KlipperLab — Tune Klipper for speed you can actually use.

Tune Klipper for speed you can actually use.

KlipperLab
Independent · 2026

Isometric drawing of two 3D printer setups on pale platforms, a dark boxy machine with a fan beside an open-frame printer building an orange part

comparisons

Mainsail vs Fluidd: Which Interface Should You Run?

Mainsail vs Fluidd compared for Klipper: install paths, multi-printer setups, macro prompts, cameras and config includes, plus which one to run.

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Latest guides

Isometric 3D printer with a dark frame, side control box and print head hovering over a bed holding a small white printed cup on a pale pink backdrop

tuning

Klipper Pressure Advance Calibration Guide, Step by Step

Tune Klipper pressure advance with the TUNING_TOWER test: start 0, factor 0.005 direct drive or 0.020 Bowden,…

Blue single-board computer cabled by USB to a blue MCU controller board, which is wired to a small sensor board on a 3D printer hotend carriage on a rail

getting-started

Klipper Hardware Requirements: Minimum Host, Board, Sensors

What Klipper needs: a Linux host (Pi Zero 2 W, 3, 4, 5 or x86), a control board whose MCU Klipper builds for,…

Two black 3D printers with blue filament spools side by side, the left wired to a Raspberry Pi and control board, the right to a single mainboard

comparisons

Klipper vs Marlin Firmware: Setup, Input Shaping, Tradeoffs

Klipper plans motion on a Linux host, Marlin on the printer board. See how config, input shaping and reliabil…

Isometric 3D printer with a blue ADXL345 accelerometer on the toolhead, cabled to a small controller board, with vibration arcs near the nozzle.

tuning

Klipper Input Shaper Setup: Wiring and Tuning an ADXL345

Wiring, configuration, and calibration commands for measuring resonance with an ADXL345 in Klipper, plus fixe…

A Raspberry Pi in a case beside a blank config file sheet, cabled by USB to a blue microcontroller board wired to a black-framed 3D printer with blue filament.

fundamentals

How Klipper Works: Host, MCU, and printer.cfg

How Klipper works from G-code to step pulses: host planning, MCU timing, printer.cfg changes, protocol commun…

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The guides in the order a machine needs them, from choosing firmware to reading a resonance graph. Each one cites the project documentation it draws on.

Decide Klipper vs Marlin Firmware: Setup, Input Shaping, Tradeoffs Klipper plans motion on a Linux host, Marlin on the printer board. See how config, input shaping and reliability differ, and which suits your printer. Buy Klipper Hardware Requirements: Minimum Host, Board, Sensors What Klipper needs: a Linux host (Pi Zero 2 W, 3, 4, 5 or x86), a control board whose MCU Klipper builds for, a stable supply, and an optional ADXL345. Understand How Klipper Works: Host, MCU, and printer.cfg How Klipper works from G-code to step pulses: host planning, MCU timing, printer.cfg changes, protocol communication, and when to reflash firmware. Measure Klipper Input Shaper Setup: Wiring and Tuning an ADXL345 Wiring, configuration, and calibration commands for measuring resonance with an ADXL345 in Klipper, plus fixes for the errors that stop a run.

Working out an acceleration ceiling? Open the input shaper and acceleration sizer.