To emulate the iOS HomeKit API, meaning you can write plugins for it to provide ...

lilyball on Jan 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple cuts Tim Cook's pay 15% for missing sales go...

To emulate the iOS HomeKit API, meaning you can write plugins for it to provide support for non-HomeKit-enabled devices. But presumably Homebridge itself must still vend itself as a HomeKit-enabled device on the network or else you wouldn't be able to control it.