Not that big of a problem but the side menu of HA as of the recent update for ESP Home is now “ESPHome Device Compiler”. Rather confusing and a little more technical than I believe is needed. Can someone tell me if there is a way to rename it back to just ESP or even ESP Home? Thank you.
I haven’t found a way to change it, but the reasoning is explained here ESPHome 2024.11.0 - 20th November 2024 — ESPHome
Thanks for the info. Yeah, with the new name the text sticks the menu out wider now with the menu in full. I suppose they’re reasoning is sound but it appears that they are addressing a “Dev” community rather than from a users perspective. I like the ESP32 boards, for strip lights and have four set up around the house. One in a 5m flexible plastic tube under a garage over hang. They all work well no problemo. Maybe in the next “Update” they’ll convert the name back. Thank again for your response.
Thanks for the link to a place that I could complain. I just did so. This is a stupid change.
That is an astounding lack of comprehension.
Users can now purchase a wide range of pre-built ESPHome devices and don’t even need the add-on. Firmware updates can be released by the device owner and implemented by the less technically minded user with the HA integration.
ESPHome is acknowledging this by renaming the add-on after what it has been used for all along - compiling.
You can still use it as you have. Nothing else has changed. It has nothing to do with “Devs”.
I can see how the menu name size is a bit annoying and does need addressing. Though I’ve never felt the need to add it to the side menu as I have a link to all add-ons.
If anyone wants to know how to do this (or even add your own “ESPHome” menu item and turn off the official one) then see: 2022.5: Streamlining settings - #96 by tom_l
panel_custom:
- name: panel-redirect
url_path: redirect-esphome
sidebar_title: ESPHome
sidebar_icon: mdi:car-esp
module_url: /local/panel-redirect.js
config:
target: /hassio/ingress/5c53de3b_esphome
(untested) Tested (see below). It works.
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Yep, I understand the new name although I would think “ESPHome Dashboard” would have been a waaaaaaay more logical choice…
But whatever the name, as a menu item it should just stay with “ESPHome”.
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Tested, it works! Thanks! All you need to do after that is turn off “show in sidebar” in esphome addon settings to hide original name.
Although renaming is perhaps a good idea to some (not to me it aint, though… i know what “esphome” is… but that’s just me), i think that putting so long name is really reckless thinking. The name is too long, so it breaks left meni totally… a shorter name is definitely needed! Not all people have 30+ inch monitors where this change doesn’t really notice.
It reminds me… another “too quick decision without thinking”, as it was back then when authors “just decided” that it’s a good idea to “annoy us” with firmware update notification 3-4 times a month… it took quite a while before they corrected this mistake… i really hope that this time correction will come sooner!
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Or “ESPHome Compiler”. On reflection, I like your suggestion better.
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ESPHome is an integration. There is no “show in sidebar” option. But you can suppress the old sidebar item by editing the sidebar.
A Long press on the sidebar will start edit mode, you can move items by dragging them to the right place. Hiding is done by pressing the X button.
OK, but it’s used for so much more than just compiling. It also lets you view your devices’ status, monitor their logs, edit configurations, and flash new firmware. Compiling is just one of the tasks accomplished by what is essentially a basic IDE. The new, longer name also manages to shortchange its capabilities.
Yeah, I’ll just turn it off in the application from showing up and extending the side menu so far out. Sadly though, I’ll have to go farther down into the interface to find the ESP application to get information or logs, or set up a new device. It was handy in the side menu. I really hadn’t that much of a problem with it but someone I worked with, who doesn’t have development understanding, couldn’t understand what they were going to “Compile” were they to click on it in the side menu. Thanks everyone for all of your comments and thoughts on this.
The only thing find anoying is the sheer size of the thng; because of it, my side bar widened by 50% 
Anyway, solved it by disabling the add-on, and removed it from the sidebar (it is hardly needed anyway 
)
Esphome is … well, it is an integration, but it’s also addon and that one does have that option
(pic is in slovenian language…)
I guess that’s why renaming is a good idea… but somewhat shorter name would be very welcome.
I like that name suggestion “ESPHome IDE”.
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By the way, if you want ESPHome developer visibility on this problem you will need to open an issue at one of these two links:
https://github.com/esphome/home-assistant-addon/issues/1
Which one?
I’d say issue, but they may say feature request. So IDK.
Github - where issues and feature requests go to die. And that is after filling out the ridiculous issue form.
I did change mine using custom_panel. If anyone is interested, I can post the steps I took.
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Come on, guys. Now that ESPHome is an official part of HA, with all devs working together under the hood, please make sure there is one single place to add feature requests, at least for the official supported parts of HA.
I mean, if I open up a feature request on GitHub for HA, I will get told to use the HA community forum. If I open up a feature request for ESPHome, I will get told to use GitHub. Please, with all respect, do find a centralized solution for this.
Thank you!
Please open a feature request for that on the ESPHome github 
(that was a joke)
I’ll ask the moderation team for advice but as ESPHome is a separate repository with a separate issue & feature request tracker and a separate Discord support server I don’t know if the ESPHome developers ever look in here.
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I actually did what you jokingly suggested because, why not. It was summarily closed as completed without comment. I don’t think they care about it and do not value input on their project.
I did not joke about opening the ESPHome feature request for the side menu name length. I was serious. The ESPHome Devs do not monitor this forum for feature requests. They have their own system you must use.
I joked about opening an ESPHome feature request so that ESPHome feature requests be done here, in the forum. Which by the way is not going to happen.
If the ESPHome Devs are not interested in changing the displayed name then this is your best option for fixing it yourself: ESP Home Update - Side Menu Name - #5 by tom_l