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FreeCAD

Summary

FreeCAD is a computer-aided design software[1]. FreeCAD ranks in the top 6% of computer_aided_design_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • FreeCAD's instance of is recorded as computer-aided design software[3].
  • FreeCAD's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[4].
  • FreeCAD's instance of is recorded as solid modeling[5].
  • FreeCAD's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • FreeCAD's instance of is recorded as open-source software[7].
  • FreeCAD's developer is recorded as FreeCAD[8].
  • FreeCAD's copyright license is recorded as GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later[9].
  • FreeCAD's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[10].
  • FreeCAD's programmed in is recorded as Python[11].
  • FreeCAD's operating system is recorded as Linux[12].
  • FreeCAD's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[13].
  • FreeCAD's operating system is recorded as Q11368[14].
  • FreeCAD's operating system is recorded as macOS[15].
  • FreeCAD's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[16].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.0.1[17].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.1[18].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2[19].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.3[20].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4[21].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5[22].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6[23].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7[24].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8[25].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9[26].
  • FreeCAD's software version identifier is recorded as 0.10[27].

Body

Publication

FreeCAD was published on 2002[28].

Why It Matters

FreeCAD ranks in the top 6% of computer_aided_design_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[2] FreeCAD has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] FreeCAD is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

3D computer graphics C++ free software Linux macOS Microsoft Windows open-source software Python

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wiki.freecadweb.org. wiki.freecadweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . freecadweb.org. freecadweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 27.1.0-dev, move reference [[Property:P548]] to qualifier"
  2. 4d ago · ~2026-51048-25 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.0.1, 0.1, 0.2 +44
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 27.1.0-dev"
  3. 5d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contributor to the creative work or subject → Yorik van Havre
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+6780'}, {'amount': '+3283'}, {'amount': '+11909'} +6
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'f
    Linkedin company or organization id → 90410603
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bc19f2395d96|details]])"
  4. 13d ago · ~2026-51048-25 · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → FreeCAD 26.3 Light Part Design Pozidriv.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: FreeCAD 26.3 Light Part Design Pozidriv.jpg"
  5. 14d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flathub id → org.freecadweb.FreeCAD, org.freecad.FreeCAD
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4655]]: org.freecad.FreeCAD, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323441921|FreeCAD (#323441921)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8460|Flathub pack"
  6. 4w ago · Iketsi · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hashtag → FreeCAD, FreeCADFriday, MadeWithFreeCAD
    Wikidata description → CAD software (FOSS)
    Operating system → Linux, Microsoft Windows, Q11368 +2
    Developer → FreeCAD
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de, ja, ru, fr, en, es, uk, it, sv, et, nl, ca, ro, gl, zh, pt, pt-br, fi, hr, eo, nan, hy, tr, zh-tw, zh-hant, eu, he, sl, id, en-us, bg, ast, pl */ Remove a"
  7. 10w ago · ~2026-34490-89 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.0.1, 0.1, 0.2 +44
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.1.3"
  8. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Official website → https://www.freecad.org/
    Alexa rank → {'amount': '+49448'}, {'amount': '+39560'}
    Instance of → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a1add0cc56fa|details]])"
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