Searches for this page, 2026-11-02 about 15:00 GMT, one web search tool (US results). Ours (skulitom.github.io/Nestbolt,
github.com/skulitom/Nestbolt, and our own LightBurn forum topic about Nestbolt, 193344): ABSENT from all five.

1. "LightBurn nesting without Pro": docs.lightburnsoftware.com NewIn2.1 (Quick Nest), forum 189743 (2.1 Quick Nest),
   thunderlaserusa nesting-in-lightburn, forum 192342 (sparrow/studio), forum 192508 (True Nesting), forum 114485,
   740, 15096, 14248, 186144, docs 1.7 NestSelected, forum 190528 (Quick Nest not what I'd hoped), 186955, Crafty
   Catsman guide. Summary: Core has Quick Nest (bounding boxes); True Nest Pro-only; container limited to a rectangle
   (user); workarounds Deepnest, svgnest.
2. "LightBurn True Nest alternative free": forum 192342 (sparrow/studio), atomm.com LightBurn alternatives,
   alternativeto LightBurn, forum 192508, 190774 (Open source nesting solution), 192504 (2.2 EA), 191457 (Quick nest vs
   true nest), all3dp 2.2 EA, Crafty Catsman 2.2 EA. Summary: "No free tool I found clearly matches True Nest's
   contour-based nesting."
3. "nest LightBurn project onto scrap offcut irregular material": forum 181141 (Input material shape), 192508,
   plasmaspider, softsolder.com, forum 186955, 122897, lapas-landing.pages.dev (true-shape vs rectangular; DXF tutorial),
   docs 2.1/1.7 NestSelected, salasers nest selected. Summary: "LightBurn's built-in nesting doesn't directly support
   irregular offcuts as the sheet boundary"; workarounds manual or another tool.
4. "free nesting software lbrn2 LightBurn file keep layers": forum 190774, 2667, 133199, 66225, 39989, 43551, 114485,
   26483, 33640, docs NewIn2.1, 63697 (boxes.py native output), 108169, 44980, fiverr, brainbound, forum 192902 (Looking
   for Beta Testers for New Nesting Tool), google groups spam. Summary: "I didn't find a free nesting tool that reads
   .lbrn2 files and keeps their layers intact."
5. "LightBurn 2.2 True Nest Core license Quick Nest difference": lightburnsoftware.com which-version page, forum 188436,
   186475, LB blog 2.1 RC, forum 192677 (2.2 EA RC-2), 192504, docs NewIn2.1, 186144, 160029, 192342, 193227 (RC-8),
   Crafty Catsman, 189743, 191457, 188676, which-license-do-you-need, longer3d. Summary: Core $99 one-time with a year of
   updates; upgrade to Pro $100; two-week Trial Pro; True Nest Pro-only, contours; Quick Nest Core, bounding boxes.