Top pick
Full 3D pipeline: modeling, sculpting, animation, rendering, VSE.
3danimationrendering
3D, CAD & Modeling
Blender for 3D, FreeCAD for mechanical CAD, KiCad for hardware design. Sweet Home 3D fills interior floor-plan and walkthrough needs without a full BIM stack.
Tools in this category (13)
Top pick
Parametric CAD for mechanical engineering and maker workflows.
cadparametricengineering
Top pick
EDA suite for schematic capture, PCB layout, and 3D board preview.
pcbedahardwareelectronics
Also strong
Programmatic solid modeling—describe geometry in code instead of pushing vertices.
cadparametric3d-printing
Honorable mention
Interior design app for floor plans, furniture placement, and 3D walkthroughs.
interiorfloorplan3d
Honorable mention
A python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT
definitive-opensourcemanual
Honorable mention
Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender
definitive-opensource
Honorable mention
A browser-based 3D CAD application for online model design and editing
definitive-opensource
Honorable mention
CadQuery GUI editor based on PyQT
definitive-opensource
Honorable mention
QCAD - The Open Source 2D CAD. QCAD is a cross-platform CAD solution for Windows, macOS and Linux. It supports the DXF format and optionally the DWG format (through a proprietary plugin).
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Honorable mention
A CAD application for creating virtual LEGO models
definitive-opensource
Honorable mention
A powerful, innovative and intuitive EDA suite for everyone!
definitive-opensource
Honorable mention
Open-source telemetry dashboard. Supports UART, BLE, MQTT, Modbus, CAN Bus and more.
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