Makuna/NeoPixelBus

An Arduino NeoPixel support library supporting a large variety of individually addressable LEDs. Please refer to the Wiki for more details. Please use the GitHub Discussions to ask questions as the GitHub Issues feature is used for bug tracking.

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Arduino NeoPixel library

A library to control one wire protocol RGB, RGBW, and RGBWW leds like APA106, SK6812, WS2811, WS2812 and WS2813 that are commonly refered to as NeoPixels and two wire protocol RGB like Lpd8806, APA102 and SK9822 commonly refered to as DotStars. Supports most Arduino platforms.

For quick questions and support:

For bugs, make sure there isn't an active issue and then create one.

Documentation

See Wiki

Installing This Library (preferred, you just want to use it)

Open the Library Manager and search for "NeoPixelBus by Makuna" and install

Installing This Library From GitHub (advanced, you want to contribute)

Create a directory in your Arduino\Library folder named "NeoPixelBus" Clone (Git) this project into that folder.
It should now show up in the import list when you restart Arduino IDE.

apa102
apa106
arduino
dotstar
dotstar-leds
esp32-arduino
esp8266-arduino
led-controlling
led-strips
lpd8806
nano-33-ble
neopixels
rgb-led
rgbw-leds
sk6812
wire-protocol-rgb
ws2811
ws2812
ws2812b
ws2813

Makuna/NeoPixelBus

An Arduino NeoPixel support library supporting a large variety of individually addressable LEDs. Please refer to the Wiki for more details. Please use the GitHub Discussions to ask questions as the GitHub Issues feature is used for bug tracking.

C++

1,253

441 commits

updated Feb 16, 2026

See the code

README

NeoPixelBus

Donate

Arduino NeoPixel library

A library to control one wire protocol RGB, RGBW, and RGBWW leds like APA106, SK6812, WS2811, WS2812 and WS2813 that are commonly refered to as NeoPixels and two wire protocol RGB like Lpd8806, APA102 and SK9822 commonly refered to as DotStars. Supports most Arduino platforms.

For quick questions and support:

For bugs, make sure there isn't an active issue and then create one.

Documentation

See Wiki

Installing This Library (preferred, you just want to use it)

Open the Library Manager and search for "NeoPixelBus by Makuna" and install

Installing This Library From GitHub (advanced, you want to contribute)

Create a directory in your Arduino\Library folder named "NeoPixelBus" Clone (Git) this project into that folder.
It should now show up in the import list when you restart Arduino IDE.

apa102
apa106
arduino
dotstar
dotstar-leds
esp32-arduino
esp8266-arduino
led-controlling
led-strips
lpd8806
nano-33-ble
neopixels
rgb-led
rgbw-leds
sk6812
wire-protocol-rgb
ws2811
ws2812
ws2812b
ws2813

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