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LibreCAD vs Sweet Home 3D: catalog facts
LibreCAD	Sweet Home 3D
Best for: Technical drawings and floor plans in DXF without paying for AutoCAD	Best for: Planning a room layout before you move the furniture
Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.	Free The desktop application is free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web
Reads DXF and DWG, writes DXF, DWG, PDF and SVG Doubles as a command line converter for batch jobs All 4 strengths for LibreCAD Reads DXF and DWG, writes DXF, DWG, PDF and SVG Doubles as a command line converter for batch jobs Interface translated into over thirty languages Windows, macOS universal and Linux AppImage builds, including ARM64	2D plan and 3D view update together as you draw Over 10,000 models and 400 textures included in the full download All 5 strengths for Sweet Home 3D 2D plan and 3D view update together as you draw Over 10,000 models and 400 textures included in the full download Produces photo-quality renderings and video walkthroughs An online version runs in any WebGL browser, with nothing to install Translated into around twenty languages
Two dimensional only; there is no 3D modelling at all Interface conventions come from QCAD and feel dated All 3 limitations for LibreCAD Two dimensional only; there is no 3D modelling at all Interface conventions come from QCAD and feel dated Releases are infrequent compared with commercial CAD packages	Aimed at interior layout, not engineering drawings or parametric parts Java-based, so it does not feel like a native application on any platform All 3 limitations for Sweet Home 3D Aimed at interior layout, not engineering drawings or parametric parts Java-based, so it does not feel like a native application on any platform The 3D rendering is good enough to plan with rather than to publish
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for LibreCAD github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD Catalog checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Sweet Home 3D sweethome3d.com sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d Catalog checked September 20, 2026

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