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sidoh/esp8266_milight_hub

Replacement for a Milight/LimitlessLED hub hosted on an ESP8266 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/sidoh/esp8266_milight_hub · C++ · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

26/100

  • Activity 6
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3505
  • days_rel: 661
  • days_push: 568
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1045 stars · 246 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A firmware replacement for the Milight/LimitlessLED WiFi gateway that runs on an ESP8266 or ESP32 with an NRF24L01+ or LT8900 radio. It exposes a web UI, MQTT support, a UDP gateway, and a REST API for controlling Milight smart bulbs over the reverse-engineered 2.4 GHz protocol.

Use cases

  • control milight smart bulbs without the official wifi gateway
  • bridge milight bulbs into home assistant via mqtt
  • send UDP commands to milight bulbs from custom scripts
  • replace a lost or broken limitlessled remote
  • track and restore smart bulb state server-side
  • sniff packets from existing milight remotes

When to choose

  • you own Milight/LimitlessLED/EasyBulb bulbs and want local, cloud-free control
  • you want MQTT or REST integration with home automation platforms
  • you have an ESP8266/ESP32 and a cheap NRF24L01+ radio

When to avoid

  • your bulbs use a different protocol (e.g., Zigbee, WiFi-native bulbs)
  • you want a plug-and-play commercial solution without soldering or wiring
  • you need support for radio modules other than NRF24L01+ or LT8900

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

iot webhook http-server middleware iot self-hosted hardware embedded iot milight limitlessled mqtt udp-gateway rest-api smart-bulbs nrf24l01 wifi-gateway-emulator home-automation esp8266

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
sidoh/esp8266_milight_hubmain26

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="sidoh/esp8266_milight_hub")

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