Govee

Govee builds smart lighting and smart-home devices - RGBIC LED strips, light bars, floor and table lamps, string and permanent outdoor lights, plus sensors, humidifiers, heaters, and other connected appliances. The Govee Developer API (v1, hosted at https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1) is a free, cloud REST API authenticated with a Govee-API-Key header that lets developers enumerate a user's devices and their capabilities, query live device state, and send control commands - power, brightness, RGB and color-temperature, dynamic light scenes, DIY scenes, and per-segment color and brightness. Device events (for capabilities that support them) are delivered over MQTT, and a separate local LAN API allows direct UDP control on the local network.

Govee publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Device Control API, Device State API, Devices API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Smart Home, Smart Lighting, IoT, LED, and Home Automation.

Govee’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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24.6/100 emerging ▼ -10.8 Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

4 APIs

Smart HomeSmart LightingIoT LED Home Automation Device Control

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 24.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 3.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.3 / 20

Access Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Govee Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: govee
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/govee/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Govee
kind: company
description: Govee builds smart lighting and smart-home devices - RGBIC LED strips, light bars, floor and table lamps, string
  and permanent outdoor lights, plus sensors, humidifiers, heaters, and other connected appliances. The Govee Developer API
  (v1, hosted at https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1) is a free, cloud REST API authenticated with a Govee-API-Key
  header that lets developers enumerate a user's devices and their capabilities, query live device state, and send control
  commands - power, brightness, RGB and color-temperature, dynamic light scenes, DIY scenes, and per-segment color and brightness.
  Device events (for capabilities that support them) are delivered over MQTT, and a separate local LAN API allows direct UDP
  control on the local network.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/govee.png
tags:
- Smart Home
- Smart Lighting
- IoT
- LED
- Home Automation
- Device Control
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: govee:govee-device-control-api
  name: Govee Device Control API
  description: Send capability commands to a device.
  humanURL: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  baseURL: https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1
  tags:
  - Device Control
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govee-device-control-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.govee.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/govee.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/govee.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-devices-status
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/control-you-devices
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-light-scene
- aid: govee:govee-device-state-api
  name: Govee Device State API
  description: Query the live state of a device.
  humanURL: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  baseURL: https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1
  tags:
  - Device State
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govee-device-state-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.govee.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/govee.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/govee.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-devices-status
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/control-you-devices
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-light-scene
- aid: govee:govee-devices-api
  name: Govee Devices API
  description: Enumerate account devices and their capabilities.
  humanURL: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  baseURL: https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govee-devices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.govee.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/govee.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/govee.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-devices-status
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/control-you-devices
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-light-scene
- aid: govee:govee-scenes-api
  name: Govee Scenes API
  description: Dynamic light scenes and DIY scenes.
  humanURL: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  baseURL: https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1
  tags:
  - Scenes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/govee-scenes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.govee.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-you-devices
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/govee.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/govee.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-devices-status
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/control-you-devices
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.govee.com/reference/get-light-scene
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/govee-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/govee-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/govee-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Govee-API
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/govee
- type: Website
  url: https://www.govee.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.govee.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/govee-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/govee-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/govee-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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