I hope people can offer some beginner level guidance about ESPhome. As I understand it, ESPHome is an alternative firmware for ESPs and Raspberry Picos? You have to compile it especially for each device and it's sensors and actuators, which implies a development environment on a computer - cf the …

BTW, in my project layout, I keep all my include files in a sensible folder structure: [image] And then the master device configs in the parent folder: [image] Along with the separate secrets files. This makes it easy to commit all your configs to GitHub should you want to without sharing thin…

[image] mikefila: there are no mqtt commands One of the things I like about ESPHome is that it is fairly easy to hack about with it if you need to. But without knowing specifically what you'd want to do with media playing (play on an ESP device from a file loaded to it? Stream to a device? Us…

Out of interest why are you considering changing from Tasmota ? I cannot make any comparisons as I haven't used ESPhome - every time I looked at it I was put off as it seems overly complicated. However I have yet to find anything I haven't been able to do using Tasmota, so I will be sticking with …

Thanks to everyone for the replies, especially Julian's detailed answer. [image] Sean-McG: why are you considering changing from Tasmota ? I'm just kicking the tyres, not really planning to buy a new car! Tasmota does everything I need, but it is only for ESPs and one day an alternative mic…

If you are going to us a pi, Esphome compile needs about a gig of free memory.

[image] jbudd: the best feature is this web interface where I can easily check the sensors and send commands. I mainly want to see the equivalent for ESPhome. Sorry, I should have included that in my last post. :slight_smile: [image] [image] You can see that things like switches automatic…

[image] mikefila: Esphome compile needs about a gig of free memory Oh that's bad news since the Pi I use for such experiments only has 512MB physical memory!

As long as you are not also running HA on that device, you should be able to simply increase the swap size. Compilation will take a little longer but everything should work fine. Oh, and I always forget, some clever clogs invented a web version of esphome! So, for simpler configurations anyway, yo…

[image] TotallyInformation: As long as you are not also running HA on that device, you should be able to simply increase the swap size. Compilation will take a little longer but everything should work fine. Running Home Assistant... Not elfin likely! :wink: Actually one of those little Pies …

I think that once you have invested some time learning a particular firmware you are inclined to stick with it. (And advocate for it!) I also keep an eye out for alternatives, to make sure I'm not missing out. So I read with interest what @TotallyInformation has described here, but there is nothin…

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Someone started building a stand alone web app for esphome but there hasn't been any progress in several months.

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