For EV drivers who use a **Tap Electric**-managed charger (very common in Belgium and the Netherlands, also rolling out in DE/FR/UK/IE) and run **Home Assistant** for home automation: I built a free, open-source integration that pulls your charger into HA so you can:
– See live charging session energy, duration, and start time on your dashboard
– Get notifications when charging starts, finishes, or stops unexpectedly
– Control charging remotely (start/pause via current limit, set max amps, schedule based on dynamic electricity prices)
– Tie charging to other automations — for example, only charge when solar production exceeds X kW, or pause when the dryer kicks in to stay under your peak tariff
– Track historical sessions, energy totals, last session info per driver
**Repo:** https://github.com/weemaba999/homeassistant-tap-community
## Two modes
**Basic** — uses an API key from the Tap developer portal:
– Charger status, session list, energy meters, controls
– Works for any Tap-managed charger
**Advanced** (optional) — uses your normal Tap login (email + password):
– Live in-progress session data: real-time kWh, duration, driver name, location
– Same auth as the mobile app
Pick basic if you just want monitoring + remote control. Add advanced if you want the live session detail.
## Why this exists
Tap's own app is fine, but it's a closed silo. If you want to react to charging events programmatically — pause when grid load is high, push a notification when the car's done, log everything to a database, integrate with your solar inverter — you need an open API in your home automation stack. This integration bridges that gap.
## Install
If you're on Home Assistant: install [HACS](https://hacs.xyz) → add this repo as a custom repository → install → restart → add the integration via Settings → Devices & Services. Five minutes start to finish.
## Status
v1.0.0 just released. Running live on my own EVBox Elvi (on Tap) for several weeks. 185 automated tests passing, MIT licensed, **not affiliated with Tap Electric B.V.** — community project, ships as "Tap Electric Charger (Community)" while I sort out branding permissions.
## Tested chargers
– **EVBox Elvi**: confirmed working
– **Alfen, Wallbox, Zaptec, others**: untested — looking for testers. If you have one of these on Tap and run HA, try it out and let me know which entities show real data vs stay "Unavailable". Different charger models report different OCPP measurands.
Questions, "my charger does X" reports, or feature requests welcome on GitHub issues.
by Weemaba3980