Rowan Hub v1.0.0

Rowan Hub v1.0.0

First public release.

Rowan Hub is a self-hosted Matter bridge that connects your smart home devices to Apple Home, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa simultaneously via a single QR code. Runs locally on any Linux machine — no cloud dependency, no skill certification required.

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What's included

Matter bridge

• Full Matter 1.x bridge via @matter/main 0.17.x
• Single commissioning QR code works for all platforms at once
• Multi-platform pairing window for adding a second or third platform after initial commissioning
• Scenes exposed as Matter switches, visible on all paired platforms

Plugins

• WLED — power, brightness, colour, presets as individual switches
• Tasmota — single and multi-channel relay control
• eWeLink — cloud API v2 with LAN fallback, single and multi-channel
• Shelly — Gen1 (HTTP) and Gen2 (WebSocket JSON-RPC), auto-detected
• MQTT — generic configurable driver (power, temperature, humidity)
• Zigbee2MQTT — auto-discovers capabilities from Z2M device registry
• Daikin — legacy firmware HTTP API

Web UI

• Dashboard with live device state, toggles, brightness sliders, colour picker, preset buttons
• Device management (add, edit, remove, enable/disable without config edits)
• Plugin management (enable/disable, edit global credentials)
• Scenes and automations (time-based + sunrise/sunset via suncalc)
• Streaming log console
• System page: commissioning QR code, pairing window, live stats, restart

HTTPS + PWA

• Self-signed TLS cert auto-generated on first start (port 3443)
• Installable as a home screen app on iPhone/iPad via Safari

Push notifications

• Device offline alerts
• Automation fired alerts
• Update available alerts (polls GitHub releases every 24h)

Automations

• Time-based rules
• Sunrise/sunset offset scheduling

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Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• PM2
• avahi-daemon (for Matter mDNS discovery)

See the README for full installation and configuration instructions.