WLED VS Tasmota

Compare WLED vs Tasmota 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)

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 (by arendst)
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WLED Tasmota
599 209
13,674 21,220
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9.5 9.9
3 days ago 1 day ago
C++ C
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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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.

Tasmota

Posts with mentions or reviews of Tasmota. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-02.

What are some alternatives?

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

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.

NightDriverStrip - NightDriver client for ESP32

tuya-iotos-embeded-sdk-wifi-ble-bk7231n - Tuya IoTOS Embeded SDK WiFi & BLE for BK7231N

esp-homekit-devices - Advanced firmware to add native Apple HomeKit support and custom configurations over WiFi, compatible with any SoC based on ESP32, ESP32-S, ESP32-C and ESP8266 series.

esphome - ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.

zigbee2mqtt - Zigbee 🐝 to MQTT bridge 🌉, get rid of your proprietary Zigbee bridges 🔨

ESP-Now - ESP-Now Examples

OpenRGB

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!

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

sonoff-hack - Custom firmware for Sonoff GK-200MP2B camera

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32