10 open-source CAD & Engineering vendors
Open-source software for CAD & Engineering that you can self-host, with auditable source code — regardless of the developer's headquarters.
- vendors scored
- 10
- European
- 9
- foreign-owned
- 1
- last checked
- 10 October 2026
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Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100BlenderNetherlands · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, rendering and compositing
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Elmer FEMFinland · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source finite element software for multiphysics simulation (fluids, structures, electromagnetics), mainly developed by CSC in Finland; GPL and LGPL.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100FreeCADGermany · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source parametric 3D CAD modeler for product design and mechanical engineering
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100KiCadFrance · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source EDA suite for schematic capture and PCB layout, supported by CERN
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100LibreCADGermany · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source 2D CAD application for drafting and design
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT)France · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source 3D geometry kernel (C++ library, LGPL 2.1) for CAD, CAM and CAE software, from Open CASCADE in France.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100OpenSCADAustria · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source script-based 3D CAD modeler focused on creating solid models
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100QCADSwitzerland · Self-hosted / open source2D CAD application for technical drawing by RibbonSoft GmbH in Sarnen (Switzerland), with a GPL Community Edition.
- Sovereignty score 94 out of 100Salome-MecaFrance · Self-hosted / open sourceOpen-source simulation platform for structural mechanics and thermal analysis by EDF
- Sovereignty score 79 out of 100OpenFOAMUnited Kingdom · Self-hosted / open source · owner in United StatesOpen-source CFD toolbox for computational fluid dynamics simulation
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