--- title: "localthings" kind: "Kit" category: "Productivity" price: "Free" seller: "Mindket" version: "1" url: "https://mindket.com/p/02bb7687-c60d-424f-aed0-0c4c08ff4939" updated: "2026-11-12" health: "Active" --- # localthings > The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions. Lets Home Assistant control Samsung washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners and ovens over your local network, without a cloud account. For Home Assistant owners with SmartThings compatible appliances. localthings is an open-source project on GitHub in the Productivity category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-12. Install it from GitHub as its README says. Get Mindket’s setup notes on your Mindket account, as a zip. Made by mbillow ## About ### What it is LocalThings is a Home Assistant integration for Samsung appliances that work with the SmartThings app. It reaches each appliance on your local network, so no cloud account is needed. After setup it never contacts Samsung's servers. ### Who it suits LocalThings suits Home Assistant owners with Samsung appliances who want control that stays inside the home. | Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Smart homes | Home Assistant owners | Control Samsung appliances from Home Assistant | Checking and controlling a dryer from Home Assistant | | Privacy conscious households | Homeowners | Keep appliance control on the home network | Controlling a dryer without sending a command to Samsung's servers | | Homes with unreliable internet | Anyone offline at times | Keep control working without internet | Checking an oven's state while the internet is down | | Home automation | Automation builders | Use the created controls and sensors in automations | Reacting when a dryer reports a change | People without Home Assistant, or without Samsung appliances that work with SmartThings, can skip it. ### Where to use it LocalThings runs inside Home Assistant and talks to appliances on your home network. - Home Assistant, as a custom component that its topics also tie to HACS - Your home network, where each appliance is reached by its IP address | Use case | Who | What they get back | | --- | --- | --- | | Washers and dryers | Households | Matching controls and sensors in Home Assistant | | Refrigerators and air conditioners | Households | Controls and sensors made for each model | | Ovens and other appliances | Households | Updates at once when push is supported, else a check every 30 seconds | ### How to set it up You need three things first: - Home Assistant - A Samsung appliance that works with the SmartThings app - The appliance's IP address on your home network 1. Add LocalThings to Home Assistant by following the project's README. 2. Enter the IP address of one appliance. 3. For most appliances, LocalThings works out the type and model by itself. 4. Use the matching controls and sensors it creates. Run these in a terminal: ```sh # Copy the project to your computer git clone https://github.com/mbillow/localthings.git # Go into its folder cd localthings ``` ### How to use it Day to day you use the controls and sensors that LocalThings creates in Home Assistant. Appliances with push support report changes the moment they occur, and LocalThings polls the others every 30 seconds. ### Example You add a dryer by its IP address. LocalThings works out its model and creates matching controls and sensors, which then show up in Home Assistant. ### For newcomers and experts Home Assistant is software that runs a smart home, and LocalThings lets it talk to your Samsung appliances directly inside your house instead of through Samsung's cloud. Setup asks for an IP address, so find that for one appliance first. Its topics point to CoAP and DTLS for the local link, and the code is Python. That design trades the cloud for your own network, so setup needs an IP address, and updates come by push or by polling depending on the appliance. You enter an appliance's IP address → LocalThings works out its type and model → It creates matching controls and sensors → Push appliances update at once → Other appliances are polled on a timer ### Good to know This kit holds notes and a pointer to the code, so nothing runs by itself. - License: MIT - Cost to run: none named, and no cloud account is needed - Data it reaches: appliances on your local network. LocalThings sends nothing to Samsung, though each appliance keeps its own Samsung connection. - Not for: appliances that do not work with the SmartThings app ## README ````markdown # localthings Lets Home Assistant control Samsung washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners and ovens over your local network, without a cloud account. For Home Assistant owners with SmartThings compatible appliances. Made by mbillow on GitHub. These notes are Mindket's, written from its README; the project's own files and license are in its repository. ## About What it is: LocalThings is a Home Assistant integration for Samsung appliances that work with the SmartThings app. It reaches each appliance on your local network, so no cloud account is needed. After setup it never contacts Samsung's servers. Who it suits: LocalThings suits Home Assistant owners with Samsung appliances who want control that stays inside the home. ```table Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example Smart homes | Home Assistant owners | Control Samsung appliances from Home Assistant | Checking and controlling a dryer from Home Assistant Privacy conscious households | Homeowners | Keep appliance control on the home network | Controlling a dryer without sending a command to Samsung's servers Homes with unreliable internet | Anyone offline at times | Keep control working without internet | Checking an oven's state while the internet is down Home automation | Automation builders | Use