Universal G-Code Sender is a Java based, cross platform G-Code sender, compatible with GRBL, TinyG, g2core and Smoothieware.

Webpage: https://universalgcodesender.com/
Discussion forum: https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender/discussions
Discord chat: https://discord.gg/h4HRmyYX
Translations: https://poeditor.com/join/project/2J2hB5I41Z

Technical details:

• JSSC or JSerialComm for serial communication
• JogAmp for OpenGL
• Netbeans Platform
• JTS for geometric transformations
• Batik for reading SVG

Downloads

Below you will find the latest release of UGS.
For older releases please visit the releases page.

UGS Platform
The next generation, feature packed variant based on the Netbeans Platform.
Unpack and start the program bin/ugsplatform

Latest release (v2.1.9)	Nightly build
Windows 64-bit	Windows 64-bit
Mac OSX	Mac OSX
Mac OSX ARM64	Mac OSX ARM64
Linux 64-bit	Linux 64-bit
Linux ARM	Linux ARM
Linux ARM64	Linux ARM64
All platforms	All platforms

UGS Classic
A clean and lightweight variant of UGS (requires Java 17).
Unpack and start the program by double clicking the jar file. On some platforms you may need to run the included start script.

Latest release (v2.1.8)	Nightly build
All platforms	All platforms

Screenshots

UGS Platform

UGS Platform main window

Customizable panel layout

Menu actions with customizable keybindings

Menu with plugins

One of many plugins

Basic gcode editor

Vector graphics designer for generating GCode toolpaths

UGS Classic

UGS Classic main window

UGS Classic with visualizer

Development

Show details on how to compile the software

For development we use Maven and Java 17 for compiling.

Compiling and starting the application

UGS Classic:

mvn install
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.willwinder.universalgcodesender.MainWindow" -pl ugs-core

UGS Platform:

mvn install
mvn nbm:run-platform -pl ugs-platform/application

Execute all tests

mvn test

Building the self-executing JAR

mvn install
mvn package -pl ugs-classic

Build a UniversalGcodeSender.zip release file

mvn package -pl ugs-classic assembly:assembly

Develop via IntelliJ

If you are more used to IntelliJ, you can also build, run and debug it there.

• Run mvn nbm:run-platform -pl ugs-platform/application once via terminal to build everything
• Import the Source, File -> New -> Project from existing Sources
• Setup a new "Run Configuration", Java Application, with following settings:
  • Main Class: org.netbeans.Main
  • VM Options:

-Dpolyglot.engine.WarnInterpreterOnly=false
-Dnetbeans.user=$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/userdir
-Dnetbeans.home=$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/ugsplatform/platform
-Dnetbeans.logger.console=true
-Dnetbeans.indexing.noFileRefresh=true
-Dnetbeans.moduleitem.dontverifyclassloader=true
-Dnetbeans.dirs=$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/ugsplatform/ugsplatform:$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/ugsplatform/platform:$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/ugsplatform/ide:$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/ugsplatform/extra:$ProjectFileDir$/ugs-platform/application/target/ugsplatform/java
--add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.ref=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.base/java.security=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.base/sun.reflect.annotation=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/javax.swing.text=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/javax.swing=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/java.awt=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/java.awt.event=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.X11=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.synth=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.shell=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.im=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.desktop/java.awt.peer=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.beans.editors=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.swing=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.awt.im=ALL-UNNAMED
--add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif=ALL-UNNAMED

• Program arguments: --branding ugsplatform
• Working dir: $ProjectFileDir$
• Use classpath of module: ugs-platform-app
• There is a runConfiguration in the repository, which should be available after importing the project