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LibreCAD

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Velocity5.0

Free open source 2D CAD application

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LibreCAD's feed is mostly build pointers; the last real release was a translation pass in May.

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◆Current state
Most entries here are not releases at all — they are automated master-branch build markers and a pinned download-links post, re-crawled whenever the commit hash changes. The last substantive release was 2.2.1.5 in May, a maintenance update focused on internationalization, translations, and a crash handler. Stable sits at 2.2.1, with development continuing on master.
◆Where it's heading
Direction is hard to read from this feed because it carries so little release text. What is visible suggests a slow maintenance cadence on the 2.2.1 line — translations, packaging, and crash fixes — while feature work such as improved hatches and solid fills for complex contours was described months ago as still in progress and has not appeared in a release since.
◆Prediction
Expect the next tagged release to be another 2.2.1.x maintenance point release; the hatch and solid-fill work has no visible timeline in this feed.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    Latest build from master branch

    An automated development build marker from master, carrying only a commit hash and the standard download links. It is a re-crawl of the same rolling entry that appears earlier in the feed, not a release.

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  2. 2mo ago

    Download LibreCAD

    A pinned post that keeps current download links at the top of the releases page. Navigation furniture rather than product news.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Latest build from master branch

    An earlier capture of the same rolling master build entry, at a different commit. Nothing about the software changed in a way this entry describes.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Release candidate re-cut for a dimension line layer fix

    A release candidate re-cut carrying a single commit that fixes dimension lines not following a layer change. Pre-release housekeeping.

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  5. 6mo ago

    2.2.1.5 stable: translation overhaul and bug fixes

    The most recent real release in this window: a stable maintenance update centered on translation work, assorted bug fixes, and a new crash handler. It is the clearest evidence that active effort is going into international usability rather than drawing features.

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  6. 7mo ago

    2.2.1.4 fixes DXF file associations and copy-paste scaling

    A bugfix release resolving DXF file associations, copy-paste scaling, and Windows version strings, with packaging improvements. It also states that hatch and solid-fill improvements remain unreleased, which still holds several months on.

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