Printer monitoring
Module 01
Your printers. In real time.
Live: temperatures, progress, layers, time left
MQTTMoonrakerAMS
Your printers run by themselves.
Your paperwork does too, from now on.
You see every printer live, every print becomes a job automatically, the filament is deducted from stock, price and invoice follow along. The management software for everyone who earns money with their printers, from the maker with a single printer to the small print farm. Bambu Lab and Klipper, on your computer, 100 % local.
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100 % local · activate online once
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areas from printing
to backup
to backup
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potential admin time
saved per month*
saved per month*
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local, your data
stays with you
stays with you
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to start, Free plan
free forever
free forever
Your operation in one system
You print.
3D Extruder organizes.
You slice your models in Bambu Studio. But who organizes everything after that? 3D Extruder takes care of the rest: from the running print through inventory and pricing to the paid invoice. Whether one printer on the side, contract printing as a freelancer or a small farm with ten machines: it grows with you.
01 / MONITOR
Your printers, live
Bambu Lab via MQTT and Klipper via Moonraker (Mainsail · Fluidd) in one view: temperatures, progress, layers, AMS slots, camera. In LAN mode without any cloud or via Bambu Cloud. Multiple printers in parallel, across vendors.
02 / MANAGE
Your operation, not gut feeling
When a print starts, the app creates the job automatically, with file name, material and color from the active AMS slot. Filament is deducted from inventory automatically. Maintenance, planning and G-code analysis included.
03 / SELL
Your print. Your invoice.
Calculate your selling price (material + power + machine + labor + margin), create professional PDF invoices and automatically import shop orders and prepare shipping, without Excel and without a second tool.
Demo · your workflow in 5 steps
You start the print.
The rest runs automatically.
Print → job → filament → pricing → invoice → shipping: the complete path in just over 20 seconds, recorded from the real current app with professionally simulated sample data.
Automatic flow · 1/5
Live via MQTT
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You start the print
Print running.
Automatic flow · 2/5
Material · color · weight captured
2
Hands-free
Job appears.
Automatic flow · 3/5
−184 g booked automatically
3
Stock stays accurate
Filament deducted.
Automatic flow · 4/5
§ 14 UStG · €499.80
4
One click
Invoice created.
Automatic flow · 5/5
Label · Tracking · done
5
Ready to ship
Shipping prepared.
5 printers · 4 active
And you · anytime
Everything in view.
Why 3D Extruder?
Other tools manage individual steps.
3D Extruder connects your operation.
One print starts the process. Your system brings job, material, costs and the next step together in one flow, on your computer, under your control.
One job. Two realities.
- 01All printers live
- 02Job captured automatically
- 03Filament deducted
- 04Price calculated
- 05Invoice integrated
- 06Priority shown in the cockpit
Outcome
More printers. Not automatically more administration.
The point
Your slicer prepares the print. 3D Extruder organizes your operation afterwards: from print start to payment.
Local on your computer
Automation from print start
One workflow instead of tool switching
Your time
What every job really
costs you today.
Your printers are not what costs you the most time, the admin around it is. That is how much manual work 3D Extruder can take off your hands per job:
Create job & capture print data~6 min → automatic
Deduct filament & check stock~4 min → automatic
Calculate selling price~12 min → ~1 min
Write & send the invoice~11 min → ~1 min
Transfer shop order by hand~5 min → 1 click
At 30 jobs / month
0 hrs
potential admin time saved per month. Time your printers can spend printing instead of you maintaining spreadsheets.
* Typical reference values from everyday small print farms (≈ 36 min of manual work per job, automated or reduced to ~2 min). Your actual number depends on order volume and workflow.
Your workspace
Choose your module.
Experience your operation.
Ten real work areas show you the current app: complete, undistorted and with professionally simulated sample data.
● Original
Trust
Your data. Your machine.
Your call.
3D Extruder was developed out of a real print farm, not at the drawing board. And that is how we treat your data as well.
100 % local
All data lives in a SQLite database on your machine. No forced cloud, no permanent internet connection for day-to-day use. The installation is activated online once – a free account is all it takes; after that you work locally.
No vendor lock-in
CSV export for invoices, JSON backup for everything. Your data belongs to you. You can leave with all of it at any time.
