From FreeCAD Documentation
Introduction
FreeCAD is a community project, created and maintained by individual persons motivated mainly by their wish to create a powerful, free and open-source CAD platform. There is currently no formal association or organization behind the FreeCAD project. Decisions are usually taken by consensus, but more generally, thanks to the very modular nature of FreeCAD, anybody is free to work in the direction they find best. Anybody is always welcome to participate and help the project, and participate to the community that gathers on the forum provided they respect the code of conduct.
Governance
The general management of FreeCAD is organized by the FreeCAD administrators: jriegel, wmayer, yorik, kkremitzki, jmaustpc. Code contributions to FreeCAD are managed by the administrators plus a team of core developers: bernd, chrisb, sliptonic, abdullah, sgrogan, wandererfan, ickby, DeepSOIC. Anyone is welcome to help the reviewing process. Moderators take care of most other aspects of the project and maintain the community in shape.
FreeCAD Software
Modules
| Module | Maintainer |
|---|
| FreeCAD core | wmayer |
| Arch | yorik |
| Draft | yorik |
| FEM | bernd |
| Image | wmayer |
| Mesh | wmayer |
| Part | wmayer |
| PartDesign | |
| Path | sliptonic |
| Sketcher | abdullah |
| TechDraw | wandererfan |
File formats
Packaging
Packaging on different repositories is usually on a volunteer basis. So some names in this chart may not be accurate.
| 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.20_pre |
|---|
| Linux |
| Ubuntu | | | | |
Debian
| | | | |
| Arch (AUR) | AUR AppImage link | | | |
| OpenSUSE | | | | |
| Fedora | | | | |
| Gentoo | | | | |
| Windows |
| Chocolatey | | | | |
| MacOS |
| Homebrew | | | | |
| Macports | | | | |
Software translation
The following table shows who does what in the FreeCAD universe...
FreeCAD software | jriegel, wmayer | wmayer | wmayer | jriegel, logari81, mrlukeparry, wmayer, jrheinlaender | yorik | jriegel | yorik |
| | yorik | danielfalck | | Jacques-Antoine Gaudin, Carlton Corbitt PE | jriegel, ickby |
| Emagdalena | Emagdalena | | | | |
| jriegel, wmayer | wmayer | jriegel, wmayer | yorik, danielfalck | yorik | |
| need vol |
| wmayer,normandc | | | jriegel | | | |
Volunteers to help can post on the Org Chart Thread on the forum.
Notes
