Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSCAD | $0 | — |
| OpenSCAD | $0 | — |
From OpenSCAD's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026. Every plan
What the maker publishes
- Animation tools
- Yes source
- Boolean modeling
- The language documents union, difference and intersection operations for combining solids. source
- Capterra pricing status
- Capterra lists no vendor starting price and says a free trial is unavailable. source
- Command-line use
- The manual documents running OpenSCAD in command-line environments, and the FAQ identifies an --info command for technical details. source
- Company identity
- LinkedIn describes OpenSCAD as a self-owned software-development organization with one employee and a 2009 founding year. source
- Company positioning
- LinkedIn says OpenSCAD uses a plain-text design language, targets 3D printing, supports version-control workflows and enforces manifold solids. source
- Customizer
- The documentation includes a Customizer interface for exposing model parameters to users. source
- Developer language integration
- The FAQ names Python, Ruby, C++, Haskell and Clojure tools that generate OpenSCAD code, plus JavaScript interfaces in related projects. source
- Development requirements
- Current development snapshots require macOS 11 or newer for universal Intel/Apple Silicon builds and Windows 11 64-bit Intel/AMD systems; Windows ARM is unsupported. source
- Docker integration
- Official Docker images are published for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64, including stable and development variants. source
- Documentation depth
- Official documentation spans tutorials, a user manual, language reference, cheat sheet, books, videos, examples, FAQ, libraries, command-line guidance and source-building instructions. source
- External editors
- Automatic reload lets users edit files in another editor, including a documented Vim workflow, while OpenSCAD previews the result. source
- File formats
- It can use DXF outlines and parameters, and read and create 3D models in STL and OFF formats. source
- Free plan
- Yes source
- GUI and geometry libraries
- The application uses Qt for its interface, CGAL for CSG evaluation, OpenCSG and OpenGL for previews, plus Boost, Eigen and GLEW. source
- Import and export
- The manual lists import support for STL, OFF, DXF and SVG and export support for STL, 3MF, OFF, AMF, DXF, SVG, PNG and CSG. source
- Independent file limitation
- 3D Printer World states that OpenSCAD exports STL and 3MF meshes but has no native STEP export for editable solid CAD exchange. source
- Independent platform assessment
- 3D Printer World lists Windows, macOS and Linux desktop support and notes that the browser port is limited. source