

If you don't keep your Node up-to-date, it could lead to security vulnerabilities and other issues. To install the windows-build-tools open a Node.Keeping your Node up-to-date ensures your code runs with the latest security and bug fixes and gets access to the latest features. While increasingly rare, some plugins will require this. The windows-build-tools allow Homebridge plugins to compile native code for your platform. To resolve this issue you need to install the git utility. While installing certain plugins you may encounter the spawn git ENOENT or ENOGIT error. Some plugins may require you to have git installed, or the windows-build-tools to compile native modules. See the hb-service documentation for instructions. The hb-service command makes this easy to do via the -service-name flag. Some users like to run multiple instances of Homebridge.

💡 Homebridge now supports Child Bridges which are an easier to manage alternative to running multiple instances.

You can optionally delete all Homebridge data stored in $HOME\.homebridge and uninstall Node.js. Npm uninstall -g homebridge homebridge-config-ui-x Open a new Node.js Command Prompt window as administrator, then check that Node.js and NPM have installed correctly by running the following commands: Download the LTS version of Node.js ( v16.16.0) and run the installer with all the default options selected: Node.js v16.16.0 64-bit - Node.js v16.16.0 32-bit Homebridge requires Node.js installed on your system to run. Install Homebridge Step 1: Install Node.js
