Rooted the Dreame X40 Ultra to run Valetudo. 100% local control, zero cloud tethering, and integrated directly into Home Assistant. Amazing work to all in the Valetudo community.
Striking to realise this vacuum has more compute than the Cray supercomputer souviner on my desk.
Quick writeup:
https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-04-18-dreamme-x40-rooting/
#SelfHosted #RightToRepair #HomeAutomation #Privacy #IoT #Valetudo
Liberating the Hardware: Rooting the Dreame X40 Ultra
I’ve deployed numerous iRobot and Neato units over the years. My previous iRobot fleet served faithfully for five years; they are easy to repair, but their performance has fallen behind, and the mandatory cloud tethering is a strategic disadvantage for any privacy-conscious home. The Dreame X40 Ultra is a superior piece of hardware, but to truly own it, I had to strip away the cloud requirement. The Mission: Local Control To achieve full autonomy, I used Valetudo. It replaces the cloud interface with a local web server, keeping the data off external servers and locked within my IoT VLAN and Home Assistant instance.




