Just got started with 3D printing with an Ender-3 V3SE. Found Octoprint incl. an adapter for my home automation system, which is already blowing me away. Now the plug-ins for octoprint. To be honest, I watched a ton of RUclips videos and a lot of times I thought I don't need all these things. All that stuff to beautify the interface etc etc. But when I saw your "ui customizer" interface, I had to have it. Its not just nicer, its way more readable and it improves the usage of octoprint tremendeously, even on a mobile phone screen. So, thanks for sharing 👍
I've been using octoprint off and on for a while and I didn't know about most of these. The Dashboard Helper will finally let me put a real use to the 7" touch display I bought.
Usually in videos like this, there are one or two things from the list that I like. I legitimately liked everything from this list and will be installing them once my print is done in 6 hours 😅
I finally ditched Octoprint for Klipper+Mainsail as the more recent versions were just causing stuttering in my printers actions due to the feeding of gcode over the usb serial link was just not keeping up. When that happens, most of the benefits of Octoprint are out of the window. I then Klipperized also this Ender 3 Pro and have not looked back since. And the Ender 3 is now printing at more than twice the speed and acceleration with better quality. I even started using it more again, sometimes going to it instead of my corexy just because loading some filament into it and getting a small print done is now quick and fun.
@@rickybobbyracing9106 I don't think Mainsail has a plug-in mechanism. For Klipper (and Moonraker) the closest is adding some extra module into the Python code, but maintaining that is always tricky (I have a couple such changes in my personal Klipper fork - which is a fork just to enable easily rebasing those changes whenever I want to update Klipper). So, no, I don't think there are Mainsail plug-ins, but so far I have also not needed them. When I changed to Klipper one thing I was missing from OctoPrint was the option to cancel objects (or regions of the print). When printing multiple objects and one was failing, I would use OctoPrint to mark the area of that object for exclusion. Klipper did not have this option at the time, but in the meanwhile it does and together with the UI in Mainsail I feel it is way easier than what I used the use in OctoPrint. I haven't really missed any other plug-in. Some OctoPrint plugi-ns were really great, but I feel that often they just existed because of shortcomings OctoPrint or the serial communication with Marlin had. Like Arc Welder: great idea and I used it extensively in OctoPrint to at least get a somewhat decent printing speed, but it was only needed because the serial communication between OctoPrint and Marlin could not keep up with large number of gcode commands having to go over it and ACKed back. Klipper just solves this problem at the root - not sending gcode over that link but much better tuned low-level commands, so no need for Arc Welder.
I just want to say thank you for making this video, I started with an Ender 2 Pro a few months ago and recently purchased a micro center discounted Ender 3 Pro. I decided the Ender 3 Pro will be my adventure into modding while my 2 Pro is my keep printing machine. Long story short I just sourced a Raspberry PI and was looking for some good plug in and here you are saving the day! I wish I would have known about OctoPrint sooner. SO MANY AWESOME features and for free. Thanks again for this video! 😊
There are so many fantastic functional and creative OctoPrint plugins - this is a spectacular resource! 🚀 Thank you @TheNextLayer for making this video for the maker community; we are proud to help make it happen!
Question not related to OctoPrint (Which I loved before switching to klipper), you mentioned with the automation about sending announcements to your smart speaker. I have looked, but never found, a DIY smart speaker. Are you aware of any? I refuse to install the commercial ones because of all the "spying" they do. I just need a speaker I can send a text-to-speech message to from Home Assisant.
Thank you for making this video. If Octoprint has done one thing bad is to not really explain addons in a good way. It's just a bunch of text and code and for someone that don't want to spend an eternity reading through everything this video is great.
Hello, thanks for your video. Please can I get the octoprint to send a signal to either a connected raspberry pi or arduino after each g-code move is completed?
