Krazy998/mqtt-hisensetv

The project is a niche hardware-interfacing utility that acts as a bridge for Hisense TVs. Its value lies entirely in the reverse-engineered knowledge of specific MQTT topics and the provision of authentication certificates required to talk to the TV's internal broker. With 156 stars and zero recent velocity, it serves as a static reference for a specific generation of hardware. It has no moat; the manufacturer (Hisense) could disable this interface via a firmware update at any time, and larger home automation platforms like Home Assistant have likely already integrated these findings into more polished, user-friendly 'official' components. Frontier labs are unlikely to care about this specific use case, but the project is effectively displaced by the shift toward standardized smart home protocols like Matter and official manufacturer APIs/Cloud integrations.