OpenCorePkg VS WLED

Compare OpenCorePkg vs WLED and see what are their differences.

WLED

Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi! (by Aircoookie)
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OpenCorePkg WLED
185 599
12,736 13,864
1.4% -
9.2 9.5
5 days ago 3 days ago
C C++
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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OpenCorePkg

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenCorePkg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.

WLED

Posts with mentions or reviews of WLED. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing OpenCorePkg and WLED you can also consider the following projects:

OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide

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

OcBinaryData

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.

gibMacOS - Py2/py3 script that can download macOS components direct from Apple

NightDriverStrip - NightDriver client for ESP32

itlwm - Intel Wi-Fi Drivers for macOS

OpenRGB

ProperTree - Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python.

LedFx - LedFx is a network based LED effect controller with support for advanced real-time audio effects! LedFx can control multiple devices and works great with cheap ESP8266 nodes allowing for cost effectvice syncronized effects across your entire house!

RestrictEvents

hyperion.ng - The successor to Hyperion aka Hyperion Next Generation