Replicad
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Dec 20, 2025first mention
Oct 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“No affiliation, just a happily productive user of a fantastic MIT-licensed project.”
writes models in vim with giton “OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller”
“As someone who uses JavaScript/TypeScript, I love Replicad.”
JavaScript/TypeScript useron “CadQuery is an open-source Python library for buildi…”
Show 2 more
“the best workflow yet has been with Replicad”
“which I've used previously and found to be really good.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models 2 mentions
- OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller 1 mention
- Show HN: FluidCAD – Parametric CAD with JavaScript 1 mention
- Show HN: Modo – Describe hardware, get a buildable prototype 1 mention
- Show HN: AI in SolidWorks 1 mention
- OpenSCAD is kinda neat 1 mention
Also written as replicad. Data: replicad.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“No affiliation, just a happily productive user of a fantastic MIT-licensed project.”
“As someone who uses JavaScript/TypeScript, I love Replicad.”
“Came across a similar tool replicad.”
“It seems from what you are describing your software is more like (replicad)”
“CAD previews and exploded views are rendered client-side using Replicad (WASM) + WebGL”
“the best workflow yet has been with Replicad”
“which I've used previously and found to be really good.”