“Breathing new life into bricked and outdated Nest Generation 1 & 2 thermostats. Repurpose your old hardware with our custom software and enjoy a beautiful, modern control interface.”
” It’s about my hatred for Google, sure. But it’s bigger than that. When you buy a piece of hardware, you own it. You should be able to do whatever the fuck you want with it. Your thermostat shouldn’t become e-waste because some corporation decided to flip the kill switch. Your phone shouldn’t be locked down to prevent you from accessing your own device. This is about taking back control.
This project gives you the tools to flash a custom firmware update onto your Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostat. Rip it free from Google’s cloud bullshit. No more dependencies, no more forced obsolescence, no more corporate overlords deciding when your hardware stops working. It’s your device. You paid for it. Now you actually control it.
Everything here is open source. Fork it, modify it, break it, rebuild it, share it. That’s the whole point. This Github repo and website will stay up and free for as long as I can keep them alive. If Google decides to hit me with legal action or a DMCA takedown, well, that’s out of my hands. But until then, this code lives on, as does my hatred for Google and their bullshit tactics.”