I wonder if octoprint will work with a neptune 4 pro this will be my first pla printer as i only used resin and recently sold my saturn 2 since i ddint like it anymore. Im not gonna bother getting a pi for octoprint since my np4 will be in my bedroom with my gaming setup so itll be on my desk which makes it easier for my webcam to reach the printer
Just wanted to say thank you, i just got into 3d printing and octoprint is great. Can i use a usb splitter with the raspberry pi 3 a+. It only has 1 usb port.
Great presentation! Most plugins don't fit my "print loop", but OctoEverywhere is awesome. It's also seamlessly integrated into the OctoApp smartphone application. I'd also add PSU control to the list of must-have plugins. With PSU control you can automatically turn on (and off when done and cooled down) smart plugs of various types by just starting a print job. This is especially great when your printer only has a hardware switch and doesn't turn on/off automatically.
Wait so you mean with a full stock printer ex:an ender 3, you can power it ok an off using this plugin?? I saw this one and always thought it would interface with smart plugs and all. How could it Work with a physical switch?
@@LeGravier01 It's a bit cheating 😊 ... You turn the physical switch on and always keep it like that and connect the printer through a smart socket and exclusively use said smart socket to control the printer's power.
@@thenextlayer The home assistant plugin seems to be more modern and newer. The PSU control plugin is pretty old. But it works perfectly with my Kasa smart plugs without needing any extra tools or software by simply sending an HTTP get request to the plug's IP address.
Tailscale is very easy, it works for all my Octo and Klipper systems, it's free, and also works for phones and computers. Basically, I have everything on a private network and just access the Octoprint/Klipper page via the assigned IP address remotely so I can see the cams from wherever.
I used to get a graphical representation of the parts in Cancel Objects but now I get a list the same as your example, can you explain what has happened?
So, can any of this remote stuff be run over an old fashioned wired LAN setup? I like the look of some octoprint features to monitor the printer, but I don't even have internet at home, let alone wifi to connect to, to get access to the printer in another room.
Thanks for another great video Jonathan. I know that you are an Apple guy and I believe you are using Octoprint on your Mac? I have had such a headache getting Octoprint running on my Mac. Can you speak to that a bit?
Great stuff! UI Customizer seems to have removed the tabs from Gcode viewer that correspond to the object cancel plugin, so I don't know which one to select when a single object fails anymore. Any tips on de-cyphering which one is teh failure, when they are all named the same?
I use an alternative to a Raspberry PI and the touch screen function would be nice, but I don't believe I am able to use it. Everything else is going to end up on my octoprint install as soon as I'm done printing what I have on there. I also don't have a webcam so maybe a couple others won't make it on there. Thank you very much for the video.
Gotta get Octodash as my Neptune 3 Plus screen is next to useless with Octoprint. Speaking of next to useless have you found a way to make the filament sensors work when using Octoprint? One more thing. Home Assistant making Alexa announce when a print is ready is cool....but make sure you stop it from doing so at 4am, it doesn't go down well with the other half 😅
Honestly… I prefer klipper at this point. I wanted to get this video done so I can start migrating printers to that. I think I to print is good for beginners who don’t want to flash from stock firmware
@The Next Layer ok I get that right now I'm looking at putting octoprint on a cell phone so I don't have to try find another raspberry pi. I have a pi set aside for when I build my voron 0.x (most likely a hybrid 0.1 and 0.2) Do you have any knowledge with using either firmware with an IDEX printer? P.S. keep up the great work I love your videos!
Im just getting set up with my printer. I mean.. I have printed many things and am already selling on etsy, but Now I want to get a new channel set up for my prints. This video was Very helpful and I happen to have 2 old Pi 3 B+'s just hanging around. Time to get them set up and make some time lapse vids for my new channel :)
I didn't know about OctoPrint-Webhooks. I want to use that for Alexa to tell me when a print is paused. I'm not sure how to configure that though. Any tips?
I already hit the button the first time that I watched this video. Now, I'm leaving a message to help with the algorithm. I wonder if the algorithm knows when people do this.
Spool Manager should have made the list as EVERY 3D printer user needs to know what filament they have and if they have enough to avoid filament changes. This has saved me duplicate purchasing and filament run-outs countless times. It now has a new developer who has taken over the project.
