Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to WebCAE — FEA simulation in your browser
Run professional FEA directly in your browser
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hey HN! I'm Zach from Adam (https://adam.new/). We’re building an AI co-pilot for mechanical CAD software. As part of our broader research, we built a browser-based Text-to-CAD app (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44182206) and are now open sourcing it. This is a React SPA with a Supabase backend. What it does: * Generates parametric 3D models from natural language descriptions, with support for both text prompts and image references * Outputs OpenSCAD code with automatically extracted parameters that surface as interactive sliders for instant dimension…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source components, blocks, and AI agents designed to speed up your workflow. Import them seamlessly into your favorite tools through Registry and MCPs. - creativetimofficial/ui
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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FreeCAD 1.1▲218Extremely powerful, completely free 3D CAD modeling
Mar 2026 · wiki.freecad.org · its alternatives →
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Hello HN users, This is a CAD by code project I have been working on on my free time for more than year now. I built it with 3 goals in mind: - It should be familiar to CAD designers who have used other programs. Same workflow, same terminology. - Reduce the mental effort required to create models as much as possible. This is achieved by: - Provide live rendering and visual guidance as you type. - Allow the user to reference existing edges/faces on the scene instead of having to calculate everything. - Provide interactive mouse helpers for features that are hard to write by code: Only 3…
Apr 2026 · fluidcad.io · its alternatives →
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Graphite▲510Create live websites just like in a graphic editor
2021 · graphite.space · its alternatives →
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Sketch UI mockups directly on live websites in Chrome
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Markforged just announced FEA simulation for their 3D printed parts. You can apply simulated load cases to your parts and validate their performance before printing. They even optimize your part to print faster and cheaper while retaining the strength requirements you need! They have a free trial running right now so you can try it out yourself all in-browser.
2022 · markforged.com · its alternatives →
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A guide on how browsers work.
Jan 2026 · howbrowserswork.com · its alternatives →
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Components a developer needs to build data-intensive webapps
2020 · its alternatives →
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A free bootstrap admin built on top of Material Kit
2017 · demos.creative-tim.com · its alternatives →
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Gemma 4 E2B generating Excalidraw diagrams from text prompts, running entirely in desktop Chrome via WebGPU. KV cache compressed 2.4× using TurboQuant
Apr 2026 · teamchong.github.io · its alternatives →
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380+ components based on design system for Sketch
2019 · pixsellz.io · its alternatives →
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Free and Open Source UI Kit for Bootstrap 5, React, Vue.js, React Native and Sketch based on Google's Material Design - creativetimofficial/material-kit
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · ghostinthecode.net · its alternatives →
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Website creator based on Material Design & Bootstrap 5
2021 · its alternatives →
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2015 · nikital.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Korean high school senior here, about to start CS in college. I built a browser engine from scratch in C++ to understand how browsers work. First time using C++, 8 weeks of development, lots of debugging—but it works! Features: - HTML parsing with error correction - CSS cascade and inheritance - Block/inline layout engine - Async image loading + caching - Link navigation + history Hardest parts: - String parsing(html, css) - Rendering - Image Caching & Layout Reflowing What I learned (beyond code): - Systematic debugging is crucial - Ship with known bugs rather than chase…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A prototype implementation of cloth simulation. It uses the soft body dynamics support in ammo.js.
2020 · playcanv.as · its alternatives →
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2014 · haxiomic.github.io · its alternatives →
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Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser
2022 · copy.sh · its alternatives →
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KiCad, a PCB EDA suite is now working in a browser, you can try it at the link, there's a demo project or you can bring your own. Firefox is best, Chrome is good, Safari is "working". We’re Emergence Engineering, a dev shop from Hungary, mostly working with rich text editors, CRDTs. PCBJam started as my (Viktor, CTO, ex-electrical engineer) hobby project but as time went on I put more and more energy into it, and a product started shaping up in my head, in the last few months we’ve started to focus on this project a bit more, and this is the first MVP~ish result. This project is a ton of…
Jul 2026 · demo.pcbjam.com · its alternatives →
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