# Cadova

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Cadova and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun, readable way to write parametric 3D models in Swift code. One commenter said it is far from perfect.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun and interesting to try (2 comments): "Pretty wild. Certainly not perfect, and I don't think this is how I would actually go about it, but it was interesting!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480556)) "I had a lot of fun with https://github.com/tomasf/Cadova" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808752))
- More readable than KCL (1 comments): "I find this much more readable than KCL" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480287))
- Appeals to code-based CAD fans (1 comments): "Nice! I love code-based CAD." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46475642))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [build123d](https://hackerapproved.com/p/build123d.md): 53 recommend
- [CadQuery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cadquery.md): 40 recommend
- [BOSL2 library for OpenSCAD](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bosl2-library-for-openscad.md): 22 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cadova", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cadova/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).