# tasmota/tasmotizer

ESP... The time has come to... Tasmotize!

Repository: https://github.com/tasmota/tasmotizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tasmotizer
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: tasmota, flash, esp8266, config-management, backup-utility, restore-utility
Last push: 2024-01-30T18:25:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2473, "days_push": 946, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1537, forks 195 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:00.073338+00:00)

## What it is
Tasmotizer is a Python-based flashing tool for installing Tasmota firmware on ESP8266 devices, built on top of Espressif's esptool. It provides automatic firmware backup, one-click flashing of release or development binaries, and serial-based device configuration including WiFi, MQTT, and module templates.

## Use cases
- flash tasmota firmware onto esp8266 devices
- backup original manufacturer firmware before flashing
- download and flash the latest tasmota release binary
- configure wifi and mqtt settings on a tasmota device over serial
- find the IP address of a freshly flashed tasmota device
- restore a saved firmware image back onto an esp8266

## When to choose
- you want a simple GUI or CLI to flash Tasmota on ESP8266 hardware
- you need to back up stock firmware before replacing it with Tasmota
- you want one-click post-flash configuration of WiFi and MQTT over serial

## When to avoid
- you need to flash ESP32 devices or non-Tasmota firmware
- you require OTA (over-the-air) flashing rather than serial
- you need an actively developed tool with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, gui, backup, configuration-management
- domain: iot, embedded-systems, developer-tools, hardware
- platform: windows, cross-platform, python
- tags: esp8266, tasmota, firmware-flashing, esptool, serial, iot-firmware, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tasmota/tasmotizer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.073338+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 2026-08-30T04:31:02.182816+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tasmota/tasmotizer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.073338+00:00, sha 694b437b6809)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/tasmotizer/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:51.904939+00:00, sha 6efa22473823)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.