Considering ESPhome

jbudd
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:55:06 +0000
Hardware

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 Arduino IDE on a PC.

Currently I use Tasmota for ESPs. I have used Arduino IDE too.
I would like to compare these with ESPhome.

Can I compile and burn ESPhome images from a command line only Raspberry Pi?
Should I consider installing on WIndows instead?
What do I have to install, and how?
Is there a web based UI for this IDE?

I am not going to install Home Assistant and preferably not Docker.
All of the online guides seem to focus on Home Assistant.

Does a microcontroller with ESPhome have a web console similar to Tasmota devices?

I know there is a node-red-contrib-esphome, but if ESPhome can publish and subscribe to MQTT, why would I need this?

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