# VikOlliver/RepRapMicron

> The μRepRap project extends the open-source RepRap 3D printer to micron-scale fabrication. It uses GCODE, GRBL, NEMA17 steppers, and materials like UV nail gel and standard resin.

- Magnitude: 5.1 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 191 total · +51 stars measured 2026-10-18, 14:30–17:15 UTC, ≈ 65 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: OpenSCAD · License: GPL-3.0 · Created: 2024-04-01 · Last push: 2026-10-17
- GitHub: https://github.com/VikOlliver/RepRapMicron · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/VikOlliver/RepRapMicron

## Useful for

- Build a micron-scale PIKA 3D printer using OpenSCAD models and wiki instructions
- Convert GCODE from PrusaSlicer into point-by-point deposition sequences
- Print a PNG image via GCODE in dip-pen mode

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-18 (UTC), 14:30–17:15: 140 → 191 stars (+51). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +65 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 0 per day.
- Hacker News: “RepRapMicron” — 190 points, 3 h ago.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @millette (310 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 13
- Issues and pull requests: 2
- Watchers: 11
- Average over the last week: 9 per day
- Usual pace: 0 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 17
- Latest release: PIKA-V0.01 (2026-04-12)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-19 … 2026-10-18: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 51

## Hacker News

- RepRapMicron — 190 points, 27 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50141076

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
Summaries and use cases are written by an LLM (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) from the README and may be inaccurate: verify specific claims (benchmarks, speed, hardware) in the repository itself.
Data as of 2026-10-18 17:24 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.