ESPHome Starter Kit - ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple

BUILD. LEARN. AUTOMATE.
The easiest path to building your own smart home devices.
A physical, clickable button that triggers any smart home automation you set up, built for repeated everyday use.
Keep track of your home’s climate in real time and use that data to trigger automations to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient.
A reliable motion sensor that detects the heat given off by moving people and/or animals: one of the most practical and widely used sensors in home automation.
Programmable lights and a small buzzer give you visual and audio control over your automations: from subtle status indicators to attention-grabbing alerts.
The ESP32-C6 Board is a small-but-mighty chip that powers the entire kit; capable of handling connectivity, device logic, and communication with your smart home setup.
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The ESPHome Starter Kit equips you with the tools, skills, and confidence to stop just using smart home tech and start creating it, in three simple steps.
Go straight to the fun part with foolproof, solder-free assembly – everything works out of the box via an easy plug-and-play system.
Real skills, not shortcuts: we simplify getting started, but you'll gain knowledge to tackle more complex projects with ESPHome.
Create automations for the devices you build, and easily add them to your existing smart home setup to suit your lifestyle.
The starter kit has all the quality components you need for a successful build, so you don't have to source them yourself. And to bring it all together, we’ve created two digital tools to guide you from the first connection to your first automation.
We've stripped back the complexity so you can focus entirely on learning: simply snap the modules off the panel and connect to the compute board via a single ribbon cable. No wiring, pins, soldering, or risk of getting it wrong!
Intuitive interface lets you configure hardware and software without writing code – but the YAML's always there underneath, should you want it! Runs on your desktop via our app, or on your existing smart home setup.
More than just assembly instructions, our Wiki explains the “why” behind each action. It shows how your components connect to the code running them, giving you the skills to take on bigger projects when you're ready.
These are just four of the things you can build with the ESPHome Starter Kit. Each pairs one of the kit's modules with an automation. Every module becomes a real, working smart home device – and once you've learned the basics, what you do next is entirely up to you.
Tap the button module to set off any Home Assistant automation you choose: wake up to your favourite song, turn on the lights, or start the coffee machine.
Step past your motion sensor in a darkened room and your lights come on automatically: no fumbling for switches or an app.
Set a minimum temperature so your heaters warm up automatically if your bedroom gets too cold.
Program LEDs to turn red and a chime to sound so you don’t forget to put out the trash or take your medicine.
These are a few starting points. The possibilities are endless. Combine the modules however you like, then take what you learn and build something new. See more in the Wiki →
Say hello to a welcoming community of makers already designing their own smart home devices, sharing configurations, and remixing the kit into projects of their own.
The latest community-designed 3D-printed enclosures, stands and mounts for every module: all ready to print and remix.
Discuss anything ESPHome-related and connect with other makers – and show off your new creations, of course!
A great place for beginners to ask questions about the ESPHome Starter Kit, with helpful links to Learning Wiki and documentation.
Apollo Automation designs and builds official ESPHome hardware. As a commercial partner of the Open Home Foundation, Apollo contributes the majority of its profits to the foundation. This means every purchase supports the development of projects like ESPHome and Home Assistant.
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Discover what reviewers and community members are saying about the ESPHome Starter Kit.
“The best entry point the ecosystem has ever offered.”
Valentin Goudet, Howmation
“It’s been absolutely fantastic playing with this new ESPHome device, it makes it just so simple.”
Simon Says Home Assistant
“Thanks to a visual editor, no actual programming or manual coding is required.”
“This was really fun to try out! I can’t wait to build more with ESPHome.”
Reed, SmartHomeSolver
“The kit removes much of the hardware guesswork...”
Ward Zhou, Matter Alpha
“Definitely if you haven’t messed with ESPHome this is a good place for you to start.”
“If you want to actually learn ESPHome instead of just using devices that run it, this is about as approachable as it gets.”