Bifrost Bridge

Bifrost enables you to emulate a Philips Hue Bridge to control lights, groups and scenes from Zigbee2Mqtt.

If you are already familiar with DiyHue, you might like to read the comparison with DiyHue.

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Installation guide

There are currently two ways you can install Bifrost.

1. Install manualy from source (for now, this is the preferred method)
2. Install it via Docker (still WIP, some aspects may not be optimal for now)

Manual

To install Bifrost from source, you will need the following:

1. The rust language toolchain (https://rustup.rs/)
2. At least one zigbee2mqtt server to connect to
3. The MAC address of the network interface you want to run the server on

When you have these things available, install bifrost:

cargo install --git https://github.com/chrivers/bifrost.git

After Cargo has finished downloading, compiling, and installing Bifrost, you should have the "bifrost" command available to you.

The last step is to create a configuration for bifrost, config.yaml.

Here's a minimal example:

bridge:
  name: Bifrost
  mac: 00:11:22:33:44:55
  ipaddress: 10.12.0.20
  netmask: 255.255.255.0
  gateway: 10.12.0.1
  timezone: Europe/Copenhagen

z2m:
  server1:
    url: ws://10.0.0.100:8080

Please adjust this as needed. Particularly, make sure the "mac:" field matches a mac address on the network interface you want to serve requests from.

This mac address if used to generate a self-signed certificate, so the Hue App will recognize this as a "real" Hue Bridge. If the mac address is incorrect, this will not work. How to find your mac address.

Now you can start Bifrost. Simple start the "bifrost" command from the same directory where you put the config.yaml:

bifrost

At this point, the server should start: (log timestamps omitted for clarity)

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  ===================================================================

  DEBUG bifrost > Configuration loaded successfully
  DEBUG bifrost::server::certificate > Found existing certificate for bridge id [001122fffe334455]
  DEBUG bifrost::state               > Existing state file found, loading..
  INFO  bifrost::mdns                > Registered service bifrost-001122334455._hue._tcp.local.
  INFO  bifrost                      > Serving mac [00:11:22:33:44:55]
  DEBUG bifrost::state               > Loading certificate from [cert.pem]
  INFO  bifrost::server              > http listening on 10.12.0.20:80
  INFO  bifrost::server              > https listening on 10.12.0.20:443
  INFO  bifrost::z2m                 > [server1] Connecting to ws://10.0.0.100:8080
  DEBUG tungstenite::handshake::client > Client handshake done.
  DEBUG tungstenite::handshake::client > Client handshake done.
  DEBUG bifrost::z2m                   > [server1] Ignoring unsupported device Coordinator
  INFO  bifrost::z2m                   > [server1] Adding light IeeeAddress(000000fffe111111): [office_1] (TRADFRI bulb GU10 CWS 345lm)
  INFO  bifrost::z2m                   > [server1] Adding light IeeeAddress(222222fffe333333): [office_2] (TRADFRI bulb GU10 CWS 345lm)
  INFO  bifrost::z2m                   > [server1] Adding light IeeeAddress(444444fffe555555): [office_3] (TRADFRI bulb GU10 CWS 345lm)
...

The log output shows Bifrost talking with zigbee2mqtt, and finding some lights to control (office_{1,2,3}).

At this point, you're running a Bifrost bridge.

The Philips Hue app should be able to find it on your network!

Docker

Warning

Docker support was merged recently. If you encounter any bugs, or have suggestions, feel free to leave your feedback here.

To install Bifrost with Docker, you will need the following:

1. At least one zigbee2mqtt server to connect to
2. The MAC address of the network interface you want to run the server on
3. A running Docker instance with Docker-Compose installed
4. Have git installed to clone this repository

When you have these things available, you can install Bifrost by running these commands:

git clone https://github.com/chrivers/bifrost
cd bifrost

Then rename or copy our config.example.yaml:

cp config.example.yaml config.yaml

And edit it with your favorite editor to your liking (see configuration reference).

If you want to put your configuration file or the certificates Bifrost creates somewhere else, you also need to adjust the mount paths in the docker-compose.yaml. Otherwise, just leave the default values.

Now you are ready to run the app with:

docker compose up -d

This will build and then start the app on your Docker instance.

To view the logs, use a tool like Portainer or run the following command:

docker logs bifrost

Configuration

See configuration reference.

Problems? Questions? Feedback?

Please note: Bifrost is a very young project. Some things are incomplete, and/or broken when they shouldn't be.

Consider joining us on discord:

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions, feel free to create an issue on this project.

Also, pull requests are always welcome!