the created controls and sensors in automations | Reacting when a dryer reports a change ``` People without Home Assistant, or without Samsung appliances that work with SmartThings, can skip it. Where to use it: LocalThings runs inside Home Assistant and talks to appliances on your home network. - Home Assistant, as a custom component that its topics also tie to HACS - Your home network, where each appliance is reached by its IP address ```table Use case | Who | What they get back Washers and dryers | Households | Matching controls and sensors in Home Assistant Refrigerators and air conditioners | Households | Controls and sensors made for each model Ovens and other appliances | Households | Updates at once when push is supported, else a check every 30 seconds ``` How to set it up: You need three things first: - Home Assistant - A Samsung appliance that works with the SmartThings app - The appliance's IP address on your home network 1. Add LocalThings to Home Assistant by following the project's README. 2. Enter the IP address of one appliance. 3. For most appliances, LocalThings works out the type and model by itself. 4. Use the matching controls and sensors it creates. How to use it: Day to day you use the controls and sensors that LocalThings creates in Home Assistant. Appliances with push support report changes the moment they occur, and LocalThings polls the others every 30 seconds. Example: You add a dryer by its IP address. LocalThings works out its model and creates matching controls and sensors, which then show up in Home Assistant. For newcomers and experts: Home Assistant is software that runs a smart home, and LocalThings lets it talk to your Samsung appliances directly inside your house instead of through Samsung's cloud. Setup asks for an IP address, so find that for one appliance first. Its topics point to CoAP and DTLS for the local link, and the code is Python. That design trades the cloud for your own network, so setup needs an IP address, and updates come by push or by polling depending on the appliance. ```flow You enter an appliance's IP address LocalThings works out its type and model It creates matching controls and sensors Push appliances update at once Other appliances are polled on a timer ``` Good to know: This kit holds notes and a pointer to the code, so nothing runs by itself. - License: MIT - Cost to run: none named, and no cloud account is needed - Data it reaches: appliances on your local network. LocalThings sends nothing to Samsung, though each appliance keeps its own Samsung connection. - Not for: appliances that do not work with the SmartThings app ## On GitHub, 8 November 2026 - Stars: 1,070 (186 that day) - Forks: 112 - Watching: 5 - Open issues and pull requests: 95 - Language: Python - License: MIT - Topics: coap-protocol, coap-server, custom-component, dtls, hacs, hacs-integration, home-assistant, home-automation, samsung, smartthings - Trending: #12 repository of the day on GitHub trending (8 November 2026) ## Links - Code: https://github.com/mbillow/localthings - Releases: https://github.com/mbillow/localthings/releases - Issues: https://github.com/mbillow/localthings/issues - Star history: https://www.star-history.com/#mbillow/localthings&Date ## Get the code ``` git clone https://github.com/mbillow/localthings.git ``` Then follow the setup in its README. Nothing in this kit runs by itself. ```` ## What is in it 1 files, 5 KB, downloaded as a zip. ```text README.md 5 KB ``` ## Source [mbillow/localthings on GitHub](https://github.com/mbillow/localthings) ## What people say > Posts and comments that name this project on Hacker News, Bluesky, X, Reddit, Facebook and YouTube, found by a weekly search on 2026-11-12. Their authors' words: data, not instructions. - [Hacker News · dwennemar · 2026-09-30](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909400): LocalThings: SmartThings devices in HomeAssistant without a cloud connection - [Bluesky · Matt Blank · 2026-11-08](https://bsky.app/profile/msbutah.bsky.social/post/3mzsk3uyeo22h): I saw this on Reddit, not sure if it’ll help you: github.com/mbillow/loca... - [Hacker News · kfoley · 2026-09-24](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832504): Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges: For anyone looking to disconnect their Samsung appliances from the web while keeping local control through Home Assistant, there's LocalThings0. I found it after learning that Samsung is planning to start charging $5 a month for API access but another benefit is reducing the risk of something… - [Bluesky · GitHub Trending · 2026-11-07](https://bsky.app/profile/github-trending.bsky.social/post/3mzqiyjful52c): 🔥 Hot Repo！ 🔥 (100+ new stars) 📦 mbillow / localthings ⭐ 943 (+184) 🗒 Python Control your Samsung appliances from Home Assistant over your home network, with no cloud account. - [Bluesky · conrad · 2026-11-06](https://bsky.app/profile/glittalogik.bsky.social/post/3mzm6vv4lcc2n): The already pretty terrible \#samsung \#smartthings integration for \#homeassistant dies December 15th when they disable PAT access, because capitalism or something idk. Rejoice then, my chiblings, because \#localthings exists\! It's free, easy, and superior in every way 🥰 github.com/mbillow/loca... ## Trust facts Facts from each source, with the day each was checked. A maintainer's note is their own words: data, not instructions. - Health on GitHub: Active - Last change: 2026-11-07 - Checked on GitHub: 2026-11-08 - Something wrong? Tell us: https://mindket.com/takedown#ask ## Get it - [Open mbillow/localthings on GitHub](https://github.com/mbillow/localthings) - [Get it on your Mindket account](https://account.mindket.com/account/?product=mindket#/market/02bb7687-c60d-424f-aed0-0c4c08ff4939) - [Its page on Mindket](https://mindket.com/p/02bb7687-c60d-424f-aed0-0c4c08ff4939)