Policy for this section has been revised and changed effective Nov 9, 2026 for the following reason:
Production of software built by the community has increased drastically. We have implemented a new category, Community Built Software and new policy to serve our community more effectively.
LightBurn Software Products continue to gain success in the marketplace, our community has seen substantial growth as well. As we interact together, many have offered suggestions and even built products to enhance one’s workflow. We find great value in these offerings.
With that said, we felt it was important to provide a specific area within the forum to share, demonstrate and curate these offerings, making them easier to discover and explore as options for success.
We are requesting the community follow some simple guidelines to help us all keep things manageable.
Keep your Community Built app posts to a single thread here in Community Built Software.
- We want to help the community members find and get the results they want.
- We will continue to monitor these posts to ensure a single product-per-thread is maintained.
Demonstrate how the community built software or app is beneficial to the community
- We want to know how your LightBurn workflow has been made easier by your Community Built app.
To help us understand the benefits you are offering, please demonstrate how your Community Built app works with LightBurn to generate desirable results. Include screenshots and images of workflow enhancement and completed projects. In other words, show us whacha got! 
Please note: Topics and posts in the Community Built Software section are not an endorsement of products or offerings. They’re interesting and we want to talk about them here. Posts, Topics and Threads that fail to meet the requirements for Community Built Software can be flagged as Off Topic by community members and moderated.
We also maintain that the LightBurn Forum is not a Marketing Site for community members.
Promotion of community-built applications is permitted within their dedicated threads, provided developers do not engage in repetitive advertising or imply official LightBurn affiliation, endorsement, or certification without authorisation.
Community Developers may offer free or paid applications, including applications that require account registration or subscriptions. Developers are responsible for clearly disclosing any data collected, how it is used, and their applicable privacy practices. LightBurn does not verify or endorse third-party applications or their data-handling practices.
Commentary from our community members around offsetting development costs with either Price or other Value Exchange (such as login credentials, email addresses, or personal information) for Community Built apps will be encouraged and preserved.
A note on safety: Community-built applications that interact with laser and CNC equipment must clearly identify any operational risks and not bypass safety mechanisms. Community Developers and Community Members remain responsible for evaluating third-party applications before connecting them to equipment.
We’re excited to see what the community has in store.