Community Projects
Beyond our core monitoring product, we maintain a few free and/or open-source community projects to make your life in the shop a bit easier.
Visual Studio Code Extension
Optimize your CAM to machine workflow with our free NC Editor extension for Visual Studio Code.
Network File Transfer
Ditch flash drives and transfer files to your machines directly from within Visual Studio Code.
Code Comprehension & Navigation
View operations, tools, offsets, and probing cycles into the sidebar for easy navigation and editing.
Version Control
Use Git to locally store version and change history of your NC programs.
ChatterTools Python Package
Connect to CNC machines and the Chatter infrastructure through Python in just a few lines of code.
Chatter API Client
Build anything you can dream of by interacting with your Chatter-connected CNC machines in Python.
FOCAS Wrapper
Read data and send commands to your Fanuc machines over your local network. We handled all the drivers and imports, so you can build.
Open Source & Community Built
Chattertools is maintained on GitHub by a community of machinists, software developers, and apps engineers.
ChatterSync Wireless USB Flash Drive
Ditch your mess of flash drives and wirelessly transfer programs to your machines, even if they aren't networked, for just $30.
Secure File Transfer
Ditch flash drives and transfer files to your machines directly from within Visual Studio Code.
Legacy Compatibility
ChatterSync is compatible with any machines which can read files off of a USB drive. Check our GitHub for a more comprehensive list of tested machines.
Open Source
The build instructions, SD card image, and 3D print files for the enclosure are all available on our GitHub.
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