Module 3rd Party Card

3rd Party Card

Module type: external_card · Category: Interactive · Free

Embed any 3rd-party Home Assistant card — Bubble Card, Mushroom Cards, ApexCharts, Mini Graph Card, Vacuum Card, anything from HACS — inside an Ultra Card layout.

Free + unlimited. Both free and Pro tiers can embed unlimited 3rd-party cards.

Why

• Use community cards you love + Ultra Card's design system
• Wrap them in conditions, breakpoint visibility, custom backgrounds
• Compose card-of-cards layouts you can't get any other way

Configuration

Card type

A free-form text input (or picker, where the registry detects installed cards). Examples:

• custom:bubble-card
• custom:mushroom-template-card
• custom:apexcharts-card
• custom:mini-graph-card
• custom:vacuum-card

Card config

The YAML config the 3rd-party card expects. Ultra Card passes it through as-is.

Logic / Design

Standard 4-tab editor — applies to the wrapper.

Detection

Ultra Card scans your Lovelace resources to detect installed cards (uc-external-cards-service.ts). Detected cards appear in a dropdown. If your card isn't detected, you can still type the type manually.

Notes

• The 3rd-party card runs in your dashboard's normal scope and gets HA's theme.
• Some cards depend on additional Lovelace resources — install them via HACS as you normally would.
• If the embedded card has issues, check its own console output — Ultra Card surfaces the error visually but does not modify the card's behavior.
• Card containers (external-card-container-service.ts) handle hass-prop wiring and lifecycle.

Related

• Module-Native-Card — for built-in HA cards.
• The full Card Selector tab in the editor browses cards by category and shows previews.