Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Autodesk AutoCAD

Product categories

3D 3D Modeling Architecture CAD CFD Design Tools Digital Drawing And Painting Electrical Electronics Energy Illustration Simulation

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Autodesk AutoCAD are LibreCAD, FreeCAD, and OpenSCAD. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

LibreCAD Landing Page
1

LibreCAD

An open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #3D Modeling 19 social mentions
FreeCAD Landing Page
2

FreeCAD

An open-source parametric 3D modeler
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #CAD 2 social mentions
OpenSCAD Landing Page
3

OpenSCAD

OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #CAD 95 social mentions
Wings 3D Landing Page
4

Wings 3D

Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Digital Drawing And Painting #3D Modeling
ImplicitCAD Landing Page
5

ImplicitCAD

ImplicitCAD is a programmatic CAD program, implemented in Haskell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #CAD
QElectroTech Landing Page
6

QElectroTech

QElectroTech is a free software to create electric diagrams.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Electrical #3D #Energy 7 social mentions
Fritzing Landing Page
7

Fritzing

Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Electronics #Simulation #CAD 26 social mentions
LibrePCB Landing Page
8

LibrePCB

LibrePCB is a free EDA software to develop printed circuit boards.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Electronics #Simulation #Design Tools 6 social mentions
Bforartists Landing Page
9

Bforartists

Bforartists is a fork of Blender.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 1 social mentions
Silo Landing Page
10

Silo

Silo is a focused 3D modeling application with the ability to effortlessly switch between organically sculpting high-poly models and precisely controlling hard-edged surfaces.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #3D Modeling #Digital Drawing And Painting 3 social mentions
JS.Sketcher Landing Page
11

JS.Sketcher

Parametric 2D and 3D CAD modeler written in pure javascript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#3D #Architecture #Photos & Graphics 1 social mentions
OpenFOAM Landing Page
12

OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM® - Official home of The Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Toolbox.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Technical Computing #Numerical Computation #3D 19 social mentions