Top 12 C++ Neopixel Projects

WS2812FX

4 1,550 2.7 C++

WS2812 FX Library for Arduino and ESP8266
diyHue

1 626 0.0 C++

Philips Hue emulator that is able to control multiple types of lights (by mariusmotea)
WorkOS

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rpidmx512

1 377 9.1 C++

Orange Pi DMX512 / RDM / MIDI / OSC / Art-Net / WS28xx / L6470 / Stepper / TLC59711 / PCA9685 / Servo / PWM / TCNet / SMPTE / RDMNet / LLRP / GD32 / GigaDevice / Raspberry Pi
Adalight-FastLED

9 356 0.0 C++

Adalight with FastLED support
ATEM_tally_light_with_ESP8266

1 142 6.4 C++

Wireless tally light for use with ATEM switchers, which connects over WiFi, using an ESP WiFi module.
Marlin-2.0.X-MKS-Robin-Nano

4 104 0.0 C++

Marlin 2.0.X for the MKS Robin Nano 1.1/1.2
quickPatterns

2 41 3.0 C++

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

2 30 0.0 C++

Diy Wordclock with an esp32 and ws2812b Leds
FB.Light

1 25 10.0 C++

WS2812B WiFi-LED-Strip-Controller with NTP-driven scrolling clock, text and other effects.

Project mention: Can't find a way to drive a WS2812 strip via Artnet using an ESP8266/32 | /r/lightingdesign | 2023-05-30

FastLED_NeoPixel

2 14 5.2 C++

An Arduino library for using Adafruit NeoPixel library animations with FastLED
NeoPixel-Stair

1 9 2.7 C++

Stair LedLights, using NeoPixel Ledstrips and an Arduino
ESP8266_SmartBulb

1 7 0.0 C++

A nice IoT "smart bulb" for your home

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Neopixel projects in C++? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	WS2812FX	1,550
2	diyHue	626
3	rpidmx512	377
4	Adalight-FastLED	356
5	ATEM_tally_light_with_ESP8266	142
6	Marlin-2.0.X-MKS-Robin-Nano	104
7	quickPatterns	41
8	Wordclock	30
9	FB.Light	25
10	FastLED_NeoPixel	14
11	NeoPixel-Stair	9
12	ESP8266_SmartBulb	7