# FreeSewing > [!TIP] >#### Support FreeSewing: Become a patron, or make a one-time donation 🥰 > > FreeSewing is an open source project maintained by Joost De Cock and financially supported by the FreeSewing patrons. > > If you feel FreeSewing is worthwhile, and you can spend a few coins without hardship, then you should [join us and become a patron](https://freesewing.eu/patrons/join). ## What am I looking at? 🤔 This repository is the FreeSewing *monorepo* holding all FreeSewing's websites, documentation, designs, plugins, and other NPM packages. ## About FreeSewing 💀 Where the world of makers and developers collide, that's where you'll find FreeSewing. If you're a maker, checkout [freesewing.eu](https://freesewing.eu/) where you can generate sewing patterns adapted to your measurements. If you're a developer, the FreeSewing documentation lives at [freesewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev/). The FreeSewing [core library](https://freesewing.dev/reference/api/) is a *batteries-included* toolbox for parametric design of sewing patterns. But FreeSewing also provides a range of [plugins](https://freesewing.dev/reference/plugins/) that further extend the functionality of the platform. If you have NodeJS installed, you can try it right now by running: ```bash npx @freesewing/studio ``` Getting started guides are available for: - [Linux](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/getting-started-linux/) - [MacOS](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/getting-started-mac/) - [Windows](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/getting-started-windows/) The [pattern design tutorial](https://freesewing.dev/tutorials/pattern-design/) will show you how to create your first parametric design. ## Getting started ⚡ To get started with FreeSewing, you can spin up our development environment with: ```bash npx @freesewing/studio ``` To work with FreeSewing's monorepo, you'll need [NodeJS v20](https://nodejs.org) and [lerna](https://lerna.js.org/) on your system. Once you have those, clone (or fork) this repo and run `npm run kickstart`: ```bash git clone git@codeberg.org:freesewing/freesewing.git cd freesewing npm run kickstart ``` ## Links 👩‍💻 **Official channels** - 🪡 Makers website: [FreeSewing.eu](https://freesewing.eu) - 💻 Developers website: [FreeSewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev) **Social media** - 🐘 Mastodon: [@freesewing](https://freesewing.social/@freesewing) on [FreeSewing.social](https://freesewing.social/) - 🐘 Mastodon: [@joost](https://freesewing.social/@joost) on [FreeSewing.social](https://freesewing.social/) **Places the FreeSewing community hangs out** - 💬 [Forum](https://forum.freesewing.eu/) - 💬 [Discord](https://discord.freesewing.org/) - 💬 [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/freesewing/) ## Where to get help 🤯 For [Support](https://freesewing.eu/support), please use the [forum](https://forum.freesewing.eu). ## License: MIT 🤓 © [Joost De Cock](https://github.com/joostdecock). See [the license file](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/blob/develop/LICENSE) for details. ## Contributors ✨ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

Adam Tomkins 📖	Alexandre Ignjatovic 💻	AlfaLyr 💻 🔌 🎨	Andrew James 📖	Anneke 📖 🌍	Annie Kao 📖	Anternative 📖
Anthony 💬	Ari Grayzel-student 💻	Bart 📖	BenJamesBen 💻 📖 🐛	Bijay Dulal 📖	Cameron Dubas 📖	Carsten Biebricher 📖
Cathy Zoller 📖	Chantal Lapointe 🌍	Corey 💬	Damien PIQUET 💻	Darigov Research 📖 🤔	David Clegg 🎨 💻	Elena FdR 📖 📝
Emmanuel Nyachoke 💻 📖	Enoch Riese 💻	EvEkSwed 🌍	Fantastik-Maman 🌍	Forrest O. 📖	Frédéric 🌍	Glenn Matthews 📖
Greg Sadetsky 📖	Himanshu Singh 📖	Igor Couto 🐛	Ikko Ashimine 📖	Irapeke 🌍	Ivo Bek 📖	Jacek Sawoszczuk 📖
Jason Williams 📖	Jeremy Jackson 💻	Jeroen Hoek 📖	Jeroen van den Hout 💻	Joe Schofield 📖	Joebidido 🌍	Jonathan Haas 💻
Joost De Cock 🚧	Josh Essman 📖	Josh Munic 🐛	Kake 📖	Kapunahele Wong 📖	Karen 📖 📋	Karl Nippoldt 📖
Katie McGinley 📖	Kieran Klaassen 💻	Kittycatou 🌍	Kris 📖	Kristin Ruben 💻	Lexander 📝 📢 🌍	Lin 💻
Loudepeuter 🌍	Luiz Saggioro 💻	Lynn 💻	MA-TATAS 📖	Marcus 🌍	Martin Tribo 📖	Nadege Michel ⚠️ 📖
Natalia 💻 🎨 📝	Nathan Yergler 📖	Niabon 📖	Nick Dower 📖 💻 🐛	Nikhil Chelliah 📖	OysteinHoiby 💻	Patrick Forringer 🔌
Paul 📖 📝 🌍	Paula Vidas 💻	Phillip Thelen 💻	Pixieish 📖	Prof. dr. Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill 📖	Quentin FELIX 💻 🎨	Rachel Ostic 📖
Rik Hekker 🐛	Sam Livingston-Gray 📖	Sanne 💻 📖	Sara Latorre 🌍	SeaZeeZee 📖 💻	SimonbJohnson 🐛	SirCharlotte 🌍
Slylele 📖 🌍	Soazillon 🌍	Soham Tembhurne 💻	SoneaTheBest 🌍	Sophia 💻	Stefan Sydow 🌍 📖 💻	Stefano 📖
Sushmita Biswas 💻	Tanay Toshniwal 💻	TheSeamMan 📖	Trent Trama 💻	Tríona 📖	Unmutual 📖	Vili Sinervä 💻
Vili Sinervä 💻	Wouter van Wageningen 💻 🎨 🔧	Yash Anil Ambekar 📖	amysews 📖	anna-puk 💻	beautifulsummermoon 🌍	berce 📖
biou 💻	bobgeorgethe3rd 📝 💻 📖 🎨	brmlyklr 📖	chri5b 💻 ⚠️	dingcycle 🌍	drowned-in-books 💬	econo202 📖
ericamattos 🌍	evilrobotfromouterspace 🐛	fightingrabbit 💻	gaylyndie 📖	grimlokason 💻	hellgy 🎨	jackseye 📖
marckiesel 🌍	marpants 💻	mergerg 📖	mesil 🐛	starfetch 💻 📖 🌍 🎨	timorl 💻	ttimearl 🖋
tuesgloomsday 📖	valadaptive 💻	viocky 🌍	woolishboy 💻	yc 🌍

This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!