OpenCAM vs KrakenZPlayground

OpenCAM

A lightweight alternative to NZXT's CAM software for Kraken devices (by Sparta142)

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KrakenZPlayground

Fun interaction and play with NZXT Kraken Z AIOs (by ProtozeFOSS)

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OpenCAM		KrakenZPlayground
	Project
3	Mentions	31
0	Stars	72
-	Growth	-
10.0	Activity	0.0
about 5 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
JavaScript	Language	C++
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

OpenCAM

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenCAM. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-02.

Better OpenSCAD?
21 projects | /r/openscad | 2 May 2023
CAM needs to change
3 projects | /r/NZXT | 5 Jan 2023
First time booting pc, this is a little high isn’t it
3 projects | /r/NZXT | 7 Sep 2022

KrakenZPlayground

Posts with mentions or reviews of KrakenZPlayground. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-29.

NZXT dual infographic frozen
1 project | /r/SignalRGB | 24 Apr 2023

I'm not vey up to date but it used to be CAM didn't like sharing access to NZXT devices, I figure that's still status quo so what we used to do is direct ppl towards 3rd party cam alternatives like krakenzplayground until SignalRGB gets native support for the LCD content.
Fan & Pump control without NZXT CAM
2 projects | /r/NZXT | 29 Jan 2023

Check out KrakenZPlayground which should replace the LCD functionality as well. https://github.com/ProtozeFOSS/KrakenZPlayground
Kraken Playground Z
1 project | /r/NZXT | 14 Jan 2023

- KPZ -
NZXT Kraken Z73 LCD Screen
1 project | /r/SignalRGB | 18 Dec 2022

CAM Does Not play nicely with SignalRGB fortunately theres an open source application called KrakenZPlayground in which it does not fight with signalRGB for pump control and instead uses the QT engine to allow complete customizations. Take a Look at the Github Project to get a better understanding and documentation. lmk if you need any help! i use this everyday!
Wallpaper to Z73?
1 project | /r/NZXT | 22 Nov 2022

Build custom apps Z73
KrakenZ63 LCD screen.
1 project | /r/NZXT | 25 Oct 2022

For me, CAM is limited; so I use this tool: https://github.com/ProtozeFOSS/KrakenZPlayground
NZXT CAM 4.40.0 Released!
2 projects | /r/NZXT | 25 Oct 2022

Wait if all you want to so is set the fan and pump speed.... https://github.com/ProtozeFOSS/KrakenZPlayground https://github.com/liquidctl/liquidctl
Kraken light control CAM alternative
1 project | /r/NZXT | 25 Sep 2022
First time booting pc, this is a little high isn’t it
3 projects | /r/NZXT | 7 Sep 2022
Cam Alternative?
1 project | /r/NZXT | 4 Sep 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing OpenCAM and KrakenZPlayground you can also consider the following projects:

svg2gcode_grbl - Python script to convert svg to gcode for GRBL firmware

HWVD - Space Clock Example for Kraken Z Playground

psml - Python library for OpenSCAD

liquidctl - Cross-platform CLI and Python drivers for AIO liquid coolers and other devices

SolidPy - 3D Object Design: Python -> OpenSCAD -> Solid Model

Librum - The Librum client application

FreePySCAD - Like openscad but in python inside freecad

ScreenPlay - See https://gitlab.com/kelteseth/screenplay - Modern, Cross Plattform, Live Wallpaper & Widgets ! Free on Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/672870/ScreenPlay/

libfive - Infrastructure for solid modeling

FanControl.Liquidctl - Get access to the pump and temperature sensors of your AIO in FanControl

OOML - C++ Object Oriented Mechanis Language

Nzxt.Kraken - Control NZXT Kraken X62 AIO without CAM.