BurnBadger for Mac.
Design, frame and burn on your diode laser from your Mac. Free to download. Pro is a one-time $59, no subscription.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel. For GRBL diode lasers. Tested on the Artilume T1. New to lasers? Start with the how-to guide.
Installing
- Open the downloaded BurnBadger disk image.
- Drag BurnBadger into your Applications folder, then open it from there. It’s checked by Apple, so it opens like any other app.
- Plug in your laser by USB (or join its Wi-Fi), switch it on and click Connect.
Free and Pro
Free
$0
- Text in any font on your Mac, shapes and the art library
- Starter designs ready to burn
- Material presets, and adjust power and speed any time
- Test cards and power × speed grids
- Frame, burn, pause and resume over USB or Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi burns run from the laser’s SD card, so a dropout can’t ruin them
BurnBadger Pro
$59
One time, no subscription.
- Burn photos, with one-click background removal
- Make any photo laser-ready in one click
- AI art: describe it, or turn a photo into a sketch (Apple Intelligence Macs)
- Trace pictures into clean, cuttable shapes
- Cut lines around designs for stickers and keychains
- Copies and fill-the-bed for batches
- Save and reopen your designs, and export G-code
You get a BurnBadger code as soon as you’ve paid. In BurnBadger, click Get Pro and enter it. The same code unlocks Pro on up to 3 of your devices: your Mac, a PC, and BurnBadger for iPhone, iPad or Android.
This is the website version of BurnBadger for Mac. It’s also coming very soon to the Mac App Store, where Pro is bought through Apple. Already have a code? Check it here.