The Moment

Sit between your printers and Spoolman. When a print finishes, The Moment automatically deducts filament, logs the run with duration and cost, records which spool was on which toolhead, and stores a thumbnail if your slicer embedded one. You never touch Spoolman manually again.

Every gram used. Every minute spent. Every dollar it cost. Logged automatically, the moment a print finishes.

Deploy

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No git clone. No build step.

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThetaSigmaLabs/the-moment/main/docker-compose.yml
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThetaSigmaLabs/the-moment/main/.env.example && cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d

Open http://<your-server-ip>:5000 → Settings → Add Printer.

Spoolman is bundled in the compose file — both services start with those three commands. Add your filament types and spools in Spoolman before your first print; The Moment reads from Spoolman, it doesn’t create records there.

Features

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Filament & Spool Tracking

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• Automatic weight deduction in Spoolman the moment a print finishes
• Multi-toolhead support — each toolhead tracks its own spool independently
• Filament-change tracking — spool swaps mid-print recorded as separate entries
• Location tracking — spools carry their location (printer toolhead or storage shelf); bidirectional sync with Spoolman

Print History

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• Every print logged: source printer, spool used, grams consumed, duration, cost breakdown
• Thumbnail extraction from PrusaSlicer and OrcaSlicer G-code
• Freeform notes on any history entry; searchable and deletable

Cost Accounting

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• Filament cost prorated from Spoolman’s per-spool price
• Electricity: configurable kWh rate × print wattage × duration
• Preheat charge, high-temp surcharge (auto-applied for ABS, ASA, PA, PC)
• Maintenance, depreciation, and profit margin rates
• Per-printer overrides for wattage, preheat spec, and depreciation
• Configurable currency (USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, etc.)
• Quick calculator: test cost settings with arbitrary weight and time, no hardware needed

NFC Tags

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Tap a spool with your phone. Tap the printer slot. Done — spool assigned in The Moment and Spoolman simultaneously.

• ICODE SLIX2 tags programmed via NFC Tools Pro
• Dual-record NDEF: OpenPrintTag CBOR + URL fallback
• One location tag per printer toolhead; tap spool then location within 5 minutes
• QR codes generated alongside every tag for NFC-free environments

Supported Printers

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Links

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GitHub →

Forked from FilaBridge by needo37 — the archived original that pioneered the Spoolman bridge pattern. GPL-3.0.