# codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat

Breathe fresh life into your bricked Nest, now with 100% less evil!

Repository: https://github.com/codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nolongerevil-thermostat
Homepage: https://nolongerevil.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-04-01T08:00:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 45, longevity 21
- inputs: {"age_days": 304, "days_push": 154, "days_rel": 155, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1826, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.369542+00:00)

## What it is
No Longer Evil is a right-to-repair firmware and cloud replacement for bricked or sunset Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostats. It flashes modified bootloader/kernel components that redirect the device's traffic from Google's servers to a reverse-engineered replica API, hosted on the No Longer Evil platform or a self-hosted server (standalone or Home Assistant add-on).

## Use cases
- revive a bricked Nest Gen 1 or Gen 2 thermostat after Google sunset support
- flash custom firmware onto a Nest thermostat to remove Google cloud dependency
- self-host a replacement server for a Nest thermostat
- control a repurposed Nest thermostat from a web dashboard or PWA
- integrate a de-Googled Nest thermostat with Home Assistant
- avoid e-waste by repurposing discontinued smart thermostat hardware

## When to choose
- you own a Nest Gen 1/2 thermostat that Google bricked or sunset and want to keep using it
- you want thermostat data and control to stay off Google's cloud, via hosted or self-hosted infrastructure
- you want a drop-in community firmware with a GUI installer and Home Assistant integration

## When to avoid
- the thermostat is critical for heating or cooling and you have no backup device - flashing may brick it
- you need a supported, production-grade smart thermostat solution rather than experimental firmware
- you are on Windows - building and flashing is only supported on macOS/Linux
- you want to keep using official Nest/Google cloud features and warranty

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: reverse-engineering, self-hosted, security, developer-tools
- domain: iot, self-hosted, privacy, hardware
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: nest-thermostat, custom-firmware, right-to-repair, cloud-replacement, home-assistant, firmware-flashing, installer, smart-home, anti-bricking, google-cloud-bypass, automation, linux, macos, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.369542+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:19:34.069393+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.369542+00:00, sha 29aa75e52d0d)
  - homepage: https://nolongerevil.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:40.030221+00:00, sha c5fa4c835b81)
  - site_page: https://docs.nolongerevil.com/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:40.039753+00:00, sha 0d65f7721b16)
  - site_page: https://nolongerevil.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:40.041735+00:00, sha 276c8bf936e1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.