Based on our record, OctoPrint seems to be a lot more popular than Polar Cloud. While we know about 110 links to OctoPrint, we've tracked only 3 mentions of Polar Cloud. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Do you need to access your printer over the internet? Possibly not. But your position is that BL are sending data to their cloud service without good reason. That it offers a feature not provided by Octoprint and Mainsail is that good reason. There are even 3rd party services for Octoprint to ADD this functionality and they charge money for it e.g. https://polar3d.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
Polar Cloud is hosted in the west and in my opinion integrates better with the printer than Flashcloud. Source: over 2 years ago
Have 3 flashforge guider IIs that connect to polar cloud, https://polar3d.com/. Don’t know if this is a flashforge program or 3rd party. There is a setting to allow for polar cloud connect. Source: over 2 years ago
The cheapest way is to use OctoPrint. Octoprint itself is free, and although it's often run on a Raspberry Pi, it can be installed on many things, such as an old laptop runing Linux or even Windows, or a small single-board computer. OctoPrint would connect to the printer using a USB cable, and you'd send the slicer output to Octoprint over your WiFi. Source: 5 months ago
2023-11-08 14:10:57,263 - octoprint.util.connectivity.connectivity_checker - INF O - Resolving octoprint.org is working. Source: 6 months ago
- Two LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv/) mediaplayers in house (yes, one is not enough in my big family). - One for hosting low usage applications at home network (Unifi controller and some more). - Octoprint (https://octoprint.org) connected to the 3d-printer. - One on my desk for hardware hacking – mostly as just a PC with GPIO. - Some Raspberry Pi Zeros as security cameras. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
Really quite easy, especially if you have ever dealt with a raspberry pi before. Once installed & set up, you manage everything over a web interface. I even added a webcam to it in order to see what's going on. Check out https://octoprint.org/. Source: 10 months ago
For other devices it can be harder, there are guides for installing on Linux on the octoprint website (I use an old laptop running Linux Mint). If using an old Android phone look for Octo4A. Source: 10 months ago
Cura - Cura aims to be a end solution for personal 3D printing with RepRap based machines.
AstroPrint - Slice, Store, and Print your 3D files from any web enabled device.
Repetier - Software for controlling RepRap style 3D-printer like Mendel, Darwin or Prusa mendel.
Slic3r - STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers Here comes Slic3r! Its features are: - speed
ChituBox - Slicer compatible with a wide range of DLP/LCD/SLA 3D printers.
MatterControl - MatterControl is a free, open source app that lets you organize and manage your 3D prints.