FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook

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A handbook about FreeCAD development

Stars: 82
Forks: 56
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 32

Dominant language: HTML
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Last GitHub push: Jul 6, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 16, 2026
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Outdated or no Windows debug instructions for Pixi with VS Code Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#168 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
[Feature Request /Proposal] Moving the Handbook to a new framework. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#161 · 37 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 25, 2026
Pixi steps are missing its config Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 58/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#159 · Opened Feb 28, 2026
Update Python bindings from XML to PYI Open

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#157 · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Update Python stubs instructions Open

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#156 · 12 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Getting Started needs updates for Windows Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#150 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 10, 2025
Devs incorporating `__repr__` to improve FreeCAD's debugging and python console UX Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#139 · Opened Sep 30, 2025
Tutorial on how to provide a patch made by somone else that you want to retain the attribution to Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#138 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 28, 2025
Tutorials on how to use tools like `perf` and `valgrind` to increase speed/efficiency and find bugs Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#112 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 23, 2024
DevelopersHandbook's Shadow on the Wiki Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#111 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 20, 2024
Add subsection to automated testing on 'how to trigger unittests locally in the CLI' Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 58/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#110 · Opened Dec 14, 2024
Add Python profiling tutorial (originally posted in the forum) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#109 · Opened Dec 9, 2024
Add section for newbie devs with basic instructions on how to setup a dev environement (including how to use git/github, make PRs, how to git bisect, howto test other code) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#105 · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 1, 2024
Notes from the TopoNaming Project team Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#92 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 28, 2024
Alternative translation method in Python Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#81 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 28, 2023
Section on running code checkers (pvs-studio, coverity etc...) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#73 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2023
Add TOC to right column that reacts to scrolling through the sections Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#71 · Opened Oct 16, 2023
Replace html anchor hashtag symbol with smaller link symbol (per #68) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#70 · Opened Oct 16, 2023
Pre-commit install instructions may be wrong Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 30/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#64 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2023
Add a section about packaging Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#50 · 1 comment · Opened May 24, 2023
Elaborate how to add debug symbols to FreeCAD builds Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#45 · 1 comment · Opened May 1, 2023
Section on how to use `git bisect` to locate troublesome code Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#44 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 26, 2023
Section on how to find memory leaks in FreeCAD Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#43 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 26, 2023
Creating a docker container for development environment Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#42 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 26, 2023
Organized stylebook into guidelines with reference numbers. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#36 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 13, 2023
RFI: High Level Description of How a major release is done (ie v1.0) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#33 · Opened Apr 13, 2023
RFI: High Level Description of the point release process (ie v0.20.3) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#32 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 13, 2023
RFI: How do we get packages signed on Windows store Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#31 · Opened Apr 13, 2023
RFI: How do we get packages signed on Apples Store? Open

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#30 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 13, 2023
Problem: Getting a python environment / debugger working is too difficult Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#24 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 6, 2023
My notes for CLion usage to future me Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#23 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 6, 2023
Ability to have a 'dark mode' for the handbook Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

FreeCAD/DevelopersHandbook#6 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 29, 2023

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