Skip to content
Back to Catalog

Reimplementation · Engineering

Hew

Author:

Replaces: SketchUp

Summary

SketchUp-style drawing, push/pull and snapping on watertight solids, with documented SKP import/export.

Description

A SketchUp-style modeler with on-face drawing, push/pull, inference snapping, familiar shortcuts, materials, tags and scenes. Uses a Rust solid-modeling kernel with explicit object merges. Documents SketchUp 2017 and 2026 SKP import/export alongside its own open HEW format.

Repository Mirrors

No mirrors found. Contribute a mirror link ↗

Screenshots

2 images
Hew modeling a guest house.
Hew measuring a trestle table model.

Compatibility and scope

Status and compatibility are maintainer-reported. Inclusion is not an independent verification or certification.

Development status
Experimental
Compatibility
Partial (claimed)
Languages
Rust, TypeScript
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
License
AGPL-3.0-only with Hew Plugin API Exception

Known limitations

Solid objects and explicit merging deliberately differ from SketchUp behavior. SKP import/export coverage is maintainer-reported; full file, extension and behavioral compatibility is not established. The plugin exception is an additional permission documented separately from AGPL.

Repository activity

GitHub stars
127
Forks
20
Last push
Repository state
Not archived

Last successful update:

GitHub statistics are refreshed approximately every 24 hours.

Share this project

Badges

View Badges
Dark (Default)
Listed on Remade (dark)
light
Listed on Remade (light)
classic
Listed on Remade (classic)

About Remade badges

More re-implementations of SketchUp