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What Is LightBurn?

LightBurn is layout, editing, and control software for your laser cutter. LightBurn talks directly to your laser, without the use of additional software.

With LightBurn you can:

  • Import artwork in a variety of common vector graphic and image formats (including AI, PDF, SVG, DXF, PLT, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP)

  • Arrange, edit, and even create new vector shapes within the editor, with powerful features like offsetting, boolean operations, welding, and node editing

  • Apply settings like power, speed, number of passes, cut order, brightness & contrast, dithering mode, and much more

  • Send the result directly to your laser cutter

LightBurn is a native application written for Windows, macOS, and Linux.