quickPatterns VS WLED

Compare quickPatterns vs WLED and see what are their differences.

quickPatterns

FastLED based pattern engine for addressable LEDs (NeoPixels, WS2811, WS2812) for layering animations on the same strand of lights. (by brimshot)

WLED

Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi! (by Aircoookie)
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quickPatterns WLED
2 599
41 13,823
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3.0 9.5
5 months ago 1 day ago
C++ C++
MIT License MIT License
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quickPatterns

Posts with mentions or reviews of quickPatterns. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-30.

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 quickPatterns and WLED 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

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.

NightDriverStrip - NightDriver client for ESP32

OpenRGB

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

CorsairLightingProtocol - Control LEDs connected to an Arduino with iCUE, create an unofficial Corsair iCUE compatible Arduino LED controller.

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

Arduino-HomeKit-ESP8266 - Native Apple HomeKit accessory implementation for the ESP8266 Arduino core.

homeassistant-pixelblaze - This is a custom component to allow control of Pixelblaze devices in Home Assistant.

Lightpack - Lightpack and Prismatik open repository

xLights - xLights is a sequencer for Lights. xLights has usb and E1.31 drivers. You can create sequences in this object oriented program. You can create playlists, schedule them, test your hardware, convert between different sequencers.