Recomp / Apps & creative tools / Windows
LibreDWG
GNU library and command-line tools to read and write AutoCAD DWG drawings, built from format documentation and reverse engineering.
Clean-room Human-led wipFacts
- Original
- AutoCAD DWG format (1982)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- Human-led · GNU project what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Team
- GNU
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by GNU. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
Sources
Related
All apps & creative tools →Apache POI
Microsoft Office file formats
Java library that reads and writes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook files, including the legacy binary formats it originally reverse engineered.
Butterchurn
MilkDrop (Winamp visualiser)
WebGL implementation of the MilkDrop music visualiser that runs existing presets in the browser.
CADCraft
Autodesk AutoCAD
2D drafting and CAD tool with an AutoCAD-style command line, object snaps and layers, written in Rust.
EasyRPG Player
RPG Maker 2000/2003 runtime
Free interpreter that runs RPG Maker 2000/2003 games on many platforms without the original runtime.
JS Paint
Microsoft Paint
Web remake of classic MS Paint that copies its tools and look, adding extras such as unlimited undo and multi-user editing.
OpenGMK
GameMaker 8 (Classic) runner
Rust rewrite of the GameMaker Classic runner that plays existing GameMaker 8 executables, with a decompiler and a TAS framework.