OpenSCAD Studio

Use it when

• You design 3D printed parts in OpenSCAD and want a modern editor with live preview, real-time compiler diagnostics, multi-file projects, and a parameter customizer instead of the stock editor
• You want Claude Code or another MCP-capable agent to write OpenSCAD code and actually verify the result by rendering models and reading diagnostics instead of iterating blind

What it solves

Not the fit when

• STEP or parametric mechanical CAD outside OpenSCAD
• Native desktop app on Windows or Linux (web app only there; desktop is macOS)
• Previewing OpenSCAD special operators (!, #, %, *), which are a documented limitation
• frontend-regression
• structured-output-drift
• install-path-confusion

Install

brew tap zacharyfmarion/openscad-studio && brew install --cask openscad-studio (macOS 10.15+), or use the web app at openscad-studio.pages.dev with no install (WebAssembly rendering)

Invoke

Open the app and edit .scad files with live 3D preview, inline error markers, and an auto-generated customizer panel; on desktop, enable the localhost MCP server so agents like Claude Code can render models, read diagnostics, capture screenshots, and edit files in the active workspace

Alternatives

No reviewed alternatives recorded yet.