about cyclestart
community designs for laser cutters
CycleStart is an open platform where makers share, discover, and remix laser cutting designs. Think of it as Printables.com — but built specifically for the laser cutting community.
Every design includes SVG cut files, community-contributed machine settings, and a built-in G-code editor so you can preview and tweak paths before sending them to your machine.
what we believe
open by default
Designs are free to download and remix. Machine settings are community-contributed so everyone benefits.
maker-first
Built by laser cutters, for laser cutters. Every feature is designed around the actual workflow of cutting.
machine agnostic
Glowforge, xTool, OMTech, K40 — if it cuts, it belongs here. Community settings bridge the gap between machines.
quality over quantity
We'd rather have 100 well-documented designs than 10,000 untested files. Ratings and machine settings prove designs work.
the stack
CycleStart runs on Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2 — edge-first, no cold starts, globally distributed. The frontend is vanilla HTML/CSS/JS with zero framework dependencies. The G-code editor renders entirely on canvas.
Built by Three Little Diamonds LLC