[HN Gopher] Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabli...
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Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only
operation
Author : freetonik
Score : 70 points
Date : 2025-10-20 11:08 UTC (4 days ago)
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| dang wrote:
| Related. Others?
|
| _Valetudo - Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-
| only operation_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38788326 -
| Dec 2023 (154 comments)
|
| _Valetudo - Free your vacuum cleaner from the cloud_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34287116 - Jan 2023 (45
| comments)
|
| _Valetudo: Open-source cloud replacement for vacuum robots_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31665872 - June 2022 (89
| comments)
|
| _Open Source privacy-friendly firmware replacement for Robot
| Vacuums (ie Roombas)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29308273 - Nov 2021 (1
| comment)
|
| _Valetudo is a cloud-free web interface for robot vacuum
| cleaners_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25856788 - Jan
| 2021 (20 comments)
| ItsABytecode wrote:
| I had a hard time parsing the title at first. I was like "I'm
| pretty sure vacuum robots have to be locally deployed"
| dugite-code wrote:
| Been running this for years. Absolutely fantastic, my vacuum has
| never touched the "cloud" and yet I can still run it remotely (or
| with "smart" run automations) via Homeassistant.
|
| It's the way IOT should be
| sandworm101 wrote:
| My cleaner robot isnt even connected to wifi. Why would it need
| to be? When i go to work, i hit the clean button. When i come
| back, my floors are clean. I honestly wonder what more one could
| ask from such a machine.
| estimator7292 wrote:
| Scheduling automatic runs.
| ishtanbul wrote:
| I have a schedule in home assistant for it to run on all
| weekdays at 1pm, except if my partner is home, it won't run.
| She is afraid of robots and i wouldnt hear the end of it if she
| encountered it and couldn't disable it. Home assistant knows if
| she is home based on her phone.
|
| I have been exploring valetudo because the roborock integration
| breaks pretty often. But it seems like a chore and could brick
| my robot.
| 05 wrote:
| Double check your vacuum model. I transformed my vacuum into a
| neat (well, not really) pile of parts in about an hour only to
| find mine isn't supported. Apparently S7 MaxV Ultra is a
| completely different PCB and SoC than the supported S7 variants
| (S7/S7 Pro Ultra). At least I cleaned it while disassembling, so
| it wasn't a total loss :)
|
| I briefly considered connecting an ESPHome module to the 'start'
| button so that I could at least start cleaning from Home
| Assistant, but since it still won't give me errors if there are
| any, that seems like a half assed thing to do..
| a2dam wrote:
| I think there's an actual Roborock integration for HA. I forget
| if it's official or on HACS, but I've used it and it worked
| well at the time. It requires cloud, which obviously isn't
| ideal, but better than nothing IMO.
| gh02t wrote:
| It's integrated into HA now as a core component, and it's not
| cloud it's a local (polling) integration. https://www.home-
| assistant.io/integrations/roborock/
| syntaxing wrote:
| I recently got an "older" generation robot vacuum for this
| reason. I wish the dreame debug board was more accessible. The
| designer and creator purposely made it this way so people would
| learn how to solder. I could solder but I no longer have the time
| or patience to source my own PCB and parts. Thankfully, someone
| sells one premade on Tindie.
| VTimofeenko wrote:
| There are IM groups where folks mail around breakout boards.
| There is, AFAIK, no point to the board after the inital
| rooting.
| dreamcompiler wrote:
| It's really shameful that the tech gods (i.e. us) have made it
| almost impossible to have useful technology that does our bidding
| without first signing over our privacy and sometimes our very
| personhood.
| mikeiz404 wrote:
| It is unfortunate.
|
| I think one must have a chat with our gods of capital in order
| to correct it. But I'm not sure they are listening.
| ellisd wrote:
| This software and the hacking scene around it are amazing!
|
| I've got a Dreame L10s Ultra based on the compatibly guide.
| Joined my local Telegram group, grabbed a USB board, and the same
| day was interfacing with the vacuum's Android OS. Once I started
| SSHing in to upload custom sounds, I couldn't stop. Way easier
| than I expected.
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