esptool-js vs web-serial-controller

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esptool-js		web-serial-controller
	Project
6	Mentions	4
244	Stars	12
3.3%	Growth	-
6.8	Activity	0.0
9 days ago	Latest Commit	about 3 years ago
TypeScript	Language	JavaScript
Apache License 2.0	License	-

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esptool-js

Posts with mentions or reviews of esptool-js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-18.

Help / do you know how to upload a .bin file from the Arduino IDE?
1 project | /r/esp32 | 7 Mar 2023
Flashing ESP32 without Dev. environment
4 projects | /r/esp32 | 18 Nov 2022

Test instance: https://espressif.github.io/esptool-js/
Stand-alone executable file for windows command line programming of esp32
5 projects | /r/esp32 | 17 Nov 2022

You can upload firmware trough browser. No installation of any tools required: https://github.com/espressif/esptool-js
Looking for a simple, easy to install firmware uploader for the ESP32 (wrover)
3 projects | /r/esp32 | 28 Jan 2022
17 days without commits to ESP-IDF
2 projects | /r/esp32 | 20 Jun 2021

could it be related ? https://github.com/espressif/esptool-js

web-serial-controller

Posts with mentions or reviews of web-serial-controller. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-15.

I GOT THE JOB!!!
1 project | /r/webdev | 2 Mar 2023

The Win95 things sounds cool - a while back I wrote a Web Serial Tool using WinXP CSS.
Windows XP -inspired web serial controller
2 projects | /r/WebSerialAPI | 15 Dec 2021

This is by the dev that also created the fromWebSerial RxJS utility. It uses XP.css to provide a kind of novel / nostalgic interface to use web serial. There’s not much to it beyond that, but if you’re using a non-supported browser you can also get a Blue Screen Of Death, which is entertaining. It appears as though there’s some demo code for Arduino, in addition to the original code being available.
Web Serial Controller - A fully reactive app for connecting with Serial devices
1 project | /r/webdev | 5 Feb 2021

It's of couse fully open source so you can dive into the code to see how it was created,
My First Svelte App: A Web Serial API app inspired by Windows XP
1 project | /r/sveltejs | 3 Feb 2021

Source Code: https://github.com/tanepiper/web-serial-controller Video of demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVWJIbOAfiY

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esptool-js and web-serial-controller you can also consider the following projects:

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

cookbook - VueJS + NodeJS Evergreen Cookbook

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

CV19_Oscilloscope - Virtual oscilloscope that uses WebAudio, WebSerial, and WebGL to display the signal from the audio input.

esphome-flasher - Simple GUI tool to flash ESPs over USB

spellbook - Spellbook is a WebExtension to easily add new bookmarks to correct categories

Marlin - Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.

WatermelonDB - 🍉 Reactive & asynchronous database for powerful React and React Native apps ⚡️

esptool - Espressif SoC serial bootloader utility

XP.css - A CSS framework for building faithful recreations of operating system GUIs.

Olaf - Olaf: Overly Lightweight Acoustic Fingerprinting is a portable acoustic fingerprinting system.

nodemcu-pyflasher - Self-contained NodeMCU flasher with GUI based on esptool.py and wxPython.