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The reference service talks to the host over the socket named in FFX_API and takes machine.read. exthost.service adds, from the inside: GET /v0/self names the package and what it may use; GET /v0/machine/mode is forgectrl's answer; a hold it was not granted is 403, a path the API does not have 404, a path with .. 400; FFX_API is in the fixed environment. From the outside: the socket is root's and the account's at 0660, and another pool account that connects to it gets EACCES (a new probe mode). exthost.hold-pause-tier adds the package's own word. The test leaves what to say in the service's data directory and the service passes it on as POST /v0/hold: raised, the verdict is EXT with the package's words and fire withheld; words the form does not take are refused and the hold reads as before; cleared, the verdict is OK. Then the rest as before: the host's own raise for a package that ends at every start, the operator's exits, the stale file under a suspended host. Proven. The unit suite: 451 tests, 0 undefined names. On the bench reference, image 20260921130558 with the cross-built host mounted over the image's: exthost.service PASS, exthost.hold-pause-tier PASS (the package's hold stood 1.5 s after it raised it; held 2.0 s after the service was killed; safe mode released it in 0.8 s, extensions off in 1.1 s), exthost.armed-freeze PASS with the changed reference service. Against the image's own host, which gives a service no socket, exthost.service FAILS, as it should. Acceptance. Both tests already cover forgeext whole (exthost.service) and the hold's files by name (exthost.hold-pause-tier); neither covers map changes.
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.