Engineering · paid tool
SolidWorks alternatives
Parametric 3D CAD for mechanical design and product development.
Free alternatives
Highest score first. The score weighs licence openness, repository activity, traction, feature coverage, and cost; factors without data are left out and the rest are reweighted.
FreeCAD
Ranking score 90.2/100
Parametric 3D CAD for product design and mechanical parts.
- Licence
- LGPL-2.1
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release September 28, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 34,806
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for FreeCAD Factor Points Weight Licence opennessLGPL-2.1 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity34806 GitHub stars 19.3 20% Feature coverage11 of 12 curated capability tags covered 18.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Solvespace
Ranking score 84.6/100
Parametric 3D CAD focused on constraints and small assemblies.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 21, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 4,220
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Solvespace Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 4 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity4220 GitHub stars 15.4 20% Feature coverage5 of 6 curated capability tags covered 16.7 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
OpenSCAD
Ranking score 79.6/100
Script-based 3D modelling for parametric and printable parts.
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release February 7, 2021
- GitHub stars
- 10,521
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for OpenSCAD Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity10521 GitHub stars 17.1 20% Feature coverage3 of 6 curated capability tags covered 10 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.