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update.job-locks (suite/updlock.py, its own module): with a release published on the releases API, POST /update/download starts the download job (202), which fetches and checks the release's archive and applies nothing. While it runs, /status names update:download, of kind system, as the lease's holder, and a settings write and a posted job are each refused in its name (409). When it ends, the lease is free and the same settings write is taken. The downloaded archive is removed when it was not there before. homing.cloud-offsets (suite/homeoff.py, its own module): with cloud mode on, homing_mode = gfcloud, and the camera-home offsets at (4.5, -3.25), $H runs the web-service homing session, and when it ends the controller declares (4.5, -3.25) on the step grid. The work envelope reaches back to the home on the negative axis: a jog 2 mm out and 2 mm back in Y and then in X is accepted and ends at the home. The homing mode and the offsets are put back as found, each retried until the daemon takes it, since a settings write is refused for a moment after the suite's Grbl client closes. Proof: on the bench reference, update.job-locks PASS after update.release-check, and homing.cloud-offsets PASS in a campaign with forgectrl.auth, kernel.latch-locked-idle, and motion.pacing, which also PASS. forgetest's unit tests pass (452), and the coverage lint passes with --enforce.
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.