JermCAD
Shares rank 19 of 27 CAD software by recommenders
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.
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.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 58%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Personal project built for fun
“this is an example of a new category of tools: things made by individuals scratching an itch”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “JermCAD: Browser-Based CAD Software” “Fun project, it's okay to do things like this just because it's fun for you”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: JermCAD – A YAML-powered, vibe-coded, browser-based CAD software” Impressive for a few hours' work
“to me it’s incredible that something of this complexity is even possible with a few hours of effort”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: JermCAD – A YAML-powered, vibe-coded, browser-based CAD software” “tfw faster to build cad than learn cad. great job”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: JermCAD – A YAML-powered, vibe-coded, browser-based CAD software”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Looks like AI-generated code
“and then the LLM wrote a text-based STL export function”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: JermCAD – A YAML-powered, vibe-coded, browser-based CAD software” “Looks and feels like AI slop on openscad”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: JermCAD – A YAML-powered, vibe-coded, browser-based CAD software”
Other CAD software people recommend
The four most recommended other CAD software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeCAD | 199 | 95 | 68% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | Approved |
| OpenSCAD | 173 | 87 | 66% | 12 | 9 yrs4 owners | — |
| Onshape | 65 | 21 | 76% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Autodesk Fusion 360 | 60 | 37 | 62% | 12 | — | — |
| JermCADThis page | 7 | 5 | 58% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Fun project, it's okay to do things like this just because it's fun for you”
“tfw faster to build cad than learn cad. great job”
“Neato! I might just self-host this at home and explore using it for my 3d printing needs”
“Jerm-CAD existing gives it a shot at improvement.”
“and then the LLM wrote a text-based STL export function”
“to me it’s incredible that something of this complexity is even possible with a few hours of effort”
“If it is browser based where's the browser link??”
“this is an example of a new category of tools: things made by individuals scratching an itch”
“let's rebuild the worst version full of bug!”
“it might pull resources away from OpenSCAD or similar projects for something that, I imagine, won't be maintained”
“Looks and feels like AI slop on openscad”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.