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This is a free, open-source web-based tool that solves irregular shapes bin packing problems. It helps developers and engineers optimize how irregular-shaped pieces fit into bins or containers, useful for… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I develop free, open source and web based irregular shapes bin solver launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Create fully responsive shape dividers for your next project

    2020 · shapedivider.app · its alternatives →

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    When searching on the internet for these type of apps, I didn't find many that were open-source AND easy to use. A lot of them had complicated interfaces, although they had loads of features as well. So what I had in mind when making Stack Solver was an app with a modern interface that has the most essential features. It is also well integrated with Microsoft Excel and renders a 3D customizable drawing. Stack Solver is programmed in C# using the WPF framework to ensure it is fast and light. The interface is built using WPF UI, a library that allows it to keep up with modern trends…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Shapefest▲175

    A massive library of free 3D shapes

    2022 · shapefest.com · its alternatives →

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    ChunkHound’s goal is simple: local-first codebase intelligence that helps you pull deep, core-dev-level insights on demand, generate always-up-to-date docs, and scale from small repos to enterprise monorepos — while staying free + open source and provider-agnostic (VoyageAI / OpenAI / Qwen3, Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini / Grok, and more). I’d love your feedback — and if you have, thank you for being part of the journey!

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free textures for your next web project.

    2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a browser-based port of fogleman/primitive — a Go CLI tool that approximates images using primitive shapes (triangles, ellipses, beziers, etc.) via a hill-climbing algorithm. The original tool requires building from source and running from the terminal, which isn't exactly accessible. I compiled the core logic to WebAssembly so anyone can drop an image and watch it get reconstructed shape by shape, entirely client-side with no server involved. Demo: https://primitive-playground.taiseiue.jp/ Source:…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An open source vector nesting tool. Contribute to Jack000/SVGnest development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple open source puzzle game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I built this simple puzzle generator to play around with wasm a bit. It's open source if anyone wants to play around with the code https://github.com/lnenad/puzzlip

    2024 · puzzlip.com · its alternatives →

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    GeoKone▲77

    A web application for drawing awesome geometric shapes

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    I deal with a lot of geometry stuff at work with computer vision and photogrammetry, which usually comes from the real world. It's seldom clean and neat, and I'm often trying to find a way to "make it nice" or "make it pretty". I've always struggled with what that really means formally. That led me to shape regularization (a technique used in computational geometry to clean up geometric data). CGAL had implemented a few methods for that, but there are more ways to do it, which I thought were nice. Also I typically work in Python, so it was nice to have a pure Python library could handle…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Chunk co-founder here. We spent the last 2 weeks building this to scratch our own itch: As developers, we often have problems that could be solved just by running a few lines of code. Sometimes, running this code on your local machine is fine. But other time, the code need to run automatically reacting to external events or to run continuously, which means, it needs to run on a server somewhere. So now, you have to find a cloud provider, to package or build the code and finally to deploy it. All of that for what could be literally be 4 lines of code. We couldn’t find an easier way to do…

    2022 · chunk.run · its alternatives →

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    A massive free pack of beautifully rendered 3D shapes

    2020 · shapefest.com · its alternatives →

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    FreeCAD▲11

    FreeCAD, the open source 3D parametric modeler

    Feb 2026 · freecad.org · its alternatives →

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    I'd like to share a new workbench I've been working on called DiffCAD. Coming from a software engineering background, not having the ability to properly diff my CAD model changes was driving me crazy. This project scratches my own itch, and maybe someone elses', too! I'm open to feedback, ideas, and contributions. Cheers!

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Speedcube is an open-source platform for speedcubers featuring a Rubik's Cube solver, competition timer, algorithm library, and AI-assisted cube recognition directly in the browser. Built with React, TypeScript, Rust, and Python, the project aims to become an all-in-one platform for cubers—from beginners to competitive solvers. http://github.com/williamisnotdefined/rubiks-cube-solver/

    Jul 2026 · speedcube.com.br · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, solo dev here. After years of frustration with how LLMs handle complex documents, especially PDFs with tables, I decided to build a solution myself. My approach uses a Markdown conversion step to preserve the table structure, which seems to work surprisingly well for chunking. This little parser is the first public piece of a much larger, privacy-focused AI platform I'm building. I'm pretty much running on fumes financially, so any feedback, critique, or support is massively appreciated. Happy to answer any questions about the approach!

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Irregular shapes area calculator

    2025 · irregularcalc.com · its alternatives →

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    This is a powerful online curve fitting tool that supports fitting dozens of commonly used functions and implicit functions. It features a clean interface and simple operation. If you need to perform curve fitting but don't want to learn professional software like Matlab or Origin, you can try this tool.

    Nov 2025 · byx2000.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Open source nesting for laser cutters, plasma cutters and other CNC machines.

    2018 · deepnest.io · its alternatives →

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