In May 2017, AstroPrint's second successful crowdfunding campaign was covered on the San Diego Business Journal, Solidsmack, NBC, Fabbaloo, Inside3DPrinting, 3DPrint.com, and All3DP. In October 2017, AstroPrint released cross-platform mobile and desktop apps for desktop 3D printing. On November 10th, 2017, AstroPrint released Toy Maker, a mobile app that allows children to 3D print toys at home. Toy Maker was also used to demonstrate the content delivery capabilities of the AstroPrint platform. AstroPrint works by taking a user's uploaded STL file, adding supports, slicing it, and saving the g-code in the user's account online. The user can then access, download, modify, and print their models wirelessly via their 3D printer. AstroPrint is built with a combination of 3D printing software, such as Cura, Repetier-Host, Slic3r, and OctoPrint. AstroPrint also allows users to remotely monitor their 3D printer in real time from any web-enabled device. AstroPrint is compatible with most consumer 3D printers and its AstroBox Gateway's Open source software can be run on a Raspberry Pi. AstroPrint has also released cross-platform mobile and desktop software to manage 3D printers. In addition, developers are able to use AstroPrint's API to develop third party applications for 3D printer owners on the AstroPrint platform. AstroPrint is aimed at the general, non-technical consumer as it is a plug and play, all-inclusive platform for 3D printing that does not require any technical understanding.