GivHomeIntelligent Octopus Go
for your GivEnergy battery.
GivHome brings Intelligent Octopus Go smart charging to your GivEnergy battery — automatically, locally, and beautifully inside Apple Home.
Fully local • No subscription • Designed for Apple Home
Thoughtfully designed for your home
Everything your battery deserves — simple, reliable, and local.
Intelligent Octopus Go
Automatically charges your battery during cheap smart slots and your usual off-peak hours.
Native in Apple Home
Clean tiles for battery level, solar, charge, export and live status, right in the Home app.
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.
DownloadSave the image to a microSD card using Raspberry Pi Imager.
Insert the card, connect Ethernet to your router, and power up your Raspberry Pi.
Type givhome-pi.local into any browser to setup
Detailed setup journey
First sign in
- When Homebridge opens, create a username and password of your choice.
- The Homebridge status, page will show available updates for Homebridge & Homebridge UI (discretionary), plugins (advisable) or Node.js (advanced only).
- Click Plugins.
Configure GivHome
- You'll see the GivHome Plugin Card.
- Click the three vertical dots on the GivHome card, then choose Plugin Config.
- Adjust Charging Behaviour to suit, Advanced Tuning only if needed.
- Press Save, then Restart.
Enable the Child Bridge and pair with Apple Home
- After Homebridge restarts, click Plugins.
- On the GivHome card, click the purple flashing bridge icon at the top right.
- Turn on Child Bridge, scroll down, click Save, then restart when prompted.
- Return to Plugins, then on the GivHome card click the flashing squares icon at the top right.
- Scroll to the QR code and point your iPhone camera at it. If you are already using your iPhone, use the 7-digit code in the Apple Home app instead.
- Once paired, press Save below the QR code.
Finish in Apple Home
In the Apple Home app, find the new GivHome tiles. They are likely to appear in Default Room. Move them to the room where they are most useful, then rename and favourite them if desired.