This probably merits noting that the whole Code CAD thing is getting pushed very hard lately with many new AI-driven projects.
I will note the following projects which have made recent advancements:
- OpenSCAD --- the hopefully final Release Candidate for the long-awaited update is now available: https://openscad.org/downloads.html#rc
- PythonSCAD --- for folks who want variables which change and so forth: https://www.pythonscad.org/
- CADquery --- https://cadquery.github.io/
- Build123D --- https://github.com/gumyr/build123d
Longer list/discussion at: https://github.com/Irev-Dev/curated-code-cad
Also, a more recent project by Matt Keeter, Halfspace was announced recently but didn't get much discussion here:
To anyone else who had to parse early KiCad file formats, where the parentheses and quoting on S-expressions was more of a guideline than a rule, I salute you.
I was all ready to say how useless code-based CAD usually is (like OpenSCAD), but this actually looks pretty sick.
If you could add support for SolveSpace's 2D sketcher, and also bevels/fillets, then this might actually be useful.
This could use a (2015) label :)
I've been tapering off maintenance since 2016 or so, but it has a more actively-maintained fork over at https://github.com/nsfm/stibium (albeit with heavy LLM assistance, because it's 2026!)
YMMV – I haven't used it or closely inspected the changes, but have corresponded with the author, who seems genuinely dedicated in the success of the project.