esphomeyaml is the solution for your ESP8266/ESP32 projects with Home Assistant. It allows you to create **custom firmwares** for your microcontrollers with no programming experience required. All you need to know is the YAML configuration format which is also used by Home Assistant.
esphomeyaml will:
* Read your configuration file and warn you about potential errors (like using the invalid pins.)
* Create a custom C++ sketch file for you using esphomeyaml's powerful C++ generation engine.
* Compile the sketch file for you using [platformio](http://platformio.org/).
* Upload the binary to your ESP via Over the Air updates.
* Automatically start remote logs via MQTT.
And all of that with a single command 🎉:
```bash
esphomeyaml configuration.yaml run
```
## Features
* **No programming experience required:** just edit YAML configuration
files like you're used to with Home Assistant.
* **Flexible:** Use [esphomelib](https://github.com/OttoWinter/esphomelib)'s powerful core to create custom sensors/outputs.
* **Fast and efficient:** Written in C++ and keeps memory consumption to a minimum.
* **Made for Home Assistant:** Almost all Home Assistant features are supported out of the box. Including RGB lights and many more.
* **Easy reproducible configuration:** No need to go through a long setup process for every single node. Just copy a configuration file and run a single command.
* **Smart Over The Air Updates:** esphomeyaml has OTA updates deeply integrated into the system. It even automatically enters a recovery mode if a boot loop is detected.
* For me: Makes documenting esphomelib's features a lot easier.
## Special Thanks
Special Thanks to the Home Assistant project. Lots of the code base of esphomeyaml is based off of Home Assistant, for example the loading and config validation code.
