Rayforge 1.1 - MacOS Support, Pipeline Rewrite, G-code Console, and Unified Raster
Rayforge 1.1 brings a powerful new G-code console, unified raster operations, and a completely rebuilt data pipeline for improved performance and stability.
MacOS Support
Thanks to the incredible work of GitHub user pgilfernandez, Rayforge now officially supports macOS! Both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs are supported. This has been a long-requested feature, and we're thrilled to welcome Mac users to the Rayforge community.
The Big Story: Complete Pipeline Rewrite
The headline feature of this release is a complete rewrite of the data pipeline backend. The new architecture is based on a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG), which brings significant improvements:
- Better performance for complex projects with many operations
- Reduced memory usage through more efficient data handling
- Smoother UI responsiveness during heavy processing
- Fixed memory leaks that affected long editing sessions
This foundational upgrade makes Rayforge more robust and prepares the codebase for future features.
Unified Raster Operations
The old "raster", "depth", and "dither" operations have been merged into a single, unified raster operation. This simplifies the workflow while giving you more control:
- Configurable line distance in all raster operations
- New "Raster (Dither)" operation with configurable algorithms
- Auto thresholding for Variable Power and Multipass modes
- Histogram in the raster engraver for visual threshold setting
- Symbolic visualization of raster direction in the rasterizer
G-code Console
The log view has been replaced with a fully-featured G-code terminal. You can now send commands directly to your machine, view responses in real-time, and interact with your laser cutter more directly than ever before.
More New Features
Export Support
You can now export your documents or selected objects to SVG and DXF formats. This is great for sharing designs or using them in other software.
Sketcher Improvements
- Angle constraints are now available in the parametric sketcher
- Conflicting constraints are highlighted in red for easier debugging
Machine Configuration
- Axis extents, work surface, and soft limits can now be configured per machine
- Built-in G-code dialect supporting dynamic power mode
Other Additions
- Increased maximum laser spot size to 10 mm
RAYFORGE_MAX_WORKERSenvironment variable to limit processes- macOS packaging scripts and resources for better platform support
--uiscriptCLI argument for executing scripts after the UI is up
Bug Fixes
This release addresses many issues:
- Multiple memory leaks in the data pipeline
- Race conditions between worker pool task completion and pipeline shutdown
- Camera device scanning crash on Windows
- Multipass post-processor exception
- Rasterizer angle causing distortion
- Various macOS issues: shm_open length errors, SVG rendering fallback, keyboard shortcuts
- Workpiece stage not emitting correct node state
- Zoom resolution stuck until resizing at least once
- Blurry view overlay on startup
- Unresponsive serial ports now handled gracefully
Special Thanks
This release was made possible with the support of our Patreon supporters:
- 2 anonymous contributors
- Amsel
Thank you for supporting Rayforge development!