LaserWeb (4.0.x)

January 11, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

This repository is a "development environment" - and no regular user would have to touch this at all (dont download the repo from here, use the Download links below)

Download

Releases are made available on https://github.com/LaserWeb/LaserWeb4-Binaries/

Documentation

For more documentation, go to the Wiki or our website https://laserweb.yurl.ch

Docker

  • run image:
docker run -device=/dev/ttyUSB0 -p 8000:8000 joesantos/laserweb:latest

Development

Docker user targets:

  • dev
  • test

You can run the dev version of the app in Docker using the commands below.

  • build dev image:
docker build --target dev -t laserweb:dev .
  • run image:
docker run -it -device=/dev/ttyUSB0 --rm -p 8000:8000 laserweb:dev

To build the release version:

docker build -f Dockerfile.release -t laserweb:release .

Community

Please use the community forum on https://forum.makerforums.info/c/cad-cam/laserweb-cncweb/78 for questions and support. Please only report confirmed bugs on the git Issues tab.

Supported firmwares

Note: Ever changing. See the Issues tab above for details.

FirmwareSupportedRaster PerformanceCNC SupportPull Requests Accepted
Grbl > v1.1f (ATmega328)YesGoodGreatYes - improvements
Grbl-Mega (ATmega2560)YesGoodGreatYes - improvements
Grbl-LPC (LPC176x)YesGreatGreatYes - improvements
Grbl_ESP32 (ESP32)YesGreatGreatYes - improvements
SmoothiewareYes *OkayishOkayishYes - improvements
TinyGYesUnknownGoodYes - improvements
MarlinYesUnknownNoYes - improvements
MarlinKimbraYesUnknownNoYes - improvements
RepetierYesUnknownNoYes - improvements
RepRapFirmwareYesUnknownYesYes - improvements
  • If fast raster engraving is important for you, we recommend replacing Smoothieware with grbl-LPC (https://github.com/cprezzi/grbl-LPC) which also runs on the LPC1769 based boards and performs much faster for laser raster applications.

Wishlist

If you want to contribute, below are long standing community-requested enhancements, that a) we don't have time to code or b) need extra skills

  • GCODE Optimiser - to cut down on G0 moves (something like http://parano.github.io/GeneticAlgorithm-TSP/)
  • Implement "Raster > TSP-Vector" operation
  • More Controllers! Help us implement more firmwares (improve TinyG add Marlin/Repetier, etc)
  • WebGL Transformation Filters to use Webcam to setup stock
  • Automate Electron Builds for all platforms

How to contribute ?

Details on https://github.com/LaserWeb/LaserWeb4/wiki/How-to-Contribute