---
title: "Syslog Receiver"
description: "Syslog Receiver is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 199 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated June 23, 2026."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zollak-homeassistant-syslog-receiver"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zollak-homeassistant-syslog-receiver.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
---

# Syslog Receiver

> Syslog Receiver is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 199 installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated June 23, 2026.

Syslog Receiver is an integration that listens for syslog messages over UDP, TCP or TLS and passes them to Home Assistant. Incoming messages can be filtered by source IP address and by minimum severity before they are handled. Each accepted message fires an event on the Home Assistant event bus, which automations can use as a trigger. An optional sensor entity exposes the last received message. A character encoding can be chosen for decoding, with UTF-8 as the default, a list of common encodings and a custom entry, which helps with older devices that do not send UTF-8. It runs locally and is set up in the UI, with no YAML needed.

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On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=zollak&repository=homeassistant-syslog-receiver&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.

### Configure Syslog Receiver

- **Instance Name**
- **Host**
- **Port**
- **Protocol**
- **Use TLS**
- **Server Certificate File**
- **Private Key File**
- **Allowed IPs (comma-separated)**
- **Minimum Severity**
- **Enable Sensor Entity**

### After setup

- **Instance Name**
- **Host**
- **Port**
- **Protocol**
- **Use TLS**
- **Server Certificate File**
- **Private Key File**
- **Allowed IPs (comma-separated)**
- **Minimum Severity**
- **Enable Sensor Entity**

Texts from the code of [zollak/homeassistant-syslog-receiver](https://github.com/zollak/homeassistant-syslog-receiver).

## From the README

> This is a custom integration for Home Assistant which listens for incoming syslog messages over UDP, TCP, or TLS and can trigger automations via events or expose the messages via sensors.
>
> - Receive syslog messages over UDP, TCP, or encrypted TCP (TLS)
> - Filter incoming syslog messages based on the source IP address.
> - Filter syslog messages by severity.
> - Fire events on the Home Assistant event bus for automations
> - Optional sensor entity to expose last received message
> - UI-based setup and options flows (no YAML configuration)
> - Comprehensive logging and debugging support

From the README of [zollak/homeassistant-syslog-receiver](https://github.com/zollak/homeassistant-syslog-receiver#readme), [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html). Shortened.

## At a glance

- Kind: Marketplace integration
- Category: [Computers and network](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/computers-and-network.md), Monitoring
- Number: 199 installs sharing analytics; 25 GitHub stars
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months
- Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
- Latest version: v1.2.2, last updated June 23, 2026
- Domain: `syslog_receiver`
- Source: <https://github.com/zollak/homeassistant-syslog-receiver>
- Issues: <https://github.com/zollak/homeassistant-syslog-receiver/issues>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/zollak-homeassistant-syslog-receiver

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