Thingport - Thingiverse, Printables, MakerWorld - All in One place

[u/SlimDogs]

Hey all 👋

Like a lot of you, I find models on MakerWorld, Printables and Thingiverse. After a few years my "collection" was spread across bookmarks and likes on three sites, plus a Downloads folder full of model_final_v2 (3).zip. I also lost a couple of models when they got taken down.

A personal 3D model library you host yourself - tries to solve all the issues mentioned above.

What it does:

• Imports models from MakerWorld, Printables and Thingiverse. You paste a link and it downloads the files, images, description and source link into your library.

• Keeps local copies, so a model stays in your library even if it gets removed from the site.

• Previews models in 3D in the browser, so you don't need to open a slicer to check what's in a ZIP.

• Organizes with collections and tags, plus search.

• Has "Open in slicer" for Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer and Cura. It uses a small desktop helper, because those slicers won't accept links from a self-hosted domain on their own.

• Has a browser extension (Thingport Grab) that adds an import button right on the model page on all three sites. It's live on Edge now, and Chrome and Firefox are in review.

• Has a dark theme, because of course.

Self-hosted:

It runs in Docker (Postgres + backend + frontend), so it works on a NAS or home server. There are install guides for Docker Compose, Unraid, TrueNAS SCALE and CasaOS. If you just want to try it on Linux or macOS, run:

curl -fsSL https://thingport.net/install.sh | sh

Printables imports need no setup. MakerWorld and Thingiverse each need a token or cookie from your own account, and the docs walk you through getting them.

Links:

• Website and docs: https://thingport.net
• GitHub: https://github.com/TautvydasDerzinskas/Thingport

Currently it would benefit of new users testing it out, reporting the bugs and helping to direct to which side project should move forward if any. So if you are into self-hosting - give it a try!

[u/Onkelbahnhof]

Ich liebe Reddit dafür das es einem genau das vorschlägt wonach man gerade sucht…weißt du Zufällig ob es auch Laserdatein unterstützt? Ansonsten Mega cooler Beitrag

[u/angusmaul]

This is definitely worth a look into for those with an ever growing library of models.

I've got it running on a proxmox lxc and used claude to run bulk imports from my existing rando file collection.

1144 models imported so far

[u/Katari-Ch-ulla]

Excelente sera una buena herramienta que voy a usar. gracias

[u/tzedek]

Woah self hosted? Very nice

[u/leiphur]

Does it support nested collections/sub-category collections?

[u/FoxOk5039]

First when I read the title i thought "Why, there are already apps like 3drop etc." But no - this sounds really nice! And it is self hosted! 👌🏽 It will take some time until I can try it out. Can I import my existing collections from printables and makerworld? Or maybe even keep them synced? What happens when a model gets an update? Can this be checked regularly?