@@thenextlayer thanks. I try but. It always I have the option on mainsail for so it it’s weird. If I load many benchy I don’t have. I was print an helmet ( 1 piece only) and I had that option lol
I love this video, thank you for the info! 1 small suggestion for must have videos or countdown/up videos. Maybe by adding a number counter or transition screen in-between each and everyone of the different numbers in the video would really help distinguish them. Thank you again for the video :)
I have bought a Pi 5 and apparently octoptoprint does not work on the Pi 5. Has anyone got any advice that is not run "octoprint deplow" becuase I am a noob and the tutorials expect you to have a degree in IT.
Just moved from octoprint to mainsail and now I am regretti spaghetti. Thanks for the info, will be trying to find the functions mentioned in mainsail lol
I just hope octo everywhere stays free. Ploacloud use to be free and easy to setup and they have since gone to a paid model and it has just lost the maker community. I still use polarcloud at work and it works great for the education system (if you can find funding for it) but it is just sad to see it leave the maker space and now not even be talked about.
VPN connection like WireGuard setup at your location is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more safe than some random OctoEverywhere, sorry but at this point you are completely wrong (about network security)...unless you do it for purpose...oh man that is wrong
Good for beginners and people who don’t want to leave stock firmware… a lot of Prusa users don’t want to abandon the stock firmware because of the tight integration. Personally I’m gonna be doing much more content on klipper and mainsail soon
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Just got started with 3D printing with an Ender-3 V3SE. Found Octoprint incl. an adapter for my home automation system, which is already blowing me away. Now the plug-ins for octoprint.
To be honest, I watched a ton of RUclips videos and a lot of times I thought I don't need all these things. All that stuff to beautify the interface etc etc. But when I saw your "ui customizer" interface, I had to have it. Its not just nicer, its way more readable and it improves the usage of octoprint tremendeously, even on a mobile phone screen.
So, thanks for sharing 👍
Octoprint makes a Huge difference when interfacing with my prusa mk3. Thanks for the video. There were some plugins I didn’t know.
Glad it helped! And yeah, it's a must for Marlin machines... Also, great name!
Thanks for the kind words regarding UI Customizer :)
Used Octoprint for several years. Makes interface with Ender 3 so much better. Plan to install several of the plug-ins you covered. Thanks
Awesome, glad it helped!
Great condensed video for a newbie. Installed all but the Octolapse plugin.
Makes this Prusa interface alot better !
Thanks
I've been using octoprint off and on for a while and I didn't know about most of these. The Dashboard Helper will finally let me put a real use to the 7" touch display I bought.
Nice, enjoy!
Thanks been using octoprint for a few years and never knew it had all these plugin. Just opened up a new world for my old ender 3 v2
Usually in videos like this, there are one or two things from the list that I like. I legitimately liked everything from this list and will be installing them once my print is done in 6 hours 😅
NICE, I'm so glad to hear you liked them :)
I finally ditched Octoprint for Klipper+Mainsail as the more recent versions were just causing stuttering in my printers actions due to the feeding of gcode over the usb serial link was just not keeping up. When that happens, most of the benefits of Octoprint are out of the window. I then Klipperized also this Ender 3 Pro and have not looked back since. And the Ender 3 is now printing at more than twice the speed and acceleration with better quality. I even started using it more again, sometimes going to it instead of my corexy just because loading some filament into it and getting a small print done is now quick and fun.
Yeah. I’m slowly getting to accept the fact that I need to Klipperize my machines because even marlins new input shaping is eh
Are there plugins like these for mainsail? I've been on it for months, it's great, but can't find a good location for what plugins are recommended.
