Zigbee Herdsman Converters is a device-definition and conversion library used with zigbee-herdsman. It translates device-specific Zigbee messages into standardized application data and converts application commands back into Zigbee instructions. Individual definitions describe supported devices, exposed capabilities, endpoints, clusters, and behaviors. The library is a central part of the device compatibility layer used by Zigbee2MQTT. Developers can add support for new hardware by creating or extending device definitions and submitting them to the project. The repository includes testing, formatting, build tooling, external-definition support, post-processing, and OTA-related interfaces for maintaining a large evolving device catalog.
Features
- Device-specific Zigbee converters
- From-Zigbee message translation
- To-Zigbee command conversion
- Extensible device definitions
- Device capability exposure
- Testing and new-device contribution workflows