# ESPHome-WLED Device Manager

> Control ESPHome + WLED devices

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6754686752](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6754686752)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6754686752`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dominic Grimm
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Version:** 2.8.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2025-11-06
- **Size:** 11 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/esphome-wled-device-manager/id6754686752)
- **Website:** [https://esphome.grimm.au](https://esphome.grimm.au/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://esphome.grimm.au/privacy/](https://esphome.grimm.au/privacy/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #1,770,685 — Overall

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