WLED VS esphome-flasher

Compare WLED vs esphome-flasher 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)

esphome-flasher

Simple GUI tool to flash ESPs over USB (by esphome)
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WLED esphome-flasher
599 17
13,864 773
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9.5 0.0
3 days ago 10 months ago
C++ Python
MIT License MIT License
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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.

esphome-flasher

Posts with mentions or reviews of esphome-flasher. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-01.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing WLED and esphome-flasher you can also consider the following projects:

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

esp32-oscilloscope - A very basic esp32-based logic analyzer capable of sampling digital signals at up to ~3.2MHz.

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.

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!

NightDriverStrip - NightDriver client for ESP32

ESPresense - An ESP32 based node for gathering indoor positioning and transmitting to mqtt

OpenRGB

PySimpleGUI - Python GUIs for Humans! PySimpleGUI is the top-rated Python application development environment. Launched in 2018 and actively developed, maintained, and supported in 2024. Transforms tkinter, Qt, WxPython, and Remi into a simple, intuitive, and fun experience for both hobbyists and expert users.

esptool-js - Javascript implementation of flasher tool for Espressif chips, running in web browser using WebSerial.

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

monitor-ring-light - A custom ring light around a monitor with RGB LED Pixels (WS2801), ESP32, MicroPython and Dear PyGUI.