MESH01
Self-form · self-heal
Auto parent selection and reconnect; root can also form a mesh without a router.
ESP-Mesh-Lite
Scale your network.Every node stays online.
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Contact Us↗01Demo
v2.2.0 highlights, in one video
A walkthrough of ESP-Mesh-Lite 2.2.0 new features and optimizations — networking, healing, provisioning, and related improvements.
ESP-Mesh-Lite 2.2.0
Demo02Architecture
Tree expansion, transparent to apps
Each node acts as SoftAP and Station, forming a multi-hop tree. Parents forward at the network layer so children reach the internet like a normal Wi-Fi client.
- Neighbors mesh multi-hop for wider reach
- Node count is not capped by one AP
- Independent IPs with transparent forwarding
Idle — tap Form to start the demo
03Capabilities
Protocol does the hard part. Apps stay simple.
Self-organizing, self-healing, independent internet access, and zero-provision expansion are built in — you still integrate your own app, but with far less Mesh complexity than traditional approaches.
CONTROL02
Single & group control
Each node has its own IP and can connect to servers via Socket, MQTT, or HTTP; parents are transparent at the app layer. Servers can authenticate and control every node individually — or run tight, low-latency group control.
ZERO03
Zero-provision expand
After provisioning, zero-config can onboard devices in bulk — credentials sync in seconds.
SECURITY04
Security & enterprise Wi-Fi
Root station supports WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise; SoftAP uses standard WPA2; inter-node traffic can use AES, with additional app-layer crypto as needed.
OTA05
LAN OTA · bulk file delivery
LAN OTA cuts total upgrade time significantly on large meshes.
ECOSYSTEM06
Cloud & Matter
Works with ESP RainMaker or any third-party cloud; the root can act as a Matter Bridge so child nodes join the Matter fabric.
04Scenarios
Group control at site scale
Built for verticals that need large local meshes with cloud or LAN control.
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Smart home
Lights, sensors, and gateways cover the whole house with independent cloud access.
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Agriculture / irrigation
Wide-area nodes with group control and batch OTA maintenance.
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Solar & charging
Dense site networks; root can join enterprise upstream Wi-Fi.
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Grow lights / commercial lighting
MQTT scenes and zero-provision expansion for fixtures.
05Performance
Office benchmarks, predictable scale
Measured with v2.2.0 in an open office.
Results depend on configuration and environment; field numbers may differ.
Network formation
- Formation time (s)
- Data sync time (s)
- Test conditions: max downstream connections: 5, max levels: 10
- Formation time: total time to build an ESP-MESH-LITE network from scratch.
- Data sync time: total time to form the network and finish in-network data sync.
OTA performance
- OTA time (s)
- Test conditions: max downstream connections: 10, max levels: 5
- OTA time: total time from starting OTA until all devices finish successfully.
Network recovery
- Recovery form time (s)
- Recovery sync time (s)
- Test conditions: max downstream connections: 5, max levels: 10
- Recovery form time: from detecting a disconnect to repairing the network.
- Recovery sync time: from nodes powering back on to finishing in-network data sync.
06Flash
One-click flash
Connect the board in the browser and flash official firmware.
Online flash · Web SerialNot connected