Olaf vs esptool-js

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Olaf		esptool-js
	Project
2	Mentions	6
305	Stars	242
-	Growth	7.4%
8.0	Activity	7.1
7 months ago	Latest Commit	16 days ago
C	Language	TypeScript
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Olaf

Posts with mentions or reviews of Olaf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-22.

Which piece of software you wish it was open source?
7 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 22 Aug 2022

Ah I see. I've used Olaf for that, maybe it will work for you? https://github.com/JorenSix/Olaf
Q: Play certain audiofile, react to it by executing script
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 13 Feb 2021

esptool-js

Posts with mentions or reviews of esptool-js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-18.

Help / do you know how to upload a .bin file from the Arduino IDE?
1 project | /r/esp32 | 7 Mar 2023
Flashing ESP32 without Dev. environment
4 projects | /r/esp32 | 18 Nov 2022

Test instance: https://espressif.github.io/esptool-js/
Stand-alone executable file for windows command line programming of esp32
5 projects | /r/esp32 | 17 Nov 2022

You can upload firmware trough browser. No installation of any tools required: https://github.com/espressif/esptool-js
Looking for a simple, easy to install firmware uploader for the ESP32 (wrover)
3 projects | /r/esp32 | 28 Jan 2022
17 days without commits to ESP-IDF
2 projects | /r/esp32 | 20 Jun 2021

could it be related ? https://github.com/espressif/esptool-js

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Olaf and esptool-js you can also consider the following projects:

BootstrapBlazor - A set of enterprise-class UI components based on Bootstrap and Blazor

web-serial-controller - A Web Serial API application inspired by Windows XP - Built with Svelte and RxJS Ninja

tasmocompiler - Web GUI for custom Tasmota compilation

esp-idf - Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs.

butterchurn - Butterchurn is a WebGL implementation of the Milkdrop Visualizer

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

BIPES - BIPES: Block based Integrated Platform for Embedded Systems allows text and block based programming for several types of embedded systems and Internet of Things modules using MicroPython, CircuitPython, Python or Snek. You can connect, program, debug and monitor several types of boards using network, USB or Bluetooth. No software install needed!

esphome-flasher - Simple GUI tool to flash ESPs over USB

opus-recorder - A library for encoding and decoding web audio as OggOpus.

Marlin - Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.

esphome-devices - ESPHome Device Configurations Repository - A database of user submitted configurations for a variety of devices which can be flashed to run ESPHome.io firmware.

esptool - Espressif SoC serial bootloader utility