# SimplyPrint on Home Assistant - run the client on the box that is already on

**Categories:** Third party, Verified, New

**Developer:** [SimplyPrint](https://simplyprint.io)
**Launched:** Sep 19, 2026

Run the SimplyPrint client on your Home Assistant machine, so it can be the bridge to your printers - this is the client as an add-on, not printers as Home Assistant entities

## About

The **SimplyPrint Client** add-on runs our printer client directly on your Home Assistant machine, so the hardware you already leave running around the clock is the same hardware that keeps your printers connected. No spare Raspberry Pi per printer, no second thing to maintain.


**What this is, and what it is not.**
This add-on makes your Home Assistant machine the **bridge** between your printers and SimplyPrint. That is the whole job.

It does **not** put your printers into Home Assistant as entities - there are no printer sensors, no temperature or progress values to put on a dashboard, and nothing to drive an automation with. If that is what you came for, it is a separate thing and we have not built it yet: follow [suggestion #324](https://suggestions.simplyprint.io/324).

[Full setup guide in our helpdesk →](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/run-the-simplyprint-client-as-a-home-assistant-add-on-ab2n8m/)



The add-on uses Home Assistant **Ingress**, so its interface is served through Home Assistant itself. Turn on **Show in sidebar** and you get a **SimplyPrint** entry in your Home Assistant menu. There is no port for you to open, and the client interface only accepts requests coming through Home Assistant.


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The add-on is **new and still experimental** (1.0.0-rc.17). It works and it is ready to use - it just has not been through as many hands as our other install methods. If something looks wrong, [open an issue](https://github.com/SimplyPrint/home-assistant-apps/issues) and we will fix it.



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#### What you need




- **Home Assistant OS or a Supervised install.** Add-ons need the Supervisor, so Home Assistant Container and Home Assistant Core cannot install this.

- **A 64-bit machine** - aarch64 or amd64. A 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS install is not supported.

- A printer SimplyPrint already supports over a local connection.


#### Why run it here




- **One box, already on.** Your Home Assistant machine is the most reliably powered thing in the house.

- **Backed up with everything else.** The add-on participates in Home Assistant backups.

- **Set up from the sidebar.** Ingress means the client UI is a panel in Home Assistant, not another address to remember.

## Key features

- Runs the SimplyPrint client on the Home Assistant machine you already have powered on
- One-click repository install through My Home Assistant
- Appears as a SimplyPrint panel in the Home Assistant sidebar (Ingress)
- Included in Home Assistant backups
- Home Assistant OS and Supervised installs, aarch64 and amd64
- Official add-on repository, maintained by SimplyPrint
- Does not expose printers as Home Assistant entities - this is the bridge, not a dashboard integration

*Note: SimplyPrint is not affiliated with Home Assistant.*

**Learn more:** [Home Assistant](https://github.com/SimplyPrint/home-assistant-apps)

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**Full page:** [SimplyPrint Integrations - Home Assistant](https://simplyprint.io/integrations/home-assistant)