Hubitat is a smart home platform from Hubitat, Inc. in the United States, delivered as the Hubitat Elevation hub. Automations run on the hub itself rather than in a cloud, and the hub is set up through its own web interface with an optional mobile app.
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Hubitat is a hardware hub: Z-Wave, Zigbee and Matter devices pair to the hub, built-in apps such as Rule Machine and Hubitat Dashboard handle automations and control, and voice assistants link through built-in apps. Hubitat describes this as local processing, with no subscription required for ongoing use. Optional paid services cover remote admin and cloud backup.
That suits people who want rules and device control to keep running on a local box and who are comfortable with a web-based admin interface and, if needed, community-written Groovy apps and drivers. It is weaker for anyone who wants a software-only install or a Thread/Matter-bridge role. On the pages read, the standard hubs have no Thread radio, and Hubitat's own staff post says the hub is a Matter controller and not a Matter bridge.
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Hubitat's free mobile app for controlling devices connected to a Hubitat hub from home or remotely. The App Store listing names Hubitat, Inc as developer and lists a home screen, device control, dashboards, geofence presence, push notifications and remote monitoring. Hubitat's product page says an Android version exists, but a Google Play link could not be verified.
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| Platform | Status | What it means | Sources |
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| Hardware, editions and installation | |||
| Hubitat Elevation C-8 Pro | Official | Listed with a Z-Wave 800-series radio including Z-Wave Long Range (US 908.4 MHz), Zigbee 3.0, Matter controller support (the product page says Matter 1.5), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Ethernet, external antennas, a 2.0 GHz processor and 2 GB RAM. Hubitat says automations run locally and that no subscription is required for ongoing use. Two official pages show different US prices, so no price is stated here. | C-8 Pro US product page Hubitat hubs |
| Hubitat Elevation C-8 Pro with Thread (Special Edition) | Official | A limited edition C-8 Pro sold only through hubitat.com while supplies last. Its Thread radio replaces the usual Zigbee radio. A Hubitat staff reply in the community thread says it adds built-in Thread Border Router capability and lets Thread devices connect to the hub's Matter server. The same thread says the feature list wrongly still showed Zigbee. Required firmware and Zigbee handling were not stated. | Hubitat products Staff announcement (20 Aug 2026) Thread comes to Hubitat |
| Hubitat Elevation C-8 | Official | Same radio set as the C-8 Pro on Hubitat's hub comparison (Z-Wave 800-series with Long Range, Zigbee 3.0, Matter controller, Wi-Fi, Ethernet), with a 1.4 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM. On the products page it appeared only as a certified refurbished unit. | Hubitat hubs Hubitat products |
| Hubitat Elevation C-7 | Official | Introduced in 2020 with the same features as the C-5 apart from a 700-series Z-Wave chip. Listed on the products page only as a certified refurbished unit. Hubitat says Z-Wave Long Range works only on the C-8 and C-8 Pro. Matter support for C-5 and C-7 was announced with release 2.3.8. | C-7 announcement (21 Jul 2020) Hubitat products Z-Wave Long Range press release Matter Support Released thread |
| Hubitat Elevation C-5 | Not mentioned | Older model. Release 2.5.2 notes list it among hubs that gained ZWave-JS, and the 2.3.8 Matter announcement covers it. No current sale page was found. | Release 2.5.2 notes |
| Installation and control | Official | Hubitat's own blog describes adding apps and integrations in the hub's web interface. The hubs have an Ethernet port and internal Wi-Fi. No software-only edition (for a PC, Raspberry Pi or virtual machine) was found on the Hubitat pages read. | Hubitat Google Home blog C-8 Pro US product page |
| Cloud services and subscriptions | Official | The product page says no subscription is needed for ongoing use and that optional paid subscriptions cover extended warranty, secure cloud backups and remote admin access. A Hubitat announcement of 8 October 2026 says Cloud Backup became Cloud Extend (encrypted cloud backups, hub migration, higher cloud request limit, no remote-dashboard timeout) and that every Remote Admin subscription includes it. Prices are not on the pages read. | C-8 Pro US product page Cloud Extend announcement |
| Protocols and ecosystems | |||
