10 open-source CNC & Machine Tools projects

CNC & Machine Tools (Industrial & Building Automation): open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product, sorted by GitHub stars.

1. inkscape-silhouette★ 691 · active · Python

   Inkscape extension driving Silhouette vinyl cutters via their reverse-engineered USB protocol

2. meerk40t★ 441 · active · Python

   Laser software for K40 (reverse-engineered M2 Nano/Lihuiyu), GRBL and fibre lasers

3. pyLSV2★ 93 · active · Python

   Pure-Python implementation of Heidenhain's LSV2 CNC control protocol

4. cnc3018-offline-controller★ 89 · active · C++

   Open-source firmware for the CNC3018 offline controller

5. ruida-laser★ 65 · active · R

   Reverse-engineered protocol and file format of Ruida laser controllers (RDWorks, USB, Ethernet)

6. ruida★ 44 · slowing · Ruby

   Decoder and tooling for the scrambled RDWorks .rd laser file format

7. inkscape-thunderlaser★ 20 · slowing · Python

   Inkscape extension to drive Ruida-based laser cutters directly

8. RuiDa-Machine-Code★ 8 · dormant · JavaScript

   Notes on hacking the machine code of RuiDa laser controllers

9. rdint★ 4 · dormant · C++

   Interpreter and renderer for Ruida .rd laser job files

10. RDCAM★ 3 · archived · Visual Basic

    Reverse engineering of the LaserWorks/RDCAM software from Shenzhen Reader Technology