@@rickybobbyracing9106 I don't think Mainsail has a plug-in mechanism. For Klipper (and Moonraker) the closest is adding some extra module into the Python code, but maintaining that is always tricky (I have a couple such changes in my personal Klipper fork - which is a fork just to enable easily rebasing those changes whenever I want to update Klipper). So, no, I don't think there are Mainsail plug-ins, but so far I have also not needed them. When I changed to Klipper one thing I was missing from OctoPrint was the option to cancel objects (or regions of the print). When printing multiple objects and one was failing, I would use OctoPrint to mark the area of that object for exclusion. Klipper did not have this option at the time, but in the meanwhile it does and together with the UI in Mainsail I feel it is way easier than what I used the use in OctoPrint. I haven't really missed any other plug-in. Some OctoPrint plugi-ns were really great, but I feel that often they just existed because of shortcomings OctoPrint or the serial communication with Marlin had. Like Arc Welder: great idea and I used it extensively in OctoPrint to at least get a somewhat decent printing speed, but it was only needed because the serial communication between OctoPrint and Marlin could not keep up with large number of gcode commands having to go over it and ACKed back. Klipper just solves this problem at the root - not sending gcode over that link but much better tuned low-level commands, so no need for Arc Welder.
Another great video, and loved the K2 Clip cameo... Keep up the great work!
My favorite filament clip!
Haha yeah! Thanks for the design
I just want to say thank you for making this video, I started with an Ender 2 Pro a few months ago and recently purchased a micro center discounted Ender 3 Pro.
I decided the Ender 3 Pro will be my adventure into modding while my 2 Pro is my keep printing machine.
Long story short I just sourced a Raspberry PI and was looking for some good plug in and here you are saving the day! I wish I would have known about OctoPrint sooner. SO MANY AWESOME features and for free.
Thanks again for this video! 😊
My pleasure
I have been thinking of jumping into octoprint for a while and this just fuels that desire even more.
Skip straight to klipper honestly
There are so many fantastic functional and creative OctoPrint plugins - this is a spectacular resource! 🚀
Thank you @TheNextLayer for making this video for the maker community; we are proud to help make it happen!
You're very welcome! and thank YOU for supporting the channel :)
Question not related to OctoPrint (Which I loved before switching to klipper), you mentioned with the automation about sending announcements to your smart speaker. I have looked, but never found, a DIY smart speaker. Are you aware of any? I refuse to install the commercial ones because of all the "spying" they do. I just need a speaker I can send a text-to-speech message to from Home Assisant.
even w just my ender 3 v 3 se almost all of these plugins were super helpful on my paired octopi, very strait forward helpful video
There were some plugins that never heard about, awesome video!
I will use several of these I did not know about. Thank you.
Thank you for making this video. If Octoprint has done one thing bad is to not really explain addons in a good way. It's just a bunch of text and code and for someone that don't want to spend an eternity reading through everything this video is great.
Hi, I just found your video today and one wants to know if you demonstrate more, about each plugin, separately. Thank you.
Hello, thanks for your video. Please can I get the octoprint to send a signal to either a connected raspberry pi or arduino after each g-code move is completed?
I wonder if octoprint will work with a neptune 4 pro this will be my first pla printer as i only used resin and recently sold my saturn 2 since i ddint like it anymore. Im not gonna bother getting a pi for octoprint since my np4 will be in my bedroom with my gaming setup so itll be on my desk which makes it easier for my webcam to reach the printer
Just wanted to say thank you, i just got into 3d printing and octoprint is great. Can i use a usb splitter with the raspberry pi 3 a+. It only has 1 usb port.
I think so? Not sure!
@@thenextlayer i will just try it. Thank you
well this video was helpful... must watch if your into optoprint. Well done thank you.
Great presentation! Most plugins don't fit my "print loop", but OctoEverywhere is awesome. It's also seamlessly integrated into the OctoApp smartphone application.
I'd also add PSU control to the list of must-have plugins. With PSU control you can automatically turn on (and off when done and cooled down) smart plugs of various types by just starting a print job.
This is especially great when your printer only has a hardware switch and doesn't turn on/off automatically.
Wait so you mean with a full stock printer ex:an ender 3, you can power it ok an off using this plugin??
I saw this one and always thought it would interface with smart plugs and all. How could it Work with a physical switch?
