Awtrix Light
Open firmware for LED matrix smart home displays
Awtrix Light is open-source firmware for ESP32-based LED matrix clocks that turns them into customizable smart home info displays. It shows notifications, sensor data, and apps via MQTT.
Key features
- LED matrix display firmware
- MQTT integration
- Custom apps
- Home Assistant ready
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Active community (2.3k GitHub stars)
- Written in C++
- Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM
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