MIT License. Shortened.