Top 23 LED Open-Source Projects

• WLED

  599 13,864 9.5 C++

  Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!

Project mention: Those RGB Pixel Christmas trees cost how much? | /r/WLED | 2023-12-11

• WS2812FX

  4 1,550 2.7 C++

  WS2812 FX Library for Arduino and ESP8266

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• SwiftyGPIO

  1 1,329 4.9 Swift

  A Swift library for hardware projects on Linux/ARM boards with support for GPIOs/SPI/I2C/PWM/UART/1Wire.

• NightDriverStrip

  12 1,234 9.7 G-code

  NightDriver client for ESP32

  

Project mention: What controller to use for 9 channels? | /r/FastLED | 2023-06-04

I came here from NightDriver, which uses FastLED on ESP32 to drive ARGB strips using RMT. As far as I understand using RMT is specific to ESP32 and there's a hardware limitation of 8 channels.

• HyperHDR

  7 884 7.9 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

• ikea-led-obegraensad

  2 564 8.3 C

  ESP32/Arduino hack for the ikea OBEGRÄNSAD led wall lamp

Project mention: IKEA Obegränsad + ESP32 + WLED? | /r/WLED | 2023-06-05

fyi, the controller is easily removed and all the pins are clearly labeled and easy to access: https://github.com/ph1p/ikea-led-obegraensad

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• luma.led_matrix

  3 511 2.6 Python

  Python module to drive LED Matrices & 7-segment displays (MAX7219) and RGB NeoPixels (WS2812 / APA102)

• Piano-LED-Visualizer

  11 473 9.6 Python

  Piano LED Visualizer: Connect an LED strip to your Raspberry Pi and create an immersive visual experience for your piano playing

• WLED-wemos-shield

  6 454 9.1

  Wemos D1 Mini (ESP8266) or Wemos ESP32 D1 Mini (ESP32) based universal shield for WLED firmware

• RGB.NET

  2 395 8.3 C#

  The one-stop SDK for RGB-peripherals

• msi-keyboard

  1 306 2.7 JavaScript

  MSI SteelSeries Keyboard LED Controller

• acer-predator-turbo-and-rgb-keyboard-linux-module

  9 306 6.9 C

  Linux kernel module to support Turbo mode and RGB Keyboard for Acer Predator notebook series

Project mention: Kernel panic 0x00000009 | /r/archlinux | 2023-10-27

Edit: Imgur image looks bad… here’s a Google Drive link… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ILom9sopJQxUHEMzDBaOUMD8LOn0my8b/view?usp=drivesdk Edit 2: For whoever wants to view it on Google Drive, I made the link public now, sorry… The whole day after removing the kernel module, no panicks occurred, guess it’s fixed? I opened an issue on GitHub.

• MD_MAX72XX

  2 295 4.4 C++

  LED Matrix Library

• eruption

  7 240 8.0 Rust

  Realtime RGB LED Driver for Linux

  

• g203-led

  1 212 0.0 Python

  Logitech G203 Prodigy / G203 LightSync Mouse LED control for Linux

• McLighting

  2 211 0.0 C

  The ESP8266 based multi-client lighting gadget

  

• Arduino-FastLED-Music-Visualizer

  1 190 1.8 C++

  An Arduino based music visualizer using the FastLED library and a strip of individually addressable LEDs

• led-control

  2 154 6.3 Python

  Advanced WS2812/SK6812 RGB/RGBW LED controller with on-the-fly Python animation programming, web code editor/control interface, 1D, 2D, and 3D display support, and E1.31 sACN support

• OctoPrint-WS281x_LED_Status

  13 111 3.2 Python

  Add some RGB LEDs to your printer for a quick status update!

Project mention: 3D printed status beacon light for my 3D printer | /r/3Dprinting | 2023-04-28

It is fully 3d printed (except the LED strip, wires and some M3 screws). I used an LED strip with WS2812b individually adressable LEDs. The LEDs are powered by the same Raspberry Pi that hosts OctoPrint for my printer. Using the WS281x LED Status OctoPrint plugin, the LEDs can be easily controlled.

• NeewerLite

  1 104 6.3 Swift

  NeewerLite is an un-official Neewer LED light control app for macOS.

• nfl-led-scoreboard

  4 92 0.0 Python

  NFL LED scoreboard! This project can display live scores of your favourite football teams!

• magic-home-desktop

  1 92 2.5 Vue

  Desktop app for Windows and MacOS to control Magic Home LEDs.

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