Feature: Native App for Sailfish-OS

Hello guys,

i have been using openHAB for a long time now and I’m very happy with it.

I am currently switching my mobile device from iOS to a Jolla Phone , which runs Sailfish OS (a European-developed, Linux-based operating system, made by “Nokia” Developers).

As far as I can tell, there is currently no native Sailfish OS app for openHAB. While the Android app can be run via the Android support container, a native solution would be ideal.

Are there any plans to provide a native openHAB app for Sailfish OS, or could this be added to the feature roadmap? I would be happy to help with the porting process, though I am more experienced in backend and scripting than in app development.

I’m not sure how much effort it would take to port the Android app or if it’s a straightforward process. Other services like Nextcloud already have a native app on this platform. Supporting a native openHAB app would promote European independence from Big Tech and potentially attract more users to our community.

What do you guys think?

Developer-Infos for App-Development: Apps | Sailfish OS Documentation

As this is a Open-Source project run entirely by the community, there is no such thing like a feature roadmap. What gets added depends entirely on what is contributed. Of course, maintainers often have a „vision“ for their part of openHAB for the next version, but usually it’s also the maintainers implementing their vision, so it’s basically the same as with all other contributions.

That being said, if someone starts a Sailfish OS app, we (mainly openHAB Foundation staff) can offer help with hosting the code in the openhab GitHub org, integrating the documentation into the website and the openHAB Foundation can also help/assist with publishing to an app store, e.g. for the Android and iOS apps, the openHAB Foundation is the legal entity publishing the apps.
Just PM me in case you need assistance.

Thank you for your Input, Florian. I will start development and come back here when the first version is ready :wink:

Hi, I can’t install the app, libQt5Core.so.5 is missing by installation. Can you help me?

I’m running sfos 5.0.0.77 on Xperia 10 III.

Hello @davodego ,

which Version did you tried to install? OpenHAB 0.1-1 or 0.1-2?

Is there More error Information or do You have a Screenshot of Error Message?

@davodego found the error and fixed it in Version 0.1-3. Please download it on openrepos.net or direclty from our github-repo:

Please give a short Feedback if the fix is working now on your Device.

If you encounter new issues, please Open a new Thread for it here in the category „Apps | Sailfish OS“.

Then we can close this one as it was used for initial implementation.

Thank you for your efforts and your quick response. Unfortunately, the installation isn’t working.

[defaultuser@xxxxxxx Downloads]$ devel-su pkcon install-local harbour-openhab-0.1-3.aarch64.rpm
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Schwerwiegender Fehler: nichts stellt 'libQt5Core.so.5' bereit, das vom zu installierenden harbour-openhab-0.1.1.release+main.20260328184422.8492f26-3.aarch64 benötigt wird

Ok thanks for the Information - I will provide a New Version Tomorrow - I do have already some possible Solutions in mind I want to Test.

With Help of @davodego we found two Bugs:

  • Missing Library libQt5Core.so.5 at Installation
  • Main UI Not scrollable

Which I fixed in a pre-Release and was successfully tested by @davodego - thank You for that :smiley:

I will prepare the Release for the fixes now.

To close this thread: i created the first application version here, official announcement of release will follow when everything is published: GitHub - openhab/openhab-sailfishos: openHAB App for Sailfish OS · GitHub

Many thanks to @florian-h05 and @Kai for your Input and organisational things to enable me to develop this native application :clap:t2:

For future bugs: Please open a new Thread in the category „Apps | Sailfish OS“.