GDPR-friendly
Customer data never leaves your machine. The cockpit and help work without model chat and without external model connections.
Start cleanly
Calculation and PDF quotes are included in Free. Professional PDF invoices, payment and dunning start with Basic.
Supported printers
Bambu Lab A1 / A1 mini
Bambu Lab P1P / P1S
Bambu Lab P2S
Bambu Lab X1 / X1C / X1E
Bambu Lab H2D / H2S / H2C
AMS / AMS lite / AMS 2 Pro
Klipper / Moonraker (Mainsail · Fluidd)
Voron · Sovol · Qidi · Pi setups
Your starting point
Your operation. Your pace.
Start for free.
You start free, permanently. Other plans only become relevant as your business grows, with no hidden costs and no cloud requirement. So you can plan ahead, the later prices are already listed here. Nothing is bookable during the beta, and Free stays free.
Free
0 €
/ forever
Open right away in the beta · stays free
- 1 installation per licence · every installation needs its own
- 1 printer · live monitoring & AMS
- 10 produced jobs / month
- 1 user · 10 inventory items & customers each
- Calculation & quotes (PDF)
- Unlimited filament spools & AMS mapping
- Themes, color schemes & local core use
- cockpit basics & limited troubleshooting
- Custom maintenance plans, automation & shipping
- PDF invoices, shop, email & network
Basic
9 €
/ month
Price from launch · not bookable during the beta
- 1 installation per licence · every installation needs its own
- Everything in Free, plus:
- 3 printers · 100 jobs · 3 users
- Unlimited inventory, customers & bookmarks
- PDF invoices (professional, sendable)
- Online payment (GiroCode/SEPA QR) & dunning
- Basic automation: job, filament, price & energy
- Shipping, tracking & shipping labels
- Custom maintenance plans & reorder rules
- Full cockpit & local failure monitoring
- Email notifications · 3 users
Pro
19 €
/ month
Price from launch · not bookable during the beta
- 1 installation per licence · every installation needs its own
- Everything in Free & Basic, plus:
- 10 printers · unlimited jobs · 10 users
- WooCommerce, Shopify, Etsy & CSV import
- Full automation: shop, invoice & customer emails
- G-code/3D analysis & auto-slicing (STL)
- Integrated mailbox (IMAP/SMTP)
- Phone NFC & smart-plug energy metering
- start view & web center categories
- LAN multi-seat & webhook notifications
Business
29 €
/ month
Price from launch · not bookable during the beta
- 1 installation per licence · every installation needs its own
- Everything in Free, Basic & Pro, plus:
- Unlimited printers & users
- Network full (TLS/HTTPS) · multi-site
- Full backup (auto + external + restore)
- Priority support
- Early access to new features
Free is currently open. Basic, Pro and Business remain part of the curated beta rollout and are introduced in waves.
For creators & early users
You help build the beta.
3D Extruder is built by one developer, not by a corporation. Anyone who joins now talks to him directly and sees their requests again in one of the next versions.
01 / AHEAD OF THE REST
Early access
You get new versions as soon as they are ready, automatically as an update, without waiting for a release date. Free keeps running at no cost, even after the beta.
02 / DIRECT LINE
You talk to the developer
No ticket system, no hold queue: one email straight to the developer. Reported bugs make it into the next version in days, not quarters.
03 / SHAPE IT
Your daily practice decides
Which shop integration, which printer, which workflow comes next is decided by real businesses. Write your request straight into the field below, it reaches the developer without any detour.
Beta rollout · 2026
Your place in the next beta tier.
You can download Free right now at no cost and activate it online once with a free account. Sign up if you would like to test Basic, Pro or Business in your operation during the curated beta rollout. Tell us right away what you are missing, your request goes straight to the developer.
No spam. Only information about the beta rollout.
Thank you, we will get in touch as soon as a suitable beta slot is available.
“3D Extruder came out of the wish that everything revolves around printing again, not around admin. Everything in one place, from planning to shipping, and your data stays on your own computer. Because I believe a company you give your money to should not also get your data. That applies to me, too. So: no ads, no data selling, no forced paid plan. Instead a program I keep building together with you, feedback by feedback. Because in the end the same thing connects us: the passion for 3D printing.”
Dennis Wohlert · Developer of 3D Extruder