macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install esphomelocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install esphome with Homebrew, Nix, pacman
Make creating custom firmwares for ESP32/ESP8266 super easy. Version 2026.6.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-02.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#esphomenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/es/esphome/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S esphomeArch Linux sync databases · esphome · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Make creating custom firmwares for ESP32/ESP8266 super easy
Project links
Commands and aliases
- esphome
history
Project history and usage
ESPHome is a configuration-driven firmware system for turning ESP32, ESP8266, BK72xx, RP2040, and related microcontroller boards into Home Assistant-friendly smart home devices.
Project history
Early ESPHome releases used the esphomelib and esphomeyaml names, and the project's own 1.7.0 changelog describes a rapid user increase after a Home Assistant blog post. Over time the project consolidated around ESPHome as the user-facing tool and documentation site.
The core idea stayed unusually package-friendly: users write YAML configuration, ESPHome generates firmware, and that firmware is installed directly onto the device. The official getting started guide describes the system as having a device-side part and a computer-side or builder-side part, which explains why the package is both a CLI tool and an ecosystem around device definitions.
Adoption history
ESPHome adoption tracks the Home Assistant ecosystem. The 1.7.0 changelog reports a sixfold growth in GitHub clones after Home Assistant coverage, and later documentation frames the ESPHome Device Builder as an easy Home Assistant app for creating, editing, installing, and updating device configurations.
By 2023 the project was extending beyond basic sensors and switches into voice assistant work for Home Assistant Assist, and its release notes announced a dedicated Voice Assistant component. In 2024, Nabu Casa donated ESPHome to the Open Home Foundation, aligning it formally with Home Assistant governance while keeping day-to-day development supported by Nabu Casa.
How it is used
Users normally create one or more YAML files per device, validate and compile them with the ESPHome tooling or Device Builder, install the generated firmware over USB or serial for first setup, then perform later updates over the air when supported by the device configuration.
The package matters in day-to-day home automation because hardware declared in the YAML configuration, such as sensors, switches, lights, and binary sensors, automatically appears in Home Assistant after the device is installed and connected.
Why package nerds care
ESPHome is a packaging sweet spot: it turns embedded firmware generation into a host-side CLI package, while also pulling together PlatformIO, microcontroller SDKs, YAML validation, generated C++ code, OTA updates, and Home Assistant discovery into one repeatable workflow.
Timeline
- 2018: Version 1.7.0 changelog describes esphomelib growth after Home Assistant coverage.
- 2023: Voice Assistant component added for Home Assistant Assist workflows.
- 2024: Nabu Casa donates ESPHome to the Open Home Foundation.
Related projects
- Home Assistant is the central integration target; ESPHome also sits alongside firmware projects such as Tasmota and Espurna because its documentation includes migration guides from both.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for esphome. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
<config-directory>/*.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
esphome | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2026.6.4
manager updated2026-07-02
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://esphome.io/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:esphome |
|---|---|
| Version | 2026.6.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/esphome |
| Homepage | https://esphome.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/esphome/esphome |
| Upstream docs | https://developers.esphome.io/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1d/e2/d10f9b8e68374ecb2cc9175e7e1f024aafd0e6a44b146f0af4e8f79dec4d/esphome-2026.6.4.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-02T21:05:43Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, cryptography, libyaml, pillow, pydantic, python@3.14 |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | esphome |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
esphome
nix profile install nixpkgs#esphome- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Esphome
pacman95%
esphome 2026.4.5-1
Solution for your ESP8266/ESP32 projects with Home Assistant
https://github.com/esphome/ESPHome
sudo pacman -S esphome- License: MIT AND GPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: any
- 29 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Esphome
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment