LinuxCNC vs Octoprint

Both are self-hosted manufacturing projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

LinuxCNC scores 79 against Octoprint's 73, putting it slightly ahead on the strength of a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — Octoprint may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	LinuxCNC	Octoprint
Health score	79/100	73/100
Commits (11 mo)	1064	667
Commits (last 3 mo)	774	102
Stars	2.5k	9.1k
Latest release	3 Jul 2026	24 Aug 2026
Licence	GPL-2.0, LGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Built with	C, deb	Docker, Python
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

LinuxCNC

Linux based CNC machine controller. It can drive milling machines, lathes, 3D printers, laser cutters, plasma cutters, robot arms, hexapods, and more.

79/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 32/40

Releases 21/25

Community 11/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 80% of tracked projects; popularity more than 53%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Octoprint

Snappy web interface for controlling consumer 3D printers.

73/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 28/40

Releases 25/25

Community 15/20

Momentum 4/15

Commit activity more than 71% of tracked projects; popularity more than 77%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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