forgectrl.lease leaves for forgectrl's tests/host_lease.sh (0086e65), which passed as build.yml runs it: with the gate open and cnc/state idle, the switches check held at its first wait names wizard:switches, kind hardware, as the holder; POST /diag/flow-verify, /curve/record, /logs/export, /mode with the mode in force, /controller/start and /settings are each 409 in the holder's name, none for an idle machine or a closed gate; the abort frees the lease and the same settings write is 200; lease.changed carries the take before the free. lease_test and super_test case K hold the lease's own rules. The catalog goes from 81 to 80 (80 @test in forgetest/forgetest/suite/). _EventStream, _lease and _text, which only it read, go with it, and so does urllib.parse, which only _EventStream used; socket stays for lan_ip. No test requires the id, and no unit test names it. The coverage lint on the tree manifest then named forgectrl src/events.c and src/events.h, and nothing else beside setup.check-lens's empty src/lensfind.* entry. One HOST_TESTED row takes them, to forgectrl:tests/events_test.c on forgectrl:.github/workflows/build.yml, which the pin c274f19 runs (./build/events_test). The lint then finds no uncovered path and no host-tested row problem across the 80 tests; its one finding is setup.check-lens's. test_manifest.py (34) passes, and pyflakes reports nothing on forgectrl.py or manifest.py. The full forgetest suite was not run. Fingerprints, measured against the parent: 26 tests move with forgectrl.py's shared text: the 4 left in it (auth, panel-serves, settings-bounds, tokens), the 5 left in exthost.py and the 17 of the setup family, whose modules import lan_ip from it (exthost.py and setup.py, and through setup.py the rest). The pending pin bumps from forgectrl c274f19 and forgeext 2d0391e already owe 24 of them; exthost.platform has been owed since30c0a05and setup.machine-name since70e13bd. This deletion adds none to the owed list. releases/ and TEST-AUDIT.md are unchanged.
OpenGlow / ForgeFIRM firmware for Glowforge
BETA
ForgeFIRM is in beta. Every release below 0.1.0 is a beta release. It's stable, but you may still hit the occasional bug, and expect frequent updates. Upgrade whenever a newer release is available, and report what you find on the community forum.
Open firmware for Glowforge brand CNC lasers. ForgeFIRM replaces the cloud-dependent factory software on the stock control board, with no hardware modification, and gives the machine a local controller, a local web control panel, and a standard Grbl interface. The factory cloud experience stays available as an option.
This repository is the base of the build and of the release: the
meta-forgefirm Yocto layer, the kas configuration, the image recipes, the
install and release scripts, the acceptance tool (forgetest/), the bench
tools (scripts/bench/), the bench actuator firmware (fixture/), and the
release artifacts (releases/).
Start here
https://docs.forgefirm.org/ is the documentation, and the source of truth for every fact about the machine and the firmware.
| Read this first | Safety |
| Put it on a machine | Installation |
| Use it | Usage, LightBurn |
| How the machine works | Technical |
| How ForgeFIRM works with it | ForgeFIRM internals |
| Build, test, release | Developers |
| Downloads | Releases |
| Questions | Community forum |
Build
kas build kas/forgefirm-glowforge.yml
Build covers the host setup, the two images, the source variant and the debug kernel. Release flow covers the pins, the push order and the signing pipeline.
Test
cd forgetest && python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v
The acceptance catalog that gates a release, and the bench tools, are on Acceptance and The bench.
Contributing
AGENTS.md carries the rules for this repository and for the project: safety ordering, proof before done, the push order, and the writing rules. They apply to human contributors too, and Contribute is the same set on the site.
What this costs
Nothing. ForgeFIRM is free in both senses, under MIT and GPL licenses. There is no paid tier, no license key, no subscription and no Pro edition. If someone offers to sell it to you, the licenses allow it, but what you take home is their build rather than this one: get it from the source.
Safety
These machines contain a CO2 laser: it burns, blinds, and starts fires. Never defeat the lid switches or the interlock. Never leave a running job unattended. Keep a fire extinguisher within reach. Read Safety before you cut your first job, and Regulatory and legal before you install.
This is experimental software. Use of it could seriously maim or kill you or others, and it may void your warranty. Use it at your own risk.
Glowforge is a trademark of Glowforge, Inc. This project is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Glowforge, Inc.