Which three OctoPrint plugins would you take with you on a deserted island?

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Hi, you all know the question: Which three things would you take with you on a deserted island?

So if you had a limit to install only three plugins which would you choose? Please include a sentence or two which explains why you choose each one.

Let's see what are most useful plugins for OctoPrint community...

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  1. ArcWelder: It's a fantastic reduction in the gcode filesize as well as lowering the amount of ping/pong between OctoPrint and the printer board.
  2. I would like to say Themeify since I've relied on it up until now. But since it's not Python 3—compatible, it's not currently on my printer.
  3. I like my own GitFiles plugin. It feels like a simple solution to managing file versions.

In setting up my printer, I've found these to be useful as a one-and-done:

  • Print Bed Visualizer
  • Bed Leveling Wizard
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ArcWelder sounds great, but I can't find it in OctoPrint plugin repository, can you please share the url?

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@OutsourcedGuru ok, I have found ArcWelder url
Do you use Prusa MK3 or MK3S printers? I see that G2/G3 is still experimental in Prusa firmware so I would not like to introduce something that will cause issues in reliability of my Prusa machines.

From Prusa knowledge-base:

G2, G3 - Controlled Arc Move G2 & G3: Controlled Arc Move

These commands don't properly work with MBL enabled. The compensation only happens at the end of the move, so avoid long arcs.

MBL is Mesh Bed Leveling

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Mine uses a Robo board (Robo 3D) which is a common Reprap-compatible using a Marlin fork, so nothing special. You might try this on yours in the Terminal tab of OctoPrint to see if it behaves.

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For me there is only one plugin that is most important: one of the filament-runout plugins (the one you like most). It is so helpfull to pause the printer when it runs out of filament when printing close to the end of a spool and just not have enough during the print.

Or instead of this the Filament-manager if you want to keep track of your filaments.
Just not at the same time as the filament-sensor-plugins as somehow they don't seem to like each-other when they run at the same time. I ran into strange problems while running sensor and manager together.
With the manager you do a more or less prediction about the amount there is left while the sensor-plugin's pause when you are really too late or have a broken filament between spool and sensor.
Both can be life-savers.

These are the only plugins that are loaded into my Octoprints on my printers at the moment (I run 3 or 4 instances, other printers use printrun on their pi's, so no plugins possible)..

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PSUControl and PortLister, I think it is obvious why.

Other than that I could probably do without the others I have installed at the moment.

I guess eather a Filament Sensor plugin or the new "Easy Servo" plugin would be my third, but haven't tested them yet.

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  1. Octopod! Not sure if this one counts since it really just facilitates connectivity to octopod.
  2. Exclude Region - This one lets you cancels areas of a print if they fail. Super helpful for printing multiple parts and one starts failing but the others are fine.
  3. GcodeEditor - good for renaming files or fixing a small error in your gcode without replacing and uploading.
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Tell me about these GitFiles.

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I have been testing ArcWelder on my Prusa machines, so far it works without issues! This is a great plugin, thanks!

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Completely agree, Octopod is an awesome plugin!

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To me it would be:
Exclude region
Edit G-code
Better Heater Timeout

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Fyi, MBL actually works for any recent prusa firmware with G2/G3. Clamping to endstops does not work, so keep the arcs inside your print volume!

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