Check out diyHue to use the Hue app with Zigbee2MQTT without a physical Hue bridge. I've been running it for almost a year with zero problems using the Hue Essentials app. Source: about 2 years ago
Finally, I'd like to mention DiyHUE, (HA addon and integration availables) which is basically a HUE emulator that allow you to add a lot of non-hue lights into the HUE ecosystem, and control them using the official HUE app, which has a really nice UI and the whole "hue labs" formulas and custom effects included, which is awesome. Source: over 2 years ago
Maybe diyHue is what you're looking for. As a warning, consider it in alpha stage. Source: almost 3 years ago
There’s a few projects out there like this: https://openrgb.org/ and https://diyhue.org/ there’s probably a few others too. Source: almost 3 years ago
Ther also exists a Hue Bridge emulator called DIYhue. I didn‘t try it yet but it seems promising. This Software can run on a Pi and emulates a Hue Bridge. Therefore your official Hue app can discover it. On the other end the Software connect with the real Bridge but also with third party devices. For example over the ConBee II ZigBee USB Stick. Source: about 3 years ago
Get a Pi and a Zigbee gateway stick and install diyHue instead. Don't let Philips pull the rug on you, like they did with the v1. Source: about 3 years ago
My solution when family and work will let me is to see if an alternate zigbee controller can be used with diyhue.org and Zigbee2MQTT.io and see if I can use some of the Chinese switches but still use the app that the family are used to. Source: about 3 years ago
A combination of hueessentials and diyhue emulator can do the trick. Source: over 3 years ago
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