FreeCAD in the Browser

cui 41 points 29 comments July 11, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)

techbro92

Why would I want to run this in the browser vs locally?

s1mon

Onshape is free in the browser as long as you are not doing commercial work. It’s a professional system from the founders of Solidworks that competes with all the top CAD tools.

dd8601fn

Sounds cool. Doesn't work.

ebspelman

The launch graphic says "Ported end-to-end by Fable, an AI agent" and it definitely feels that way. Buggy, glitchy, needs some love and human eyes before it's really usable.

emmelaich

Amazing. How much did it cost?

dang

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