Top 8 C++ ws2812 Projects

WS2812FX

4 1,550 2.7 C++

WS2812 FX Library for Arduino and ESP8266
NeoPixelBus

12 1,150 7.9 C++

An Arduino NeoPixel support library supporting a large variety of individually addressable LEDs. Please refer to the Wiki for more details. Please use the GitHub Discussions to ask questions as the GitHub Issues feature is used for bug tracking.

Project mention: Does anyone use RGBW addressable leds? | /r/arduino | 2023-12-10

This library (and some others) supports them: https://github.com/Makuna/NeoPixelBus

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HyperHDR

7 870 8.0 C++

Highly optimized open source ambient lighting implementation based on modern digital video and audio stream analysis for Windows, macOS and Linux (x86 and Raspberry Pi / ARM).

Project mention: TV ambiance? | /r/smarthome | 2023-06-30

You can DIY your own with a IC-based RGB/RGBW strip and a rPi or x86 PC + ESP microcontroller using software like Hyperion or HyperHDR, combined with WLED.

ESP8266_ArtNetNode_v2

3 594 0.0 C++

ESP8266 based WiFi ArtNet to DMX, RDM and LED Pixels
ESP8266-Websockets-LED

2 67 6.2 C++

Real-time addressable LED strip (ws2811/ws2812/ws2812b) control using ESP8266 via web interface.
esp32WS2811

1 34 0.0 C++

Arduino library for ESP32 to drive WS2811 LEDs using the RMT peripheral
simracing-telemetry-esp8266

1 13 0.0 C++

Sim Racing Telemetry for ESP8266
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StarControl

1 1 10.0 C++

StarControl This project is about some lighting for my mercedes-benz.

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 ws2812 projects in C++? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	WS2812FX	1,550
2	NeoPixelBus	1,150
3	HyperHDR	870
4	ESP8266_ArtNetNode_v2	594
5	ESP8266-Websockets-LED	67
6	esp32WS2811	34
7	simracing-telemetry-esp8266	13
8	StarControl	1