Adsum IoT Coder — open-source VS Code agent for ESP-IDF debugging (free tier, looking for feedback)
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 12:43 pm
Hi all — sharing a tool we just shipped ESP-IDF support for. It's a VS Code agent that captures live logs from the board over the standard ESP-IDF flow, then works the build/flash/observe/fix loop on ESP32 / S3 / C6 (BLE + Wi-Fi). The idea is to help with the runtime failures that source-only tools can't see.
It's open source (Apache 2.0) and has a free tier that needs no key or account. We also published an open benchmark methodology — currently on nRF hardware, with ESP coming next — because we wanted the value measurable, not just asserted.
Prereqs are just a working ESP-IDF install. Would genuinely value feedback from this forum on where it falls short on real ESP projects.
Repo: https://github.com/adsumnetworks/Adsum-IoT-Coder
Doc: https://docs.adsumnetworks.com/introduction
It's open source (Apache 2.0) and has a free tier that needs no key or account. We also published an open benchmark methodology — currently on nRF hardware, with ESP coming next — because we wanted the value measurable, not just asserted.
Prereqs are just a working ESP-IDF install. Would genuinely value feedback from this forum on where it falls short on real ESP projects.
Repo: https://github.com/adsumnetworks/Adsum-IoT-Coder
Doc: https://docs.adsumnetworks.com/introduction