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Kind operator with the button as its action, GRBL mode, nothing moves and nothing fires; extensions stay as found and the packages never run. The reference package signed with a key nobody trusts uploads as unverified with consent button: refused without the button held (the phrase is no substitute, the staged file stays), installed while it is held, listed unverified with the hold the request granted. A person holds the button; the bench actuator's press is a half-second pulse, so the test presses again until a request has landed inside one. With the same key added as the owner's the upload reads community with consent typed, and goes through no phrase, the phrase in another case, no grant (the host's words), a grant with a shell's words, a grant that is an option of the host's, and then installs. An upload without the login, bytes that are no archive, an install with nothing staged, and a discarded upload are refused as they should be. Both packages are removed through the route and the extension root is as found, the staged file included. Proven. The unit suite: 451 tests, 0 undefined names. On the bench reference, image 20260921150233 with the cross-built forgectrl mounted over the image's: PASS (the third press landed); against the image's own forgectrl FAIL at its first request. Acceptance. The test is new. It covers forgectrl's src/extpkg.*, src/main.c, src/auth.* and forgeext's src/main.c, src/install.*, src/pkg.*, and requires exthost.package-routes.
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.