Turn an affordable touchscreen into a simple smart home control panel.
EspControl lets you put the Home Assistant controls you use every day onto a dedicated screen: lights by the door, heating in the hallway, garage controls in the utility room, room temperatures on a desk, or a tidy bedside panel for scenes and alarms.
You do not need to write code, edit YAML, or build your own ESPHome setup. Install the firmware from a web browser, connect the screen to WiFi, add it to Home Assistant, then choose what appears on the display from the screen's built-in setup page.
Documentation and install guide: jtenniswood.github.io/espcontrol
- A real control panel for your home - give family and guests simple buttons instead of asking them to use the Home Assistant app.
- Room-by-room control - place a small screen where it is useful: kitchen, hallway, office, garage, bedroom, or next to a door.
- One-tap routines - run scenes, scripts, and automations such as movie mode, bedtime, away mode, or garden lights.
- Live home information - show temperatures, sensors, weather, dates, clocks, and other Home Assistant readings at a glance.
- Flexible pages of controls - keep the main screen simple, then open extra pages for rooms, devices, or less common actions.
- Local smart home control - the panel talks to Home Assistant on your own network. It is not a cloud dashboard.
- Easy changes later - rearrange buttons, change icons, adjust colours, back up your setup, and install firmware updates without starting again.
EspControl works with devices and helpers that are already in Home Assistant, including:
- Lights, switches, fans, and plugs
- Scenes, scripts, buttons, and automations
- Blinds, shutters, covers, and garage doors
- Climate controls
- Sensors such as temperature, humidity, power, battery, or custom text states
- Weather, clocks, dates, and time zones
- Built-in relays on supported panels
If Home Assistant can see it, EspControl is designed to make it easier to put that control or information on a touchscreen.
- Buy a supported ESP32 touchscreen.
- Install EspControl from your browser using the web installer.
- Connect the screen to WiFi using the setup screen it creates.
- Add it to Home Assistant when Home Assistant discovers it.
- Allow Home Assistant actions so the panel is permitted to control your devices.
- Open the panel's web page and choose the buttons, sensors, pages, colours, and display settings you want.
After that, the panel runs on its own. You can still change the layout at any time from a phone, tablet, or computer browser.
Start here: Install EspControl
EspControl supports several low-cost ESP32 touchscreens. Larger screens give you more room for controls; smaller screens are useful beside doors, on desks, or in individual rooms.
| 10.1" JC8012P4A1 | 7" JC1060P470 | 4.3" JC4880P443 | 4" Waveshare P4 86 Panel | 4" 4848S040 |
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| 1280x800 landscape · 20 card slots | 1024x600 landscape · 15 card slots | 480x800 portrait · 6 card slots | 720x720 square · 9 card slots | 480x480 square · 9 card slots |
| ESP32-P4 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-S3 |
| Guition / AliExpress | AliExpress ~£40 | AliExpress ~£24 | Waveshare | AliExpress ~£16 |
| Desk stand (3D print) | Case stand (3D print) |
See the screen guides for full details on each model.
- Simple setup page - configure the screen from a normal browser.
- Drag-and-drop layout - move controls around without editing files.
- Subpages - make folder-like pages for rooms or groups of controls.
- Different card sizes - make important controls larger and keep smaller items compact.
- Screensaver and brightness controls - dim or sleep the display when it is not in use.
- Automatic updates - keep firmware current over WiFi after the first install.
- Backup and restore - save your layout and copy it to another panel.
- A supported ESP32 touchscreen
- A USB-C data cable for the first install
- A computer running Chrome or Edge for flashing the firmware
- Home Assistant running on your home network
- 2.4 GHz WiFi for the panel
If EspControl is useful in your home, you can support ongoing development by buying me a coffee.
