diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e30952909..5b49bb5ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Given the high speed of development in the first phase, changes are being
 reported only starting from v0.20.2.
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+- Added `hid` plugin to support discoverability and data interaction with
+  generic HID devices - like Bluetooth/USB peripherals, joysticks, dongles and
+  any other type of devices that supports the HID interface.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Running the Zeroconf registration logic in another thread in `backend.http`,
+  so failures in the Zeroconf logic don't affect the startup of the web server.
+
 ## [0.24.4] - 2022-12-20
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/docs/source/events.rst b/docs/source/events.rst
index 7606a7266..8c4d13068 100644
--- a/docs/source/events.rst
+++ b/docs/source/events.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Events
     platypush/events/gotify.rst
     platypush/events/gpio.rst
     platypush/events/gps.rst
+    platypush/events/hid.rst
     platypush/events/http.rst
     platypush/events/http.hook.rst
     platypush/events/http.rss.rst
diff --git a/docs/source/platypush/events/hid.rst b/docs/source/platypush/events/hid.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..615da3212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/platypush/events/hid.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+``hid``
+=======
+
+.. automodule:: platypush.message.event.hid
+    :members:
diff --git a/docs/source/platypush/plugins/hid.rst b/docs/source/platypush/plugins/hid.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4861df866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/platypush/plugins/hid.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+``hid``
+=======
+
+.. automodule:: platypush.plugins.hid
+    :members:
diff --git a/docs/source/plugins.rst b/docs/source/plugins.rst
index 4786fdc99..deb1fbade 100644
--- a/docs/source/plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/source/plugins.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Plugins
     platypush/plugins/gpio.sensor.motion.pmw3901.rst
     platypush/plugins/gpio.zeroborg.rst
     platypush/plugins/graphite.rst
+    platypush/plugins/hid.rst
     platypush/plugins/http.request.rst
     platypush/plugins/http.request.rss.rst
     platypush/plugins/http.webpage.rst
diff --git a/platypush/message/event/hid.py b/platypush/message/event/hid.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a4b1df5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/message/event/hid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from platypush.message.event import Event
+
+
+class HidBaseEvent(Event):
+    """
+    Base class for HID events.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *args,
+        path: str,
+        serial_number: str,
+        vendor_id: int,
+        product_id: int,
+        product_string: str,
+        manufacturer_string: str,
+        **kwargs
+    ):
+        super().__init__(
+            *args,
+            path=path,
+            serial_number=serial_number,
+            vendor_id=vendor_id,
+            product_id=product_id,
+            product_string=product_string,
+            manufacturer_string=manufacturer_string,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+
+
+class HidDeviceConnectedEvent(HidBaseEvent):
+    """
+    Event triggered when a device is discovered.
+    """
+
+
+class HidDeviceDisconnectedEvent(HidBaseEvent):
+    """
+    Event triggered when a device is disconnected.
+    """
+
+
+class HidDeviceDataEvent(HidBaseEvent):
+    """
+    Event triggered when a monitored device sends some data.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, data: str, **kwargs):
+        """
+        :param data: Hex-encoded representation of the received data.
+        """
+        super().__init__(*args, data=data, **kwargs)
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/hid/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/hid/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52a40d897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/plugins/hid/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from multiprocessing import Process
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+from time import sleep
+
+import hid
+
+from platypush.context import get_bus
+from platypush.message.event.hid import (
+    HidDeviceConnectedEvent,
+    HidDeviceDataEvent,
+    HidDeviceDisconnectedEvent,
+)
+from platypush.plugins import RunnablePlugin, action
+from platypush.schemas.hid import HidDeviceSchema, HidMonitoredDeviceSchema
+
+
+class HidPlugin(RunnablePlugin):
+    """
+    This plugin can be used to interact directly with HID devices (including
+    Bluetooth, USB and several serial and wireless devices) over the raw
+    interface.
+
+    This is the preferred way of communicating with joypads.
+
+    Note that on Linux reading from the devices requires the user running the
+    Platypush service to have (at least) read access to the ``/dev/hidraw*``
+    devices. However, it is still possible to get connected/disconnected events
+    even without having to open a connection to the device. A way to make HID
+    raw devices accessible to e.g. a particular user group is via udev rules.