@@LeGravier01 It's a bit cheating 😊 ... You turn the physical switch on and always keep it like that and connect the printer through a smart socket and exclusively use said smart socket to control the printer's power.
That’s a good point though I can do that with home assistant plug-in I mentioned too :)
@@thenextlayer The home assistant plugin seems to be more modern and newer. The PSU control plugin is pretty old. But it works perfectly with my Kasa smart plugs without needing any extra tools or software by simply sending an HTTP get request to the plug's IP address.
Tailscale is very easy, it works for all my Octo and Klipper systems, it's free, and also works for phones and computers. Basically, I have everything on a private network and just access the Octoprint/Klipper page via the assigned IP address remotely so I can see the cams from wherever.
I used to get a graphical representation of the parts in Cancel Objects but now I get a list the same as your example, can you explain what has happened?
Wait, what do you mean, like you actually saw the objects themselves? I only get that in Mainsail (Klipper)
So, can any of this remote stuff be run over an old fashioned wired LAN setup? I like the look of some octoprint features to monitor the printer, but I don't even have internet at home, let alone wifi to connect to, to get access to the printer in another room.
Yeah it runs on LAN!
Great video! Can you make a guide how to add touchscreen to octoprint? What parts to buy, how to set it up etc.
Maybe…
Thanks for another great video Jonathan. I know that you are an Apple guy and I believe you are using Octoprint on your Mac? I have had such a headache getting Octoprint running on my Mac. Can you speak to that a bit?
@@miltonb4522 Do you run or launch Octoprint from the Command line?
Octoprint runs on my raspberry Pis, which I access through browser on the Mac or flotato to make a desktop app
Great stuff! UI Customizer seems to have removed the tabs from Gcode viewer that correspond to the object cancel plugin, so I don't know which one to select when a single object fails anymore. Any tips on de-cyphering which one is teh failure, when they are all named the same?
I use an alternative to a Raspberry PI and the touch screen function would be nice, but I don't believe I am able to use it. Everything else is going to end up on my octoprint install as soon as I'm done printing what I have on there. I also don't have a webcam so maybe a couple others won't make it on there. Thank you very much for the video.
That was super helpful video. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!
Still waiting for power failure resume functionality.
My printer has it if I use the SD card, but I lose that if I print with octoprint
Gotta get Octodash as my Neptune 3 Plus screen is next to useless with Octoprint.
Speaking of next to useless have you found a way to make the filament sensors work when using Octoprint?
One more thing. Home Assistant making Alexa announce when a print is ready is cool....but make sure you stop it from doing so at 4am, it doesn't go down well with the other half 😅
You have Smart Filament Sensor as a plugin. It works wery well. I have got it with BTT smart filament sensor connected to Raspberry GPIO.
Thanks for the video! How do you like octprint vs klipper ?
Honestly… I prefer klipper at this point. I wanted to get this video done so I can start migrating printers to that. I think I to print is good for beginners who don’t want to flash from stock firmware
@The Next Layer ok I get that right now I'm looking at putting octoprint on a cell phone so I don't have to try find another raspberry pi. I have a pi set aside for when I build my voron 0.x (most likely a hybrid 0.1 and 0.2)
Do you have any knowledge with using either firmware with an IDEX printer?
P.S. keep up the great work I love your videos!
Great list, thanks! Can you recommend a good way to use an old cell phone as a touchscreen interface for Octoprint? Just use it in the browser?
If it's Android, I think you can run Octoprint on it actually.
Do you have a tutorial on UI customizer?
Thank you! Great Video!
Glad it was helpful!
what touch screen did you use
Im just getting set up with my printer. I mean.. I have printed many things and am already selling on etsy, but Now I want to get a new channel set up for my prints. This video was Very helpful and I happen to have 2 old Pi 3 B+'s just hanging around. Time to get them set up and make some time lapse vids for my new channel :)
Thanks for the video
I didn't know about OctoPrint-Webhooks. I want to use that for Alexa to tell me when a print is paused. I'm not sure how to configure that though. Any tips?
