Awesome 3D Printing

A curated list of awesome 3D printing resources.

3D Printer Brands

3D Systems - 3D printers, print materials, on-demand parts services and digital design tools.
Annex Engineering
Anycubic
Artillery
Bambu Lab
Craftbot
Co Print
Creality
Dremel - 3D printers and laser cutters.
Elegoo
Flashforge
Flsun
Formlabs
HevORT - Advanced DIY 3D Printer.
innovatiQ
Infimech
Kentstrapper
Lulzbot - Open hardware 3D printers and accessories.
Lumi Industries
MakerBot
Makergear
Monoprice - Monoprice branded Wanhao printers.
Mosaic - High-Volume Automated 3D Printing.
Nexum3D - Delta 3D printers in 3 sizes.

AutoCAD - 2D and 3D CAD design software. (commercial)
Autodesk Fusion 360 - 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool for product design and manufacturing. (free for personal / non-commercial use)
Autodesk Inventor
Blender - 3D modeling and sculpting app. (open source)
build123d - 3D CAD design software for python programmers. (open source)
DeclaraCAD - 3D CAD tool using Python. (open source)
FreeCAD
OpenSCAD - 3D CAD tool that describes the 3D model with code. (open source)
Onshape
Plasticity - Solid and surface modeling desktop app. (commercial)
Prompt2CAD - Browser-based AI CAD tool that turns text prompts into parametric CAD models and exports STEP, DXF, STL, OBJ, and GLB. (freemium)
Rhinoceros 3D - CAD application software. (commercial)
Shapr3D
Solidworks - 3D CAD design software. (commercial)
SolveSpace - Minimalist CAD software. (open source)
Tinkercad - Browser based free app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
Truck - Rust based CAD Kernel.

Bambuddy - Self-hosted print management tool for Bambu Lab printers with real-time monitoring, print archiving, scheduling, and notifications.
Kiln - MCP server for AI agents to control 3D printers.
OctoPrint - Web interface for 3D printer.
PrintRun - Pure Python 3d printing host software.
Repetier - Place, slice, preview and print.
SimplyPrint - Cloud-based platform for remote monitoring, management, and automation of 3D printers.
SpoolEase - Filament manager with weight & location tracking, printer slot configuration, slicer integration, printer monitoring, and NFC-powered automation - running locally and cloud-free.

Open source if not labeled differently.

CR-30 Firmware - Creality CR-30 Belt Printer.
G3Firmware - The firmware for generation 3 and later RepRap electronics.
Grbl - CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino.
Klipper - Offloads processing to a host for faster, more precise printing with advanced features.
Marlin - Marlin is an one of the most widely used firmware.
Prusa Firmware - Custom firmware for Prusa printers, based on Marlin.
RepRap Firmware - Highly customizable firmware with strong network capabilities and web-based control.
Repetier-Firmware - Supports multiple extruders, network connectivity, and a web interface.
SMI-Taz-Firmware - Marlin firmware for the Lulzbot Taz 3 with the E3Dv6 head.
Sailfish - Sailfish, faster than a Marlin.
Smoothieware - CNC controller written in Object-Oriented C++.
Sprinter - Firmware for RepRap printers and similar devices.
Teacup_Firmware - Firmware for RepRap and other 3D printers.
UnifiedFirmware - Both 8 bit and 32 bit based machines/boards.

Name	License	Encoding	Features
3MF	Open	Compressed XML	geometry, material, metadata, signature, texture, thumbnail
ACIS		text or binary
AMF	Open	Zipped XML	color, constellations, curved triangles, formulas, geometry, material, metadata
CKD	Proprietary
DWG (Drawing)	Proprietary	OpenXPS
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format)	Proprietary	text/binary
DWF (Design Web Format)		OpenXPS	Communicate design information
IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification)	Vendor-neutral	text
OBJ (Object)	Open	text	geometry
PLY (Polygon File Format)	Open	text or binary	color, geometry, normals, texture, transparency
STL	Proprietary	text or binary	geometry, normals
STEP	ISO

Convert 3D models into G-Code.