Looking for New Maintainer(s)

[ReneNulschDE]

🚗 Looking for New Maintainer(s)

Hi everyone,

This is not an easy message for me to write and I wrote it multiple times without saving already... but its the time now - After more than 8 years of developing and maintaining the various Mercedes-Benz/Smart integrations for Home Assistant / EVCC, it’s time for me to step back.
I released the first version of the integration with Home Assistant 0.63 (February 2018) and since then I’ve seen many improvements, faced challenges on the Mercedes side as well as within Home Assistant, and learned a lot along the way.

Now I’m facing an important decision: I’m selling my last Mercedes and will no longer be able to meaningfully develop or test the integration. I also need to shift focus to new priorities like the usual life and business...

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Current Status

The integration is more or less stable and actively used by 4,600+ Home Assistant installations.

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What I’m Looking For

I’d like to hand over responsibility to one or more new maintainers who bring:

• ✅ A Mercedes-Benz vehicle (for testing!)
• ✅ Python/Home Assistant development experience
• ✅ Time and motivation for regular maintenance
• ✅ GitHub/Git knowledge
• ✅ Commitment to long-term support

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What I Offer

• 📚 Full onboarding and knowledge transfer
• 🤝 A gradual handover of responsibilities
• 📞 Support during the transition period
• 🎯 Transfer of all repository rights

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Timeline

I’ll be on vacation for the next 6 weeks (until mid-October). After that, I’d like to approach the transition in a structured way:

• October 2025: Introductory calls/emails and onboarding
• November–December: Collaborative work on issues/features
• January 2026: Full handover
• Q1 2026: Backup support if needed

🔒 Important note: For those who have kindly shared access to their vehicles for testing – please rest assured that your data will not be passed on to any new maintainer.

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Without a Successor?

If no maintainer is found, I would deprecate the integration after a 6-month notice period. That would be unfortunate, but better than leaving it unmaintained.

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🙋‍♂️ Interested?

If you’d like to take over, please reach out by mid-October via direct message or mail: mbdev-handover@nulsch.de

It would be helpful if you could include:

• Your development experience
• How you’d like to collaborate

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Thank you for all the support over the years! This community has been fantastic, and I hope the integration will continue to help Mercedes drivers integrate their vehicles smartly into Home Assistant. 🏠🚗

[WildEchoWanderer]

Thank you for your Hard Work. I am myself a beginner in programming and sadly don't understand enough yet to help.

I am truly amazed how a Integration like this is made and maintaned