Top 12 C++ Neopixel Projects

WS2812FX

1 4 1,686 3.2 C++

WS2812 FX Library for Arduino and ESP8266
InfluxDB

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diyHue

2 1 637 0.0 C++

Philips Hue emulator that is able to control multiple types of lights (by mariusmotea)
rpidmx512

3 1 431 9.3 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

4 9 387 5.4 C++

Adalight with FastLED support
ATEM_tally_light_with_ESP8266

5 1 182 3.3 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

6 4 109 0.0 C++

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

7 2 46 3.0 C++

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

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Wordclock

8 2 31 0.0 C++

Diy Wordclock with an esp32 and ws2812b Leds
FB.Light

9 1 28 10.0 C++

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

10 2 19 3.8 C++

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

11 1 9 2.7 C++

Stair LedLights, using NeoPixel Ledstrips and an Arduino
ESP8266_SmartBulb

12 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	1,686
2	diyHue	637
3	rpidmx512	431
4	Adalight-FastLED	387
5	ATEM_tally_light_with_ESP8266	182
6	Marlin-2.0.X-MKS-Robin-Nano	109
7	quickPatterns	46
8	Wordclock	31
9	FB.Light	28
10	FastLED_NeoPixel	19
11	NeoPixel-Stair	9
12	ESP8266_SmartBulb	7