Replicad
Shares rank 19 of 27 CAD software by recommenders
Free, MIT-licensed TypeScript library for parametric 3D CAD models, usable in a browser without an account.
Free, MIT-licensed TypeScript library for parametric 3D CAD models, usable in a browser without an account.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Parametric models, version controlled from start
“As someone who uses JavaScript/TypeScript, I love Replicad. It is super easy to create and share parametric models from their online editor without any accounts.”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models” “It's fantastic to get everything parameter based and version controlled from revision 1.”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Benchmark: CadQuery vs. OpenSCAD for agentic CAD work” Code-based modeling in JavaScript/TypeScript
“As someone who uses JavaScript/TypeScript, I love Replicad. It is super easy to create and share parametric models from their online editor without any accounts.”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models” “It allows for realtime rendering in a browser window as Claude does changes to a single code file.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Show HN: AI in SolidWorks” Open source, praised as really good
“a happily productive user of a fantastic MIT-licensed project”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller” “which I've used previously and found to be really good”
Comment from 20 Dec 2025 in “OpenSCAD is kinda neat”
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 | — | — |
| ReplicadThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a happily productive user of a fantastic MIT-licensed project”
“It's fantastic to get everything parameter based and version controlled from revision 1.”
“As someone who uses JavaScript/TypeScript, I love Replicad. It is super easy to create and share parametric models from their online editor without any accounts.”
“It allows for realtime rendering in a browser window as Claude does changes to a single code file.”
“which I've used previously and found to be really good”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.