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The catalog follows forgectrl's setup (openglow-org/forgefirm#4): the gate is the advisories with the press, the account, the required steps (preferences, machine, cloud), and the intake fan count; every other step is recommended; the setup sheet is retired for two self-contained burns and a dark lens travel check; the override file is gone. - setup.gate-blocks-controllers installs four records: without consent, without the account, and without the three required steps the controller is gated with the reason naming the cause; with them done the gate opens, the controller runs, and the other steps are recommended as not run. Clearing cool_intake_fans closes the gate live with its reason, and putting it back as found reopens it. - setup.override-until-reboot is deleted with its helpers, and forgetest.init no longer writes the override file at boot. - setup.first-run-flow follows the reason from the three required steps to open; setup.first-run-page walks the choice screen after them; setup.what-changed reads the one-level map with the gate unmoved. - New setup.check-intakes (the count by the tachs equals the machine's, the setting put back as found) and setup.check-lens (the window written equals the stops found or the fallback, and the settings and /status hold it; both keys restored). A precheck refuses the intake and airflow checks while cool_intake_fans is unset, so neither can leave it unset in the middle of a campaign. - setup_burns.py replaces setup_sheet.py: setup.focus and setup.floor answer the gantry stops, the home, the scrap and the thickness, and keep the preview, emission and window checks; motion.tray starts the focus burn for its tray-out refusal. Proof: the forgetest host suite (529 before the required-steps edits, and the full suite after them) and the manifest load pass; pyflakes reports no undefined names. The coverage lint is clean against forgectrl's working tree; against the current pin, setup.check-lens's src/lensfind.* glob selects no file until the forgectrl pin moves to the commit that adds it. Acceptance: these are the tests themselves; the campaign runs them with cool_intake_fans set on the bench.
OpenGlow / ForgeFIRM firmware for Glowforge
BETA
ForgeFIRM is in beta. Every release below 0.1.0 is a beta release. It's stable, but you may still hit the occasional bug, 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.