| Wi-Fi and Ethernet | Yes | The hub has Ethernet and internal Wi-Fi. Hubitat lists Wi-Fi among supported protocols on its home page. Matter devices that run over Wi-Fi or Ethernet can be added as Matter devices. | Hubitat home page C-8 Pro US product page |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Listed on the C-8 Pro product page. Release 2.5.2 notes mention Matter BLE commissioning handoffs and a separate Echo Bluetooth pairing mechanism. What Bluetooth is used for beyond this was not confirmed. | C-8 Pro US product page Release 2.5.2 notes |
| Zigbee | Yes | Zigbee 3.0 with external antenna on the C-8 and C-8 Pro. The Thread special edition replaces the Zigbee radio. Release 2.5.2 added Zigbee quality reporting to Maker API. | Hubitat hubs Release 2.5.2 notes |
| Z-Wave | Yes | 800-series radio on the C-8 and C-8 Pro, 700-series on the C-7. Z-Wave Long Range (up to 1.5 miles line of sight and over 2,000 devices per network, per Hubitat) works only on the C-8 and C-8 Pro. Release 2.5.2 notes add ZWave-JS availability on C-5, C-7 and C-8 hubs and local Z-Wave backup and restore. | Z-Wave Long Range press release Hubitat hubs Release 2.5.2 notes |
| Thread | Unconfirmed | The standard C-8 and C-8 Pro list no Thread radio, and community members state the standard hubs cannot do Thread. Only the special-edition C-8 Pro with Thread is described by Hubitat staff as a Thread Border Router. Thread-only (non-Matter) devices are not covered on the pages read. | Staff announcement (20 Aug 2026) Thread comes to Hubitat C-8 and Matter over Thread (community) |
| Matter | Official | Hubitat acts as a Matter controller; a Hubitat staff post of 18 December 2023 says the hub is not a Matter bridge and will not expose its Z-Wave or Zigbee devices to other Matter controllers. Matter devices need a driver, and Hubitat includes generic and some device-specific built-in drivers. That post said commissioning was not yet supported; release 2.5.2 notes (Sept-Oct 2026) mention Matter commissioning fixes and device firmware updates, so current commissioning behaviour should be checked in Hubitat's Matter documentation. Matter over Thread through a standard hub needs an external Thread Border Router. | Matter Explained (staff, 18 Dec 2023) Release 2.5.2 notes Hubitat Matter documentation |
| 433/868 MHz, infrared, KNX, MQTT | Unconfirmed | None of these appear on the Hubitat pages read. Z-Wave frequency is region-specific, which is separate from generic 433/868 MHz support. Not confirmed either way. | Searched, no source |
| Amazon Alexa | Official | Hubitat's blog (24 June 2024) describes enabling the Hubitat skill in the Alexa app, linking a Hubitat account and discovering devices; an Amazon Echo device is needed. Release 2.5.2 notes list Alexa skill hub mode support and Echo skill error fixes. Whether Alexa commands run locally or via the cloud was not stated on the pages read. | Alexa and Hubitat blog Voice assistants page Release 2.5.2 notes Alexa Skills store |
| Google Home | Official | Hubitat's blog (25 June 2024) describes a built-in Google Home app on the hub, then linking Hubitat under Works with Google in the Google Home app. Community members reported linking problems in August 2025 on one thread, with no staff reply shown there. Local or cloud processing of voice commands was not stated. | Google Home blog Where is the Google Home integration? (community) Google Home compatible devices |
| Apple Home / HomeKit | Official | Hubitat announced HomeKit integration on 22 November 2022 (beta from 2.3.4) and lists Apple HomeKit among integrations on its products page. Release 2.5.2 notes mention expanded HomeKit device support. A separate HomeKit Controller Integration page says it lets HomeKit devices pair directly to the hub. Details of the device types supported were not confirmed on an official page. | HomeKit announcement thread Hubitat products HomeKit Controller Integration docs Release 2.5.2 notes |
| Ring, Lutron, Sonos, Reolink | Official | The products page lists Ring and Lutron (with Lutron SmartBridge Pro required). Release 2.5.2 notes list a Sonos Integrator replacing the legacy Sonos integration and a new Reolink integration. | Hubitat products Release 2.5.2 notes |
| Samsung SmartThings, Philips Hue | Unconfirmed | Not searched individually on Hubitat's official pages, so no statement is made. | Searched, no source |
| Apps, integrations and developer access | |||
| Hubitat Elevation mobile app | Official | Free iOS app by Hubitat, Inc with device control, dashboards, geofence presence, push notifications and remote monitoring. Hubitat's home page says the app is on the App Store and Google Play; the Play listing itself was not opened. | App Store listing Hubitat home page |
