Best Free Alternatives to AutoCAD (2026)

Blender

Blender Foundation

GPL-3.0 v5.1.1 373MB

4.8

6 reviews

Blender is a free 3D creation suite that covers the entire production pipeline: modeling, sculpting, animation, rendering, video editing, compositing, and motion tracking. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is used in professional film, game development, and architectural ...

LibreOffice

The Document Foundation

MPL-2.0 v26.2.2.2 361MB

4.0

3 reviews

LibreOffice is a free, open source office suite that includes a word processor (Writer), spreadsheet application (Calc), presentation tool (Impress), vector graphics editor (Draw), and database manager (Base). It reads and writes Microsoft Office formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) and us...

Inkscape

Inkscape

GPL-2.0 v1.4.3 90MB

4.6

5 reviews

Inkscape is a free, open source vector graphics editor. It uses SVG as its native file format and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD. Licensed under GPLv2+, it is the most popular free alternative to Adobe Illustrator. What it does The core workflow is drawing and editing...