The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) has just published the 2025 annual report and plans for 2026.

Here are the report’s highlights:

• Started actively working with the OpenCascade team (paid position).
• Started exploring collaboration with KiCad and other projects in the ecosystem.
• Approved a grant proposal that aims to improve the UX/UI systematically.
• Awarded several documentation grants.
• Started producing automatic minutes for all the Saturday/Sunday developer meetings and Wednesday FPA meetings for better transparency.
• Launched an experimental bug bounty program and issued several rewards.
• Launched a new program to pay active maintainers a monthly allowance.
• New positions: Addon Ecosystem Coordinator, Addon Ecosystem Technical Lead, Infrastructure Manager, OCCT Liaison, Financial Officer.
• Total donations in 2025: €129,981.32. Total expenditures: €127,093.95.

2026 plans:

• Investing more in continuity and stability: better documentation, more testing, improved release cycles.
• Amplifying transparency and accountability on the FPA’s part.
• General 2026 budget: €230,000. It’s considerably above last year’s budget. We will use funds from the deposit that we have had for a few years now.