How to Setup a Sonoff Zigbee Dongle with Homebridge & Zigbee2MQTT
Published at : 18 Dec 2025
This is how to o set up a sonoff zigbee dongle in zigbee2mqtt & homebridge plus Its time to amp up my Zigbee network with the sonoff zigbee 3.0usb dongle plus - its 75% cheaper, Twice the Network Power and it comes in shiny black housing. And you add alot of Zigbee Devices to HomeKit and control them locally.
Thru flashing of updated Firmware - you can use this as a Coordinator to connect with your Zigbee Devices or as a Router to amplify further your Zigbee network.
Table of Contents W/ Links: ============================= 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Opening 01:21 - Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Unboxing 01:44 - What You’ll Need 03:19 - How to install MQTT - https://mqtt.org 06:27 - How to install Zigbee2MQTT Frontend https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io 11:36 - How to setup devices in Zigbee2MQTT 13:17 - Homebridge Plugin - https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-z2m 14:55 - Demo 16:39 - Closing