zigporter 0.1.3

CLI tool to migrate Zigbee devices from ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT in Home Assistant

zigporter

Because migrating 30 Zigbee devices in Home Assistant by hand is a special kind of misery.

CLI tool that automates the ZHA → Zigbee2MQTT migration in Home Assistant — one device at a time, with checkpoints so you can stop and pick up where you left off.

Early Development Notice — Only tested with HA OS 2026.2.3 · Supervisor 2026.02.2 · Zigbee2MQTT 2.8.0-1. Feedback very welcome — please open an issue or submit a PR if you test with a different configuration.

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• uv
• Home Assistant with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT add-on

Installation

uv tool install zigporter

Configuration

Option 1 — Setup wizard (recommended)

zigporter setup

Prompts for all values and saves to ~/.config/zigporter/.env.

Option 2 — Manual config file

Create ~/.config/zigporter/.env (see .env.example for the template):

mkdir -p ~/.config/zigporter
cp .env.example ~/.config/zigporter/.env
# edit the file with your values

Option 3 — Environment variables

Export directly in your shell or add to ~/.zshenv / ~/.bashrc:

export HA_URL=https://your-ha-instance.local
export HA_TOKEN=your_token
export Z2M_URL=https://your-ha-instance.local/abc123_zigbee2mqtt

Variable	Required	Description
HA_URL	Yes	Home Assistant URL
HA_TOKEN	Yes	Long-Lived Access Token
HA_VERIFY_SSL	No	true / false (default: true; use false for self-signed certs)
Z2M_URL	Yes	Zigbee2MQTT ingress URL
Z2M_MQTT_TOPIC	No	Z2M base topic (default: zigbee2mqtt)

Usage

# Verify your setup before migrating (recommended first step)
zigporter check

# Run the migration wizard (runs checks automatically on first run)
zigporter migrate

# Check migration progress without entering the wizard
zigporter migrate --status

# (Optional) manually export your ZHA device inventory
zigporter export

# (Optional) inspect what's already in Z2M
zigporter list-z2m

zigporter migrate handles everything automatically on first run:

1. Runs pre-flight checks (HA reachable, ZHA active, Z2M running)
2. Prompts you to back up Home Assistant and your ZHA network
3. Fetches a ZHA export if one is not found, or offers to refresh an existing one
4. Opens the interactive migration wizard

All files are stored in ~/.config/zigporter/ so the tool works from any directory. Use --skip-checks on subsequent runs to skip the pre-flight checks.

How it works

The wizard migrates one device at a time through five steps:

1. Remove from ZHA — confirms deletion in the HA registry
2. Reset device — prompts you to factory-reset the physical device
3. Pair with Z2M — opens a 120 s permit-join window and polls by IEEE address
4. Rename — applies the original ZHA name and area in Z2M and HA
5. Validate — polls HA entity states until all are online

State is written to zha-migration-state.json after every step. Ctrl-C marks the device FAILED — rerun to retry.

See the wiki for detailed diagrams and architecture docs.

Development

uv sync --dev
uv run pytest
uv run ruff check .
uv run ruff format .

License

MIT — see LICENSE.