| Hubitat Dashboard and Easy Dashboard | Official | Built-in dashboards with a grid of tiles, local and remote access, QR code or link sharing, per-user assignment, and phone, tablet or desktop use. Easy Dashboard (announced May 2024) builds dashboards by choosing devices and arranging tiles. | Hubitat Dashboard Z-Wave Long Range and Easy Dashboards release Easy Dashboard docs |
| Rule Machine and Basic Rule | Official | Rule Machine is built into the hub. A rule has an expression, trigger events and actions, with conditions, repeats, delays, hub variables and an API for control from other rules or over HTTP. Basic Rule is the page's suggestion for simple automations. | Rule Machine |
| Maker API | Official | A built-in RESTful HTTP API that reads device states and sends commands for the devices you authorize. Local and remote/cloud access can each be enabled or disabled, and device events can be pushed by HTTP POST to a URL you choose. Hubitat does not create or support the third-party apps built on it. | Maker API Maker API docs |
| Custom apps and drivers (Groovy) | Official | The product page says custom apps and drivers can be written in Groovy. Hubitat publishes developer documentation, including pages on building a simple app, device definitions and Matter and LAN drivers. User code is community-written and not supported as an official integration. | C-8 Pro US product page Developer documentation Building a simple app |
| Hubitat Package Manager (HPM) | Community | A community app, in the HubitatCommunity GitHub organization under a BSD-3-Clause license, that installs, uninstalls and updates third-party packages from within the hub. It is not published by Hubitat. | HPM on GitHub |
| App or integration store size | Not found | No official count of apps or integrations was found. Hubitat states only that its hubs support over 1,000 devices from 100+ brands (as shown on the hubs page we read). | Hubitat hubs |
| Homey | Community | A Homey app by an independent developer connects a Hubitat hub to Homey through Maker API. Its store page says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hubitat or Athom and lists Homey Cloud, Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server (Homey firmware 12.2.0 or newer); Homey Bridge is not listed. | Homey app page |
| Home Assistant | Community | No built-in Home Assistant integration was found. A community custom component for Hubitat is discussed in the Home Assistant community forum. | Custom Component: Hubitat |
| webCoRE | Community | Hubitat's documentation has a page for the community webCoRE automation app. Contents of the page could not be read, so scope and support are unconfirmed. | webCoRE docs page |
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Yes, officially. Hubitat acts as a Matter controller; a Hubitat staff post of 18 December 2023 says the hub is not a Matter bridge and will not expose its Z-Wave or Zigbee devices to other Matter controllers. Matter devices need a driver, and Hubitat includes generic and some device-specific built-in drivers. That post said commissioning was not yet supported; release 2.5.2 notes (Sept-Oct 2026) mention Matter commissioning fixes and device firmware updates, so current commissioning behaviour should be checked in Hubitat's Matter documentation. Matter over Thread through a standard hub needs an external Thread Border Router.
Yes, officially. Hubitat's blog (24 June 2024) describes enabling the Hubitat skill in the Alexa app, linking a Hubitat account and discovering devices; an Amazon Echo device is needed. Release 2.5.2 notes list Alexa skill hub mode support and Echo skill error fixes. Whether Alexa commands run locally or via the cloud was not stated on the pages read.
Yes, officially. Hubitat's blog (25 June 2024) describes a built-in Google Home app on the hub, then linking Hubitat under Works with Google in the Google Home app. Community members reported linking problems in August 2025 on one thread, with no staff reply shown there. Local or cloud processing of voice commands was not stated.
Yes, through a community-built integration. No built-in Home Assistant integration was found. A community custom component for Hubitat is discussed in the Home Assistant community forum.
Yes, through a community-built integration. A Homey app by an independent developer connects a Hubitat hub to Homey through Maker API. Its store page says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hubitat or Athom and lists Homey Cloud, Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server (Homey firmware 12.2.0 or newer); Homey Bridge is not listed.
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