01 / Design
Import, draw, and prepare artwork.
Bring in SVG, DXF, PDF, AI, EPS, and raster images. Adjust photos, choose raster modes, trace images, and keep vectors and images in one project.
Public beta · macOS, Windows, and Linux downloads · v0.1.3
Design and run
your laser jobs.
A free desktop editor and controller for GRBL-compatible gantry laser engravers. Prepare vector and raster jobs, frame the work, manage material presets, and preview the planned moves before you run.
public beta · macOS, Windows, and Linux v0.1.3 liveno signup required
What it does
An editor and a controller. That's the whole app.
02 / Align
Place work with real machine coordinates.
Frame the job on your laser, choose start-from and job-origin settings, and use a calibrated camera overlay when your setup has one.
03 / Dial in
Keep proven settings close.
Save material presets with speed, power, passes, operation, and notes. Apply them to layers, import and export libraries, and build them from real test cuts.
04 / Run
Preview before you press Start.
Generate the same plan the controller will receive, scrub through laser-on and travel moves, review warnings and duration estimates, then send or save the G-code.
“Built for people who want control without a subscription.”
Free public beta
Community
Built with the makers who run it.
Feature ideas, bug reports, settings help, and finished projects all land in the Beam Bench Facebook group first. Come show what you made, ask anything, and tell us what the app should do next.
Support the project
BeamBench is free.
Here's how you can keep it that way.
BeamBench is free and we'd like to keep it that way. But hosting, code signing, and the hours behind it don't pay themselves. We fund development with our other projects, starting with two sister sites built for makers. If either one looks useful to you, a subscription or a single order keeps BeamBench moving.
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macOS, Windows, and Linux public beta
It's ready.
Fire it up.
BeamBench v0.1.3 is live for macOS, Windows, and Linux, free to download. No signup, no subscription, no time limit.
v0.1.3 beta · macOS 10.15+ universal · Windows 10+ x64 · Linux x64 AppImage
Not sure it runs your laser? See supported machines.
First-time install notice: BeamBench is new, so Windows may show a “Windows protected your PC” message and macOS may ask you to confirm the app. That's how both treat new software, not a problem with your download. See what to expect on Windows and macOS.