I need to put a lot of gu 10 colour bulb up in the house.
Will it be possible to use some wifi bulbs that work with Ifttt, then integrate IFTTT into the hubitat, thereby getting the bulbs into the hubitat for further automation and rules?
They're the ones in pictures I'm considering.
Sort of, but your options are limited and it's a bit convoluted either way. For on/off control, you can create a virtual switch in Hubitat, expose that switch to IFTTT, then use an IFTTT applet to turn the bulb on or off in response to the virtual switch turning on or off (two separate applets, I'm pretty sure, though I haven't seen what the "pro" applets can do nowadays). To get accurate bulb state back into Hubitat if the bulb is manipulated elsewhere, you'll probably also want another applet or two that turns the virtual switch on and off in response to the bulb turning on and off. (Note that if you're on the free version of IFTTT, that's already four applets--one over your limit.)
Then there's the issue of controlling level, color, or other attributes. Probably not impossible, but definitely not as easy, especially for arbitrary colors and whatnot.
Your best bet would be to get bulbs that work natively with Hubitat. They do tend to cost more than the world's cheapest Wi-Fi bulbs, but for that price, you get more features--like the ability to integrate with third-party systems, like Hubitat. Hue bulbs work with or without the Hue Bridge (though I'd recommend the Bridge), Senlged bulbs can pair directly to Hubitat (and are one of few I'd confidently state wont cause you Zigbee problems due to the fact that they aren't repeaters), and there are a variety of other "compatible" brands like Sylvania/Osram, Innr, Eria, and most Zigbee or Z-Wave (though I don't know any of those in BR30 form) bulb--but many of those may not be good choices if you mix them with other Zigbee devices on the same network, given the "bad" repeating behavior of some smart bulbs.
If you don't want color or CT control, you could also consider "dumb" bulbs on a smart switch or dimmer. It's not always cheaper, but if you have a lot of bulbs on the circuit, it probably would be. Regardless of what type of device you choose, you'll have the best luck--especially starting out--if you stick to devices from the compatible device list, though there are more that can work with community integrations (e.g., LIFX) if you're comfortable installing and running one of those.
Oh. Thank you for the fine answer!
My wish is to get the bulbs on through philips HUE. I've looked at these that work with tuya, and run zigbee 3.0, just like hue bro does. I just can't find an answer as to if anyone else has had them integrated into a philips HUE. !
In my world, it should work in that it's zigbee 3.0.? Screenshot_20210221_093900_com.alibaba.aliexpresshd|230x500
If those are Zigbee 3.0, they should theoretically work. However, the listing is incredibly odd--mentioning Wi-Fi, BLE, and Zigbee 3.0, and it seems unlikely to me that a single bulb would implement all three protocols (most are either Wi-Fi or one of the others; recent Hue bulbs are both BLE and Zigbee, but even that is a bit odd).
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I guess they should be connected to a tuya hub, thereby turning into wifi bulb. I think the bulb itself is zigbee 3.0. I'm just wondering if I can control it all the way through philips HUE and if it can even get on the Philips HUE bridge. 
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