UltiMaker Cura
The most widely used free slicer for filament 3D printers, with profiles for hundreds of machines.
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Package managers
- winget
winget install --id Ultimaker.Cura - Chocolatey
choco install cura - Homebrew
brew install --cask ultimaker-cura - Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.ultimaker.cura
About UltiMaker Cura
Cura turns a 3D model into the layer-by-layer instructions a printer follows. It ships profiles for hundreds of printers from many manufacturers, hides the hundreds of individual settings behind recommended presets, and previews the toolpath layer by layer before you commit plastic to it.
A plugin marketplace adds model sources, post-processing scripts and links to printer management systems. UltiMaker develops it and its own machines get first-class support, but nothing stops you using it with a Creality or a Prusa.
Strengths
- Profiles for hundreds of printers, not just UltiMaker's own
- Recommended presets hide the settings until you want them
- Layer preview shows the toolpath before you start the print
- Plugin marketplace for model sources and post-processing scripts
Limitations
- Heavier and slower to start than the newer slicers
- Hundreds of settings once you leave the recommended mode
- Calibration tooling is thin compared with OrcaSlicer
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the LGPL 3.0. An UltiMaker account is optional and only needed for cloud features.
- License
- LGPL-3.0
- Developer
- UltiMaker
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Slicing for a filament printer when you want profiles that already exist
- Categories
- 3D printing
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (3D & CAD); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
PrusaSlicer
Prusa Research's slicer, based on Slic3r, for both filament and resin printers and no account required.
OrcaSlicer
A slicer built around calibration, with temperature towers and flow tests you run from inside the program.
Blender
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