# JermCAD

7 Hacker News commenters recommended JermCAD and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free browser-based CAD tool made by one person as a fun side project; critics doubt it will be maintained and say it looks like AI-generated code.

## Why people recommend it

- Personal project built for fun (2 comments): "this is an example of a new category of tools: things made by individuals scratching an itch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45844614)) "Fun project, it's okay to do things like this just because it's fun for you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846773))
- Impressive for a few hours' work (2 comments): "to me it’s incredible that something of this complexity is even possible with a few hours of effort" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846284)) "tfw faster to build cad than learn cad. great job" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846757))

## What people warn about

- Looks like AI-generated code (2 comments): "and then the LLM wrote a text-based STL export function" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846301)) "Looks and feels like AI slop on openscad" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45844429))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [FreeCAD](https://hackerapproved.com/p/freecad.md): 199 recommend
- [OpenSCAD](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openscad.md): 173 recommend
- [Onshape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/onshape.md): 65 recommend
- [Autodesk Fusion 360](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fusion-360.md): 60 recommend
- [SolveSpace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/solvespace.md): 37 recommend

## Cite as

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