# Open Sourcing ESP RainMaker Neo

DevFeed: [Open Sourcing ESP RainMaker Neo](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-sourcing-esp-rainmaker-neo-13791.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2026/08/open-sourcing-esp-rainmaker-neo/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [NEO](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/neo.md>), [Esp Rainmaker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp-rainmaker.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [Cloud Architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-architecture.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-iot.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-architecture.md>), [esp-rainmaker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp-rainmaker.md>), [espressif](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/espressif.md>), [iot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iot.md>), [matter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/matter.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

ESP RainMaker Neo is a new implementation of ESP RainMaker with an entirely open-source device-to-cloud-to-app stack, including a cloud backend released under the Apache License 2.0. It can be deployed in an organization's own AWS account, while existing ESP RainMaker Classic deployments cannot be directly migrated to Neo.

## Source excerpt

ESP RainMaker Neo is a new implementation of ESP RainMaker in which the entire device-to-cloud-to-app stack, including the cloud backend, is open source under the Apache License 2.0. This article explains what Neo is, why we rebuilt RainMaker on native AWS IoT services, what open source means in practice for your product, and how Neo relates to ESP RainMaker Classic.