FreeCAD 0.20 Release

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of FreeCAD 0.20!
Details about this release can be found on the wiki v0.20 Release Page

Note: We are still waiting for more cross-platform builds to be generated. When they are they'll be added to this release tag.

Builds to install FreeCAD 0.20 are below in the release assets.

Installation instructions

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user. In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. 32bit Windows, Windows Vista and older are not supported. An installation of FreeCAD 0.20 will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.19. If you installed a pre-release of FreeCAD 0.20 or a weekly build, it is recommended to uninstall this first.

For administrators, see this page for how to install for several users and silent installations.

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
4. Click the option to Open Anyway
5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Alternate Downloads not in the assets

Linux

• Snap package: Install the stable release via snap install freecad (prepend sudo if necessary on your distro)
• Flatpak package: Install the release viaflatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepoflatpak install flathub org.freecadweb.FreeCAD
• Builds from the PPA are not yet available

Known Issues

There are currently only know issues for Windows run via remote desktop, see the known limitations.