+    For example, create a file named ``/etc/udev/rules.d/99-hid.rules`` with
+    the following content::
+
+        # Make all /dev/hidraw* devices accessible in read/write to users in
+        # the group input
+        KERNEL=="hidraw*", GROUP="input", MODE="0660"
+
+    A more granular solution is to provide read and/or write access only to a
+    specific device that you want to access, and only to the specific user
+    running the Platypush service::
+
+        KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1234", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5678", USER="user", MODE="0660"
+
+    If you don't want to reboot the device after adding the rules, then you can
+    reload the rules for udev service and re-trigger them::
+
+        # udevadm control --reload && udevadm trigger
+
+    Triggers:
+
+        * :class:`platypush.message.event.hid.HidDeviceConnectedEvent` when a
+          device is connected
+        * :class:`platypush.message.event.hid.HidDeviceDisconnectedEvent` when
+          a previously available device is disconnected
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        monitored_devices: Optional[Iterable[dict]] = None,
+        poll_seconds: int = 1,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """
+        :param monitored_devices: Map of devices that should be monitored for
+            new data. Format (note that all the device filtering attributes are
+            optional):
+
+            .. schema:: hid.HidMonitoredDeviceSchema(many=True)
+
+        :param poll_seconds: How often the plugin should check for changes in
+            the list of devices (default: 1 second).
+        """
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._poll_seconds = poll_seconds
+        self._filters = HidMonitoredDeviceSchema().load(
+            monitored_devices or [], many=True
+        )
+
+        self._device_monitors: Dict[str, Process] = {}
+        self._available_devices: Dict[str, dict] = {}
+
+    def main(self):
+        while not self.should_stop():
+            scanned_devices = {
+                dev['path']: dev for dev in self.get_devices().output  # type: ignore
+            }
+
+            self._handle_device_events(scanned_devices)
+            self._available_devices = scanned_devices
+            if self._poll_seconds and self._poll_seconds > 0:
+                sleep(self._poll_seconds)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        device_monitors = self._device_monitors.copy()
+        for monitored_device in device_monitors:
+            self._unregister_device_monitor(monitored_device)
+
+        super().stop()
+
+    @action
+    def get_devices(self) -> List[dict]:
+        """
+        Get the HID devices available on the host.
+
+        :return: .. schema:: hid.HidDeviceSchema(many=True)
+        """
+        return list(  # type: ignore
+            {
+                dev['path']: HidDeviceSchema().load(dev)
+                for dev in hid.enumerate()  # type: ignore
+            }.values()
+        )
+
+    def _get_monitor_rule(self, device: dict) -> Optional[dict]:
+        """
+        :return: .. schema:: hid.HidMonitoredDeviceSchema
+        """
+        matching_rules = [
+            rule
+            for rule in (self._filters or [])
+            if all(
+                rule[attr] == device.get(attr)
+                for attr in (
+                    'path',
+                    'serial_number',
+                    'vendor_id',
+                    'product_id',
+                    'manufacturer_string',
+                    'product_string',
+                )
+                if rule.get(attr)
+            )
+        ]
+
+        if matching_rules:
+            return matching_rules[0]
+
+    def _device_monitor(self, dev_def: dict, rule: dict):
+        path = dev_def['path']
+        data_size = rule['data_size']
+        poll_seconds = rule['poll_seconds']
+        last_data = None
+        self.logger.info(f'Starting monitor for device {path}')
+
+        def wait():
+            if poll_seconds and poll_seconds > 0:
+                sleep(poll_seconds)
+
+        while True:
+            device = None
+
+            try:
+                if not device:
+                    device = hid.Device(dev_def['vendor_id'], dev_def['product_id'])  # type: ignore
+                data = device.read(data_size)
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.warning(f'Read error from {path}: {e}')
+                device = None
+                wait()
+                continue
+
+            if len(data) and data != last_data:
+                data_dump = ''.join(f'{x:02x}' for x in data)
+                get_bus().post(HidDeviceDataEvent(data=data_dump, **dev_def))
+                last_data = data
+
+            wait()
+
+    def _register_device_monitor(self, device: dict, rule: dict):
+        """
+        Register a monitor for a device.
+        """
+        path = device['path']
+        # Make sure that no other monitors are registered for this device
+        self._unregister_device_monitor(path)
+        monitor_proc = self._device_monitors[path] = Process(
+            target=self._device_monitor, args=(device, rule)
+        )
+
+        monitor_proc.start()
+
+    def _unregister_device_monitor(self, path: str):
+        """
+        Unregister a monitor for a device.
