# SolidCraft

10 Hacker News commenters recommended SolidCraft and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free open-source parametric CAD that runs in the browser and covers most everyday modeling needs; critics say it still has unsolved hard geometry problems and many edge cases.

## Why people recommend it

- Covers most everyday CAD needs (2 comments): "Does 99% (I use solidworks makers for the remainder 1) of what I need" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276868)) "it covers A LOT of what we need" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080233))
- Useful for automation and AI workflows (2 comments): "It feels a bit scary how good the frontier models are at creating stuff with these apps" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50078899)) "these (promoted goodies) may come as the missing link in innumerable automation chains" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50067872))

## 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, "SolidCraft", https://hackerapproved.com/p/solidcraft/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).