Openhue

Controls Philips Hue smart lights, rooms, and scenes via the OpenHue CLI and a Hue Bridge. Use when the user asks to turn lights on or off, change brightness or color, activate a scene, list rooms, discover bridges, or manage smart lighting. Handles setup, querying light state, and adjusting individual or grouped lights by name or ID.

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OpenHue CLI

Use openhue to control Hue lights and scenes via a Hue Bridge.

Setup

  • Discover bridges: openhue discover
  • Guided setup: openhue setup

Read

  • openhue get light --json
  • openhue get room --json
  • openhue get scene --json

Write

  • Turn on: openhue set light <id-or-name> --on
  • Turn off: openhue set light <id-or-name> --off
  • Brightness: openhue set light <id> --on --brightness 50
  • Color: openhue set light <id> --on --rgb #3399FF
  • Scene: openhue set scene <scene-id>

Notes

  • You may need to press the Hue Bridge button during setup.
  • Use --room "Room Name" when light names are ambiguous.

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