+        """
+        monitor_proc = self._device_monitors.get(path)
+        if monitor_proc and monitor_proc.is_alive():
+            self.logger.info(f'Terminating monitor for device {path}')
+
+            try:
+                monitor_proc.terminate()
+                monitor_proc.join(2)
+                if monitor_proc.is_alive():
+                    monitor_proc.kill()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.warning(f'Error while terminating monitor for {path}: {e}')
+
+            del self._device_monitors[path]
+
+    def _handle_new_devices(self, scanned_devices: dict):
+        """
+        Handles connection events and monitor registering.
+        """
+        scanned_device_paths = set(scanned_devices.keys())
+        available_device_paths = set(self._available_devices)
+        new_device_paths = scanned_device_paths.difference(available_device_paths)
+
+        for path in new_device_paths:
+            device = scanned_devices[path]
+            get_bus().post(HidDeviceConnectedEvent(**device))
+
+            monitor_rule = self._get_monitor_rule(device)
+            if monitor_rule:
+                self._register_device_monitor(device, monitor_rule)
+
+    def _handle_disconnected_devices(self, scanned_devices: dict):
+        """
+        Handles disconnection events and monitor unregistering.
+        """
+        scanned_device_paths = set(scanned_devices.keys())
+        available_device_paths = set(self._available_devices)
+        lost_device_paths = available_device_paths.difference(scanned_device_paths)
+
+        for path in lost_device_paths:
+            get_bus().post(HidDeviceDisconnectedEvent(**self._available_devices[path]))
+
+    def _handle_device_events(self, scanned_devices: dict):
+        """
+        Handles connected/disconnected device events and register/unregister the
+        monitors based on the user-provided rules when required.
+        """
+        self._handle_new_devices(scanned_devices)
+        self._handle_disconnected_devices(scanned_devices)
diff --git a/platypush/plugins/hid/manifest.yaml b/platypush/plugins/hid/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..046077104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/plugins/hid/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+manifest:
+  events:
+    platypush.message.event.hid.HidDeviceConnectedEvent: when a device is connected
+    platypush.message.event.hid.HidDeviceDisconnectedEvent: when a previously available device is disconnected
+    platypush.message.event.hid.HidDeviceDataEvent: when a monitored device sends some data
+  install:
+    pip:
+      - hid
+  package: platypush.plugins.hid
+  type: plugin
diff --git a/platypush/schemas/hid.py b/platypush/schemas/hid.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e260fa820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platypush/schemas/hid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+from marshmallow import fields, Schema, INCLUDE
+
+
+class HidDeviceSchema(Schema):
+    class Meta:
+        unknown = INCLUDE
+
+    path = fields.String(
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'Path to the raw HID device',
+            'example': '/dev/hidraw0',
+        },
+    )
+
+    serial_number = fields.String(
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'Serial number',
+            'example': '00:11:22:33:44:55',
+        },
+    )
+
+    vendor_id = fields.Integer(
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'Vendor ID',
+            'example': 1234,
+        },
+    )
+
+    product_id = fields.Integer(
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'Product ID',
+            'example': 4321,
+        },
+    )
+
+    manufacturer_string = fields.String(
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'Manufacturer custom string',
+            'example': 'foo',
+        },
+    )
+
+    product_string = fields.String(
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'Main name of the product',
+            'example': 'My Device',
+        },
+    )
+
+
+class HidMonitoredDeviceSchema(HidDeviceSchema):
+    notify_only_if_changed = fields.Boolean(
+        missing=True,
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'If set to true (default), only changes in the '
+            'values of the device will trigger events. So if you are e.g. '
+            'monitoring the state of a joystick, only changes in the pressed '
+            'buttons will trigger events.',
+        },
+    )
+
+    data_size = fields.Integer(
+        missing=64,
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'How many bytes should be read from the device on '
+            'each iteration (default: 64)',
+        },
+    )
+
+    poll_seconds = fields.Float(
+        missing=0.1,
+        metadata={
+            'description': 'How often we should check this device for new data '
+            '(default: 0.1 seconds)'
+        },
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        for attr in (
+            'path',
+            'serial_number',
+            'vendor_id',
+            'product_id',
+            'manufacturer_string',
+            'product_string',
+        ):
+            self._declared_fields[attr].metadata['description'] += ' (optional)'