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forgectrl embeds its advisory documents in the binary, serves them, and records the operator's consent to one by its hash, so an edited advisory is a changed consent. They are Markdown under docs/, which the non-behavioral list takes out of every fingerprint, and that left setup.extensions-consent's covers entry for docs/advisories/extensions.md selecting nothing: the enforced coverage lint fails on it (exit 1 on the dev image's manifest of 20260922225653), and an edited advisory moved no fingerprint at all. A BEHAVIORAL list now keeps forgectrl's docs/advisories/** in, ahead of the non-behavioral one. forgeext's recipe installs the binary and its init script and nothing else, so packages/ (the official packages, which carry their own acceptance artifact), sdk/ (the author's kit), template/ and tools/ are non-behavioral for the image: without that, an edit to the alignment page or the kit would make every exthost test stale on the next image. Proof: test_manifest passes its 25 cases, the new ones among them; the enforced coverage lint on the dev image's manifest of 20260922225653 exits 0 with no empty entry and nothing uncovered, where it exited 1 before. The whole forgetest suite ran its 451 tests; one, test_cloud_suite's test_pause_resume_passes_on_the_machines_lines, errored under the suite's load and passes 16 runs of 16 alone, at HEAD and on this tree alike: it replays a print against timed hooks.
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.