Snapmaker Control

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Snapmaker Control is the device connection and control program behind Snapmaker Orca. It runs in the background, talks to your printers, and serves the device pages shown inside Snapmaker Orca.

It also runs on its own: start it without Snapmaker Orca and use it in your web browser as a standalone controller for the Snapmaker U1.

This repository is the official distribution channel for Snapmaker Control binaries. It contains release packages, the license and third-party notices — not source code.

Features

Connect

• Find Snapmaker U1 printers on your local network automatically, or add one by IP address
• Bind a printer with its PIN code; connect over your local network or remotely through your Snapmaker account
• Manage your printers: rename, remove or unbind, see connection status at a glance, and get notified when new firmware is available

Live view

• Watch the printer's camera live and switch the chamber light on or off
• Browse, preview, batch-download and delete timelapse videos

Control

• Set the nozzle temperature (per extruder) and the heated-bed temperature
• Control the chamber light, the cooling and chamber fans, and the air purifier (when installed)
• Adjust print speed while printing
• When idle: move the X/Y/Z axes, home, extrude or retract filament, pick or park a print head, raise or lower the bed

Print jobs

• See the current print with thumbnail, progress and remaining time
• Pause, resume or cancel a print
• Browse files on the printer's internal storage or USB drive and start a print
• Get alerted when the printer reports a fault

Filament

• See up to 4 filament slots and set each slot's color, brand and material

AI monitoring

• Turn print defect detection on or off and adjust its settings

Home and account

• Model recommendations from the Snapmaker model station, your printers, recent files and print history
• Sign in, register, or sign in with a third-party account

Sending sliced files from the slicer and opening models from the model station require Snapmaker Orca.

Download

Get the latest version from the Releases page.

Platform	Package
macOS (Apple silicon)	snapmaker_control-<version>-macos-arm64.zip
macOS (Intel)	snapmaker_control-<version>-macos-x64.zip
Windows (x64)	snapmaker_control-<version>-windows-x64.zip
Windows (ARM64)	snapmaker_control-<version>-windows-arm64.zip
Linux (x64)	snapmaker_control-<version>-linux-x64.tar.gz
Linux (arm64)	snapmaker_control-<version>-linux-arm64.tar.gz

The macOS builds are signed with Snapmaker's Developer ID and notarized by Apple. The Windows builds are signed with Snapmaker's code-signing certificate.

Run it standalone

1. Download the package for your system and extract it. Keep the program and the web folder next to each other — the program will not start the web pages without it.

   snapmaker_control_<os>_<arch>[.exe]
   web/
   

2. Start the program:

   • Windows / macOS: double-click snapmaker_control_….
   • Linux: run it from a terminal, e.g. ./snapmaker_control_linux_x64.

   Your default browser opens the Home and Device Control pages automatically.

To stop the program, close the window it runs in (or press Ctrl+C in the terminal).

The web pages are served only to this computer (127.0.0.1); other devices on your network cannot open them.

First run notes

• Windows: a Windows Defender Firewall prompt may appear the first time. Click Allow — the program uses mDNS to find printers on your local network. If you clicked Cancel, printers on your network will not show up until you allow snapmaker_control_windows_*.exe in Windows Security → Firewall & network protection → Allow an app through firewall.
• macOS: if macOS asks whether to allow incoming network connections or local network access, click Allow for the same reason.

Use with Snapmaker Orca

Snapmaker Orca ships with Snapmaker Control and starts it for you. Nothing needs to be installed separately.

Verify your download

Each release includes a SHA256SUMS file:

# macOS / Linux
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing

# Windows (PowerShell)
Get-FileHash .\snapmaker_control-<version>-windows-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256

Data and logs

Settings, the device list and logs are stored per user:

OS	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Snapmaker_Orca\snapmaker_control\
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/Snapmaker_Orca/snapmaker_control/
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Snapmaker_Orca/snapmaker_control/ (default ~/.config/…)

When reporting a problem, please attach the latest file from the data/log/ folder there.

To uninstall, delete the extracted folder and, optionally, the data folder above.

Command line

snapmaker_control --version     # print the version
snapmaker_control --help        # list all options
snapmaker_control --locale=zh-CN  # interface language and cloud region (default en-US)

Feedback

Please report problems through GitHub Issues. Include your OS, the Snapmaker Control version (--version) and the log file.

License

Snapmaker Control is proprietary software © Shenzhen Snapmaker Technologies Co., Ltd., distributed under the terms in LICENSE.txt. Third-party components and their licenses are listed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt. Snapmaker Orca is licensed separately under the GNU AGPL-3.0.