Cura (software)

Cura
Developer(s)David Braam, Ultimaker
Stable release
5.6.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 28 November 2023
Preview release
5.7.0 beta 1[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 16 March 2024
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura
Written inC++, Python, QML
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
Available in15 languages
List of languages
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Type3D printer slicing application
LicenseFree and open-source LGPLv3
Websiteultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura

Cura is an open source slicing application for 3D printers.[3] It was created by David Braam who was later employed by Ultimaker, a 3D printer manufacturing company, to maintain the software. Cura is available under LGPLv3 license.[4] Cura was initially released under the open source Affero General Public License version 3, but on 28 September 2017 the license was changed to LGPLv3.[5] This change allowed for more integration with third-party CAD applications.[6] Development is hosted on GitHub.[4] Ultimaker Cura is used by over one million users worldwide and handles 1.4 million print jobs per week. It is the preferred 3D printing software for Ultimaker 3D printers, but it can be used with other printers as well.[7][6][8]

  1. ^ "UltiMaker Cura 5.6.0".
  2. ^ "UltiMaker Cura 5.7.0-beta.1".
  3. ^ "Cura home page". Ultimaker. Ultimaker. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Cura Github development page". GitHub. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Changing AGPLv3 to LGPLv3". GitHub. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Ultimaker Cura and Cura Connect launch at TCT 2017". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  7. ^ "Which 3rd party printers are supported?". Ultimaker. Ultimaker. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  8. ^ MANUFACTUR3D (2019-07-01). "Ultimaker Moves to New Headquarters as Company Expands on Global Scale". MANUFACTUR3D. Retrieved 2019-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)