Xstl, a free and open-source STL viewer

Xstl is a free and open-source STL viewer for Linux and Windows, build with modern tools, Electron and React. With Xstl you can open an STL file and navigate trough a directory to see all the STL files on it, buy using buttons or with a shortcut (alt+z and alt+x). The default view is isometric, so you can see all the details of your model.

Settings and customization

By changing the default settings you can visualized your model in different colors. The bed is configurable/switchable too.

Install

To install Xstl, check the releases page https://github.com/emanuelescarabattoli/xstl/releases

Set as default program

To set Xstl as default STL files viewer on Windows:

• Double-click on a .stl file
• Select "Open with another program"
• Navigate to C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Local\Programs\Xstl folder
• Select Xstl.exe

To set Xstl as default STL files viewer on Linux:

• Double-click on a .stl file
• In the window that will open, search for "Xstl" and select it

Build instructions

Here the instructions to build the project:

• Change the version in ./xstl/wrapper/package.json, if you want to perform a release

• Navigate to xtl code folder, wrapper sub-directory

cd ./xstl/wrapper

• Install packages using yarn

yarn install

• To build deb package

yarn build-deb

• To build AppImage package

yarn build-app-image

• To build Windows setup package

yarn build-win

Local setup

To run the project locally, after cloning it, do the following

• Open a terminal, navigate to the frontend directory and install dependencies using yarn

cd frontned
yarn install

• Run the React project

yarn start

• You can close the browser tab that will open up
• In another terminal, navigate to the electron application directory and install dependencies using yarn

cd wrapper
yarn install

• Run the project

yarn start

• Now the application is running locally

Contribute

Feel free yo contribute to this project here https://github.com/emanuelescarabattoli/xstl/pulls or open an issue here https://github.com/emanuelescarabattoli/xstl/issues

License

Licensed under the MIT license.