esp-open-sdk VS esptool

Compare esp-open-sdk vs esptool and see what are their differences.

esp-open-sdk

Free and open (as much as possible) integrated SDK for ESP8266/ESP8285 chips (by pfalcon)

esptool

Espressif SoC serial bootloader utility (by espressif)
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esp-open-sdk esptool
4 51
1,951 5,313
- 0.9%
0.0 9.0
over 2 years ago 7 days ago
Makefile Python
- GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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esp-open-sdk

Posts with mentions or reviews of esp-open-sdk. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-27.
  • Can I write C for an ESP8266?
    4 projects | /r/esp8266 | 27 Jul 2022
  • Is anyone building micropython in a docker image? Building for an ESP8266
    3 projects | /r/MicroPythonDev | 12 Aug 2021
    RUN cd /home/builder && tar -xzf xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc8_4_0-esp-2020r3-linux-amd64.tar.gz WORKDIR /root RUN pip3 install rshell esptool USER builder WORKDIR /home/builder RUN git clone --recursive https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk.git RUN rm -rf ~/esp-open-sdk/crosstool-NG RUN cd ./esp-open-sdk && git clone https://github.com/jcmvbkbc/crosstool-NG RUN cd ./esp-open-sdk/crosstool-NG && git checkout xtensa-1.22.x RUN cd ./esp-open-sdk/crosstool-NG && autoconf && ./configure && make && CT_EXPAT_VERSION="2.4.1" ENV PATH=/home/builder/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin/:$PATH RUN git clone https://github.com/micropython/micropython.git RUN cd ~/micropython && git submodule update --init && make -C mpy-cross
  • does anyone have a 1M ESP-01 friendly firmware with uasyncio built in
    8 projects | /r/micropy | 6 Jun 2021
    git clone --recursive https://github.com/pfalcon/esp-open-sdk.git cd esp-open-sdk/ rm -rf crosstool-NG git clone https://github.com/jcmvbkbc/crosstool-NG cd crosstool-NG git checkout xtensa-1.22.x perl -p -i~ -e 's/\$\{CT_EXPAT_VERSION\}/2.4.1/g' scripts/build/companion_libs/210-expat.sh cd .. make STANDALONE=y echo "PATH=$(pwd)/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.profile source ~/.profile rm $(pwd)/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin/esptool.py sudo pip3 install esptool.py

esptool

Posts with mentions or reviews of esptool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-17.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esp-open-sdk and esptool you can also consider the following projects:

esp-idf - Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs.

micropython-nanoweb - Full async Micropython web server with small memory footprint.

WLED-Utils - Helper utilities for working with WLED

esp8266-micropython-vagrant - Vagrant file to build a virtual machine that can compile the ESP8266 open SDK & MicroPython firmware.

crosstool-NG - crosstool-NG with support for Xtensa

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

MicroPython - MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems

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

TFT_eSPI - Arduino and PlatformIO IDE compatible TFT library optimised for the Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040), STM32, ESP8266 and ESP32 that supports different driver chips