Marlin VS PrusaSlicer

Compare Marlin vs PrusaSlicer and see what are their differences.

Marlin

Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. | Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine. (by Jyers)

PrusaSlicer

G-code generator for 3D printers (RepRap, Makerbot, Ultimaker etc.) (by prusa3d)
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Marlin PrusaSlicer
877 395
2,142 7,348
- 2.3%
0.0 9.9
5 months ago about 17 hours ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Marlin

Posts with mentions or reviews of Marlin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-24.

PrusaSlicer

Posts with mentions or reviews of PrusaSlicer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Marlin and PrusaSlicer you can also consider the following projects:

BIGTREETECH-SKR-mini-E3 - BIGTREETECH SKR-mini-E3 motherboard is a ultra-quiet, low-power, high-quality 3D printing machine control board. It is launched by the 3D printing team of Shenzhen BIGTREE technology co., LTD. This board is specially tailored for Ender 3 printer, perfectly replacing the original Ender3 printer motherboard.

SuperSlicer - G-code generator for 3D printers (Prusa, Voron, Creality, etc.)

klipper - Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware

klipper - Klipper is a 3d-printer firmware [Moved to: https://github.com/Klipper3d/klipper]

Marlin_Ender3v2 - This is an optimized firmware for Ender 3v2 3D printers. [Moved to: https://github.com/mriscoc/Ender3v2]

Slic3r - Open Source toolpath generator for 3D printers

OctoPrint - OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer!

Cura - 3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework

Google Fonts - Font files available from Google Fonts, and a public issue tracker for all things Google Fonts

VoronUsers - Voron Community mods

OctoPrint-MeatPack - Easy, fast, effective, and automatic g-code compression!