
Xiaomi Camera go2rtc Setup: Local RTSP Without the Cloud
How go2rtc's native Xiaomi source pulls Mi/Mijia camera video onto your LAN, what still touches Xiaomi's servers, and which models actually work.

How go2rtc's native Xiaomi source pulls Mi/Mijia camera video onto your LAN, what still touches Xiaomi's servers, and which models actually work.

Not every Mi Home 'gateway' runs automations locally. Learn to tell hub, sub-gateway, and blind gateway apart before building a local-first setup.

Xiaomi open-sourced ha_xiaomi_home. Here's what its local mode really requires, why most readers outside China won't get it, and what to use instead.

Set up the Xiaomi ZNCZ02LM Zigbee smart plug in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT. No cloud, no Mi Home app. Includes the voltage-reporting batch quirk explained.

Flash pvvx custom firmware on the Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC and add it to Home Assistant locally via BTHome — no Mi Home app, no cloud dependency.

VLAN isolation breaks Aqara hub discovery and Xiaomi Miio control. The fix is mDNS reflection, outbound NAT, and firewall rules in the right order.