LibreCAD

computer-aided design software
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Summary

LibreCAD is a computer-aided design software[1]. LibreCAD has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: open-source software[3]
  • Based on: QCAD[4]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0[5]
  • Programmed in: C++[6]
  • Operating system: GNU/Linux[7], BSD[8], macOS[9], Microsoft Windows[10], Haiku[11]
  • Software version identifier: 2.0.8[12], 2.0.9[13], 2.1.0[14], 2.0.7[15], 2.0.5[16], 2.0.4[17], 2.0.1[18], 2.1.3[19], 2.1.2[20], 2.1.1[21], 2.0.11[22], 2.0.10[23], 2.2.0-rc1[24], 2.2.0-rc2[25]
  • Has use: computer-aided design[26]
  • Commons category: LibreCAD[27]
  • Language of work or name: English[28], Russian[29], Romanian[30]
  • Website account on: Zulip[31]
  • Inception: December 28, 2011[32]
  • Official website: http://librecad.org/[33], https://librecad.org/[34]
  • Readable file format: Drawing Interchange File Format Family[35], AutoCAD Drawing[36]
  • Writable file format: Drawing Interchange File Format Family[37]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD[38]
  • Issue tracker URL: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/issues[39], https://sourceforge.net/projects/librecad/support?source=navbar[40]
  • GUI toolkit or framework: Qt (software)[41]
  • Different from: Libre[42], CAD[43]
  • User manual URL: https://docs.librecad.org/[44]
  • Software quality assurance: continuous integration[45]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[46]

Why It Matters

LibreCAD is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . depot.haiku-os.org. depot.haiku-os.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . blog.librecad.org. Retrieved . blog.librecad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . blog.librecad.org. blog.librecad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . blog.librecad.org. blog.librecad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . blog.librecad.org. blog.librecad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . blog.librecad.org. blog.librecad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . blog.librecad.org. blog.librecad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.1.0 +23
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bafc048ab346|details]])"
  2. 10d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 25
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'hu', 'it', 'j
    Software version identifier → 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.1.0 +23
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/4cfae5df2553|details]])"
  3. 27d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flathub id → org.librecad.librecad
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Flathub id: org.librecad.librecad, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323442853|LibreCAD (#323442853)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8460|Flathub p"
  4. 21w ago · ~2026-29808-46 · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → computer-aided design software, open-source software
    Operating system → GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS +2
    Writable file format → Drawing Interchange File Format Family
    Sourceforge project → librecad
    + 47 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ User manual url: https://docs.librecad.org/"
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