ESPHome-WLED Device Manager

Control ESPHome & WLED devices from your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch & Home Screen widgets. Native API, live LED preview, and full segment management.

ESPHome-WLED Device Manager is a powerful native iOS, iPad, and Apple Watch app for discovering and controlling your smart home devices on your local network.

Recommended ESPHome Component For the best experience, add the webserver_listcomponents (https://github.com/domgrimm/esphome-webserver-listcomponents) external component to your ESPHome config. It enables fast, reliable entity discovery with full metadata support.

ESPHome Device Control • Automatic network discovery via Bonjour/mDNS • Full component support: switches, lights, fans, covers, sensors, climate, numbers, selects, buttons, text, time, and alarm control panels • Native API with Noise encryption for secure, real-time communication • Live log streaming and Server-Sent Events for instant state updates • HTTP Basic authentication support • Manual device addition for devices outside your local network

WLED Advanced Control • Power, brightness, and full effect/palette management • Segment management with blend modes and transition styles • Live LED preview via WebSocket for 1D strips and 2D matrices • Native gradient palette editor with WLED JSON codec • PixelForge tools for WLED 0.16+: Pixel Paint, Image Tool, and Scrolling Text • LittleFS file browser and custom palette management

Widgets • Device Hub widget shows multiple ESPHome and WLED devices in an Apple Home-style layout • Device Control widget displays individual components or WLED segments with interactive toggle • Both widgets support small and medium sizes with AppIntent-driven configuration

iPad Optimized • Two-column NavigationSplitView with sidebar device list • Balanced split-view layout for efficient device browsing and control • Adaptive interface that responds to size class changes

Apple Watch • Full watchOS companion app with device discovery and control • Digital Crown brightness control with haptic feedback for WLED • Effect and palette wheel pickers with live color preview • Manual device sync from your iPhone via App Groups

ESPHome-WLED Device Manager runs entirely on your local network — no cloud services, no accounts, and no tracking. Your devices stay under your control.

Requires ESPHome or WLED devices on your local network. Supports current ESPHome firmware with entity-name-based URL paths and API 1.14+ native handshake.