KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rust and WebGPU

Re:KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rus... by bhouston on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:07PM (#50419673)

We do need a safe layer for non-engineers to customize apps.

All these clones of Photoshop and similar tools are mostly dead ends, they are experiments to see if you can do it, but there will be a consolidation around regularly maintained and powerful and complete apps that likely also offer support.

These experiments are dead-ends for the most part long-term. Fun play things, but they will not gain significantly user bases.

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Re:KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rus... by t-writescode on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:51PM (#50419984)

Isn't this more of an argument to use common OSS choices? Like, encourage people to use Blender for 3d modelling; LibreOffice for documents; Gimp, Krita, or one of the many other art programs for ... art; OBS for simple video stuff; and so on and so forth?

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Re:KetchUp – Open-source SketchUp alternative built with Rus... by stonogo on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:40PM (#50421135)

> We do need a safe layer for non-engineers to customize apps.

Why? Every time someone cripples software in the name of safety it just gets replaced with more capable software that isn't.

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