Is cadcraft still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v0.20.1, today.

Can I trust cadcraft?

New, little track record. 8k stars, 1 months old, by an organization. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

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How to install cadcraft on Windows (storytold/cadcraft) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

storytold/cadcraft

CADCraft: computer-aided design and drafting — an open-source, clean-room CAD application in pure Rust

Rust

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v0.20.1, today.
Can I trust it?: New, little track record8k stars, 1 months old, by an organization. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 7,993
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on Windows?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

Your system

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Download for Windows

CADCraft v0.20.1 · 11/12/2026 ↗

cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64.msi

msi · x64 · 59.5 MB · 15,478 downloads · best match

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft/releases/download/v0.20.1/cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64.msi" -OutFile "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64.msi"
msiexec /i "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64.msi"

Other Windows downloads (3)

cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64.msi

msi · ARM64 · 56.2 MB · 246 downloads

Download

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft/releases/download/v0.20.1/cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64.msi" -OutFile "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64.msi"
msiexec /i "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64.msi"

cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64-portable.zip

zip · x64 · 74.4 MB · 2,124 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft/releases/download/v0.20.1/cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64-portable.zip" -OutFile "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-x64-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64-portable.zip

zip · ARM64 · 71.3 MB · 186 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft/releases/download/v0.20.1/cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64-portable.zip" -OutFile "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64-portable.zip"
Expand-Archive "cadcraft-0.20.1-windows-arm64-portable.zip" -DestinationPath .

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Good to know

Cargo workspace — pick a crate with cargo run -p <name>.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: apps/cadcraft-cli/Cargo.toml, apps/cadcraft-web/Cargo.toml, apps/cadcraft/Cargo.toml, crates/color/Cargo.toml and 11 more

Details

License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 1,316
Branch: main

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