Design on FOSS Engineer

Open Design - Local-First Agentic Design Workspace

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Open Design is a local-first open-source design workspace for the agent era. I inspected the 0.10.x monorepo, checked the 0.10.1 desktop release assets, validated the Docker Compose deployment config, and mapped where it fits beside Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Graphify, Paperclip, and Symphony.

Grida - Open Source Canvas and Rendering Engine

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Grida is an ambitious open-source design platform that combines a Rust and Skia powered canvas engine, Figma interoperability, headless rendering, forms, and Supabase-backed database workflows.

Blender - The FOSS 3D Suite That Runs Headless on Your Server

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100

Blender is not just a 3D tool — it is a complete GPL-licensed production pipeline that covers modelling, sculpting, animation, simulation, compositing, and video editing in one application. For self-hosters: it runs completely headless on a Linux server, renders via the command line, and can be containerised in Docker for automated render farms.

FreeCAD - The FOSS Parametric CAD That Runs Headless on a Server

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0100

FreeCAD is not just a 3D modeller — it is a LGPL-licensed parametric CAD suite with a professional geometry kernel (OpenCASCADE), a full Python scripting API, workbenches for FEM, CNC/CAM, BIM, and technical drawings, and a headless CLI mode that runs on any Linux server for automated design pipelines. Free. Forever.