WLED VS WLED

Compare WLED vs WLED and see what are their differences.

WLED

Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP32 over WiFi. (by atuline)

WLED

Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi! (by Aircoookie)
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7.5 9.5
7 months ago 3 days ago
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only 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 2023-04-28.

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 WLED and WLED you can also consider the following projects:

FastLED-SoundReactive - Sound Reactive displays for FastLED

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

MSIRGB - Alternative to MSI Mystic Light for controlling motherboard LEDs, without the fixed 7 colour limitation.

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 engine designed to deliver advanced real-time audio effects to a wide variety of devices.

NightDriverStrip - NightDriver client for ESP32

ESP32-INMP441-Matrix-VU - And ESP32 powered VU matrix using the INMP441 I2S microphone

OpenRGB

ESP32_FFT_VU - A spectrum analyzer VU meter for the ESP32 and a FastLED matrix

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