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CQ-editor

CadQuery GUI editor based on PyQT

CQ-editor is an open-source 3D and CAD project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 1.3k stars. It is built with CPython. Its last push was 21 days ago.

Stars
1.3k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
0.7.0

Code on GitHub

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A desktop editor for CadQuery scripts with automatic reload, 3D view, object tree and STEP or STL export.
Adopt it when
You model parts in CadQuery and want a dedicated viewer next to your code.
Watch out
Pre-1.0 with a small maintainer team, and installation depends on conda packages.
Ready for
Usable
Runs as
Desktop app
Built with
Python, PyQt, CadQuery and OpenCascade
How established
Established: started 8 years ago, latest release 0.7.0.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

CPython

Follow it down: CQ-editor → CPython → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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Stars, license and activity come from GitHub and refresh on a rolling hourly schedule. The project's own description is quoted as written.