Not sure either but you could do it with Home Assistant and Nabu Casa
i litteraly downloaded everyone thanks. i realy new too octoprint
File Manager is actually called FileManager in the plugin repository.
Awesome video ! Thanks a lot for the content !
Glad you liked it!
I already hit the button the first time that I watched this video. Now, I'm leaving a message to help with the algorithm. I wonder if the algorithm knows when people do this.
Spool Manager should have made the list as EVERY 3D printer user needs to know what filament they have and if they have enough to avoid filament changes. This has saved me duplicate purchasing and filament run-outs countless times. It now has a new developer who has taken over the project.
Love octoprint!
Thank you for all of this!!
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Hi, the cancel object print plug in can be installed on the klipper printer like the v400?
It’s called exclude object on Klipper
@@thenextlayer thanks. I try but. It always I have the option on mainsail for so it it’s weird. If I load many benchy I don’t have. I was print an helmet ( 1 piece only) and I had that option lol
I love this video, thank you for the info! 1 small suggestion for must have videos or countdown/up videos. Maybe by adding a number counter or transition screen in-between each and everyone of the different numbers in the video would really help distinguish them. Thank you again for the video :)
Ohh, good idea, I'll try that in the future :)
@The Next Layer of course, ty for taking the feedback and being open to it.
Arg, I downloaded the UI customizer plugin but looks like it doesn't like to cohabit with the other Themeify.
correct
I have bought a Pi 5 and apparently octoptoprint does not work on the Pi 5. Has anyone got any advice that is not run "octoprint deplow" becuase I am a noob and the tutorials expect you to have a degree in IT.
great and awesome content very helpful
Just moved from octoprint to mainsail and now I am regretti spaghetti. Thanks for the info, will be trying to find the functions mentioned in mainsail lol
Yeah, I feel you. I moved to Mainsail on some of my printers, and I'm using Obico which works with it, but Hopefully Octoeverywhere will support soon.
amazing video! i have some issues with octoprint can you help me please
I can't decide: mainsail oder octoprint for my printers.
Great video
Thanks!
My octoprint is completely different then yours. I can't find ui customizer and most of the other ones. This is my first day at this to
I can't get my cam to work either it's a USB cam and the only one I can find on here is classic Webcam. It won't work
Thx
Have you tried octoklipper?
Have you thought about saving your UI interface so everyone can use it? That would be awesome!
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What’s a “kilo”?
Ha
I am waiting to get set up for Octoprint... not patiently!!
Now, if you can just end the Raspberry Pi shortage, that's be great!! LOL...thank you loved the video...helped me a lot.
One thing I’m looking into is klipper running a few orinters on one raspberry pi
wait... octoeverywhere has a free spaghetti detector?
I would call most of them as must have
Nice thanks
I just hope octo everywhere stays free. Ploacloud use to be free and easy to setup and they have since gone to a paid model and it has just lost the maker community. I still use polarcloud at work and it works great for the education system (if you can find funding for it) but it is just sad to see it leave the maker space and now not even be talked about.
The only one I would add is pretty gcode
Don’t know that one will check it out
don't use Octoprint; watched anyway
Thanks!
OctoDash helper...do you mean Companion?
🤘🤘
Nice video, but not a fan of leaving the bloopers in.
Good feedback thanks
VPN connection like WireGuard setup at your location is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more safe than some random OctoEverywhere, sorry but at this point you are completely wrong (about network security)...unless you do it for purpose...oh man that is wrong
99% of people don’t know how to set something like Tailscale up.
Yummy
Dark mode with white borders everywhere? That can't even be called ugly anymore, thats disgusting
People really still use OctoPrint?
You should not encourage them to do so...
Octoprint is excellent if not running klipper.. 😅
Your comment is useless as long as you don’t say the reasons for your opinion.
Good for beginners and people who don’t want to leave stock firmware… a lot of Prusa users don’t want to abandon the stock firmware because of the tight integration. Personally I’m gonna be doing much more content on klipper and mainsail soon