<p>Prusa took over development with the <a href="https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer" rel="noreferrer">PrusaSlicer</a> fork / rewrite.
They got rid of the Perl parts in Slic3r and added new features.</p>
<p>Then again, based on PrusaSlicer, other slicers emerged:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/supermerill/SuperSlicer" rel="noreferrer">SuperSlicer</a>, directly based on PrusaSlicer releases, adds new features and bugfixes (like the extrusion width being based on the nozzle instead of layer height);</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio" rel="noreferrer">BambuStudio</a>, a fork and redesign focused on <a href="https://bambulab.com" rel="noreferrer">BambuLab</a> printers</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer" rel="noreferrer">OrcaSlicer</a>, a fork of BambuStudio</li>
</ul>
<p>With all those high-quality forks, development on the original seems to <a href="https://github.com/slic3r/Slic3r/issues/5158#issuecomment-1893633028" rel="noreferrer">have faded</a>.</p>

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<p>Looks like it's been 2 years since Slic3r's last github commit, 5 years since the last blog post, and 6 years since the last release.  It seems <em>fairly</em> safe to suppose the project now sleeps the long sleep.  Do we know if anything specific happened, or do we just assume the developer got burned out?  It's a shame, because AFAIK Slic3r was the main open source slicing option.  (Correct me if I'm wrong.)  Are there any active forks?  Other projects now favored?  Rumors of a miraculous resumption of development?</p>

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What happened to Slic3r?
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# What happened to Slic3r?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-25)

Looks like it's been 2 years since Slic3r's last github commit, 5 years since the last blog post, and 6 years since the last release. It seems *fairly* safe to suppose the project now sleeps the long sleep. Do we know if anything specific happened, or do we just assume the developer got burned out? It's a shame, because AFAIK Slic3r was the main open source slicing option. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) Are there any active forks? Other projects now favored? Rumors of a miraculous resumption of development?

**Tags:** slic3r

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-06-25. Score: 14 | Accepted answer

Prusa took over development with the [PrusaSlicer](https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer) fork / rewrite.
They got rid of the Perl parts in Slic3r and added new features.

Then again, based on PrusaSlicer, other slicers emerged:

* [SuperSlicer](https://github.com/supermerill/SuperSlicer), directly based on PrusaSlicer releases, adds new features and bugfixes (like the extrusion width being based on the nozzle instead of layer height);
* [BambuStudio](https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio), a fork and redesign focused on [BambuLab](https://bambulab.com) printers
* [OrcaSlicer](https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer), a fork of BambuStudio

With all those high-quality forks, development on the original seems to [have faded](https://github.com/slic3r/Slic3r/issues/5158#issuecomment-1893633028).


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