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  1. InkScApe

    VectoriaL EditingG

    • Who is developing the tool?

    Ted Gould, Bryce Harrington, Nathan Hurst, MenTaLguY and many different people on list below https://inkscape.org/fr/credits/

    • Is the tool under active development?

    It seems not, but developer are working to improve it

    • When did the development of the tool start …

  2. Leocad

    By Bruce

    Lego constructions

    • Who is developing the tool?

    • Is the tool under active development?

    Yes.

    • When did the development of the tool start? / How old is the software?

    1998.

    • Does the tool have a Wikipedia page?

    No.

    • What is the tool made for?

    3D Lego constructions, and export it as images …

  3. On the Shoulders of Giants Tool list

    tool list:

    Pick one and mark that you are working on it's review

    • Gimp (picture editing)
    • Laidout (layout, picture)
    • Inkscape (vector drawing tool)
    • Scribus (Desktop plublishing)
    • Potrace (vectorisation bitmap images)
    • Autotrace (vectorisation tool)
    • Contourtrace (extension of autotrace) http://www.openorienteering.org/apps/contourtrace/
    • ghostscript (PDF manipulation / optimization)
    • pdftk (PDF manipulation …

  4. Open orienteering

    orienteering mapmaking program

    • Who is developing the tool?

    Peter Curtis (2012-2013) Kai Pastor Thomas Schöps initiator of the projet (2012-2014)

    • Is the tool under active development?

    The tool still being under active development.

    • When did the development of the tool start? / How old is the software?

    The development of the …

  5. structuresynth

    By Theo

    3D Structures generator

    • Who is developing the tool? Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen

    • Is the tool under active development? NO

    • When did the development of the tool start? / How old is the software? 10 July 2007 ( 11years )

    • Does the tool have a Wikipedia page? No (just reference to the algorithmic art)

    • What …

  6. Electron

    By Gijs

    Develop desktop applications using javascript & HTML

    • Who is developing the tool?

    Github. The company started the project under the name 'Atom-shell' as part of their editor 'Atom'.

    • Is the tool under active development?

    Yes.

    • When did the development of the tool start? / How old is the software?

    The project was …

  7. QCad

    By Colm

    2d computer aided design, computer aided manufacturing (CAM)

    • Who is developing the tool?

    Andrew Mustun named qcad on Github, owns the development repository https://github.com/qcad and is the main contributor to the project. The repository contributor page lists 13 contributors in total but none of the other 12 …

  8. QGIS

    By fei

    • Who is developing the tool? Gary Sherman.

    • Is the tool under active development? Yes

    • What is the tool made for? For Desktop GIS (Geographic information system)

    • Who is the tool made for? Designer, artist and geographer

    • When did the development of the tool start? / How old is the software? Started …