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The work since the last pins, pushed to each component's default branch, is what the recipes now fetch: - forgectrl 4b39663 (0.1.28 -> 0.1.29): the manual home offset and the gantry stops by name in the panel, the Extensions tab and ui.background, the Grbl sender keep-out, the head camera for local viewers and live video on a package's page, the display units in the bridge's self answer, the crumb tray's switch and offset, the Lens card's fields saved, the listener's cipher order (ChaCha20-Poly1305 first), and the camera pipeline (coherent capture buffers on the GPU path, the two-pass NV12 render, the frame gate, the /cam/status timing, one switch fd). - forgeext 2d0391e (0.1.0 -> 0.1.1): ui.background, sender.keep_out and live video in the SDK, a package removed and installed again started from the new install, and the same ffx archive for the same input. - grblHAL-glowforge b34636f (0.1.19 -> 0.1.20): the manual home offset, the gantry stops by name, the controller port's sender out and in with the keep-out, and the crumb tray's M103 P0 and P1. - kas lock: meta-openglow f1f7f58 -> f012d8e, kernel TLS with the NEON crypto and the TX records in cache lines of their own (patch 0016). Proof: bitbake -c fetch of forgectrl, forgeext, grblhal-glowforge, linux-fslc and kernel-module-glowforge from these pins succeeds (10 tasks), with kas moving layers/meta-openglow to f012d8e. The tree manifest from these pins holds forgectrl at 4b39663 (217 files), forgeext at 2d0391e (90) and the driver at b34636f (177), and the coverage lint over it finds no uncovered path and no empty entry (127 tests). Acceptance: the same trees, through the externalsrc overlay and the mirrored meta-openglow at f012d8e, are image 20260928182434, on which all 127 tests are satisfied (the unattended campaign and the attended tests the operator ran). The meta-openglow move is a platform change; the image built from these pins alone is next.
OpenGlow / ForgeFIRM firmware for Glowforge
BETA
ForgeFIRM is in beta. Every release below 0.1.0 is a beta release. Expect problems, 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.