Top 10 C++ Neopixel Projects

WS2812FX

2 1,407 3.0 C++

WS2812 FX Library for Arduino and ESP8266

Project mention: is there a ready-made light show firmware for PCB-doodling? | reddit.com/r/AskElectronics | 2022-04-27

If you use LEDs like the WS2812 (RGB LEDs) you can use the WS2812FX library https://github.com/kitesurfer1404/WS2812FX and an Arduino nano to quickly make something with fancy led patterns. That is what I used to quickly (few minutes) create a prototype with fancy LED patterns. The library comes with many standard patterns and it only takes a few lines of code to get started. No buttons, buzzers or ordinary LEDs though.
rpidmx512

1 333 8.5 C++

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

Project mention: Demo - Using a track on a cassette portastudio as master clock for Eurorack and the Minibrute 2 | reddit.com/r/synthdiy | 2022-05-25
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Adalight-FastLED

2 325 0.0 C++

Adalight with FastLED support

Project mention: Copy 2 LED inputs to 100 LED strip (1 input to 50 LEDs each) | reddit.com/r/FastLED | 2023-01-14

Software and Hardware used: I am using Adalight Fastled (https://github.com/dmadison/Adalight-FastLED) with a WS2812B strip.
Marlin-2.0.X-MKS-Robin-Nano

0 105 0.0 C++

Marlin 2.0.X for the MKS Robin Nano 1.1/1.2
ATEM_tally_light_with_ESP8266

0 96 2.4 C++

Wireless tally light for use with ATEM switchers, which connects over WiFi, using a D1 mini board (ESP8266 WiFi module).
quickPatterns

0 29 1.5 C++

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

0 21 0.0 C++

Diy Wordclock with an esp32 and ws2812b Leds
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FastLED_NeoPixel

1 9 3.4 C++

An Arduino library for using Adafruit NeoPixel library animations with FastLED

Project mention: Telling my program which library to use | reddit.com/r/cpp_questions | 2022-03-11
NeoPixel-Stair

0 8 1.3 C++

Stair LedLights, using NeoPixel Ledstrips and an Arduino
ESP8266_SmartBulb

0 3 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). The latest post mention was on 2023-01-14.

C++ Neopixel related posts

Telling my program which library to use
1 project | reddit.com/r/cpp_questions | 11 Mar 2022
In need for suggestion on patters
2 projects | reddit.com/r/FastLED | 30 Nov 2021
NeoPixel Library - Fade in and out not working
1 project | reddit.com/r/arduino | 18 Oct 2021
Non-Blocking "Lighting Code" out there?
5 projects | reddit.com/r/FastLED | 17 Mar 2021

Index

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

	Project	Stars
1	WS2812FX	1,407
2	rpidmx512	333
3	Adalight-FastLED	325
4	Marlin-2.0.X-MKS-Robin-Nano	105
5	ATEM_tally_light_with_ESP8266	96
6	quickPatterns	29
7	Wordclock	21
8	FastLED_NeoPixel	9
9	NeoPixel-Stair	8
10	ESP8266_SmartBulb	3