FastLED VS FastNoise

Compare FastLED vs FastNoise and see what are their differences.

FastLED

The FastLED library for colored LED animation on Arduino. Please direct questions/requests for help to the FastLED Reddit community: http://fastled.io/r We'd like to use github "issues" just for tracking library bugs / enhancements. (by FastLED)
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FastLED FastNoise
344 57
6,223 2,549
0.9% -
7.7 7.8
17 days ago 26 days ago
C++ Rust
MIT License MIT License
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FastLED

Posts with mentions or reviews of FastLED. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

FastNoise

Posts with mentions or reviews of FastNoise. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-27.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FastLED and FastNoise you can also consider the following projects:

WLED - Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!

FastNoise2 - Modular node graph based noise generation library using SIMD, C++17 and templates

FastLED-esp32 - Parallel outputs for esp32

OpenSimplex2 - Successors to OpenSimplex Noise, plus updated OpenSimplex.

I2SClocklessLedDriver

LearnOpenGL - Code repository of all OpenGL chapters from the book and its accompanying website https://learnopengl.com

Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

Scattered-Biome-Blender - Smooth transitions over biome borders using scattered point evaluations.

FastLED_NeoMatrix - Adafruit GFX compatible library for NeoPixel based Matrices using FastLED library

3DWorld - 3D Procedural Game Engine Using OpenGL

OctoWS2811 - Control thousands of WS2811/2812 LEDs at video refresh speeds

glNoise - A collection of GLSL noise functions for use with WebGL with an easy to use API.