Watchy VS Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266

Compare Watchy vs Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266 and see what are their differences.

Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266

Native Apple HomeKit accessory implementation for the ESP8266 Arduino core. (by Mixiaoxiao)
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Watchy Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266
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4.9 0.0
2 months ago 5 months ago
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MIT License MIT License
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Watchy

Posts with mentions or reviews of Watchy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-21.

Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266

Posts with mentions or reviews of Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-25.
  • Help with Air Conditioner Control with HomeKit
    3 projects | /r/esp8266 | 25 Apr 2021
    I used an Arduino, heatpumpir, and HomeKit ESP8266, it works great
  • Water level sensor
    6 projects | /r/HomeKit | 29 Mar 2021
    https://github.com/Mixiaoxiao/Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266 you mentioned above, is a port of the espressif lib to nonos/arduino core. It shares the wolfssl lib used by espressif, but as it is portrd to nonos, wifi disconnects during srp and devices cannot connect to it. There’s an improved version here: https://github.com/Yurik72/ESPHap which have patched wolfssl that I have changed to prevent wifi disconnections on SRP calculations. Yuri (the Author) made a great job improving original port, like memory management, moving pairings storage to the file, and so on. It still has wolfssl, which is at least redundant as arduino core already have bearssl bundled. Also, this lib has a memory leak during the pairing process, which is not so important as pairing usually made just once. I am currently trying to find where this leak is, but looks like it is somewhere in between the lib and wolfssl. So, I’d like to replace wolfssl with bundled bearssl, if I’d have a free tome to do that.
    6 projects | /r/HomeKit | 29 Mar 2021
  • Smart lock for infrequently used house
    2 projects | /r/homeautomation | 17 Mar 2021
    From there, you can use a standard 12V power pack connected to an ESP8266 (eBay, like $10). You can flash these with a homekit compatible firmware (https://github.com/Mixiaoxiao/Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266), and you magically have a Homekit powered lock ..
    2 projects | /r/homeautomation | 17 Mar 2021
    I've done exactly that for my side entrance at my house - the added benefit is that the lock itself can be a standard lock, and the strike is the automated part. Connected to an ESP8266 running Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266, you can connect it straight to an iPhone..
  • ESP8266 With Apple HomeKit without Homebridge
    2 projects | /r/esp8266 | 18 Feb 2021
    There’s also this project
  • I trying to use this esp8266 to setup rgb led strip, any guide to doing this?
    2 projects | /r/homebridge | 9 Feb 2021
    this was written specifically to work with the NodeMCU in the picture.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Watchy and Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266 you can also consider the following projects:

HomeSpan - HomeKit Library for the Arduino-ESP32

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.

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

esp32-homekit - ESP-32 implementation of Apple Homekit Accessory Protocol(HAP)

ESPHap - ESP32/ESP8266 Arduino library for native Apple Homekit Accessory Protocol (HAP)

esp-homekit-sdk

HAP-Python-Packet-Bridge - HAP-Python and 433 MHz sensors

EthernetENC - Ethernet library for ENC28J60. This is a modern version of the UIPEthernet library. EthernetENC library is compatible with all Arduino architectures with Arduino SPI library with transactions support. Only include EthernetENC.h instead of Ethernet.h

LibSSH-ESP32 - Libssh SSH client & server port to ESP32 Arduino library

Sonoff-Homekit - Make your Sonoff Switch compatible with Apple Homekit! 🎉

esp-homekit-multi-sensor - Homekit muti sensor, motion, temperate, humidity and light with OTA

DT78-App-Android - Alternative app for the DT78 Smartwatch. Also works with DT92 & DT66. May work with watches that use the WearFit 2.0 app.