Intelligent Octopus Go
for your GivEnergy battery.

GivHome brings Intelligent Octopus Go smart charging to your GivEnergy battery — automatically, locally, and beautifully inside Apple Home.

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Free • Ready in minutes

Fully local • No subscription • Designed for Apple Home

GivHome in Apple Home showing Solar Power, Battery SoC, Export 60m and Charge 60m tiles

Thoughtfully designed for your home

Everything your battery deserves — simple, reliable, and local.

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Intelligent Octopus Go

Automatically charges your battery during cheap smart slots and your usual off-peak hours.

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Native in Apple Home

Clean tiles for battery level, solar, charge, export and live status, right in the Home app.

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Completely local

Runs on your home network using GivTCP. Octopus is only used to read smart charging slots.

Ready in minutes

One SD card image. One Raspberry Pi. Complete local smart charging for your GivEnergy battery.

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Free • Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 • 64-bit Homebridge OS

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Save the image to a microSD card using Raspberry Pi Imager.

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Insert the card, connect Ethernet to your router, and power up your Raspberry Pi.

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Open homebridge.local, sign in, and add your GivEnergy and Octopus details.

Recommended for Apple Home: use a HomePod, HomePod mini or Apple TV as your Apple Home hub. GivHome can work locally on your home network without one, but the overall Apple Home experience is far better with a Home hub, especially for remote access and reliable automations.

Maintenance: GivHome is designed to run quietly in the background. Occasionally, Homebridge may show updates for the operating system, Node.js or GivHome itself. Applying updates every few months is recommended and usually takes only a few minutes.