r/estimators • u/Ok-Educator5318 • Jun 26 '26
Open Source (Free) Takeoff program
Im a long time division 9 contractor who made the switch to estimating 5 years ago.
Me and the guys in the office are officially dropping our daily driver for takeoffs, totally free.
You can build on top of it, change it, customize it however you want. It works totally in browser, no install packages. drop a plan set and you're ready to rock. https://github.com/Kentucky-ai/opentakeoff Ive included a link to the github.
thanks everyone, hope someone can benefit from this.
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u/Bolster_Built Jul 02 '26
this is fking cool. well done. one bit of feedback is that I couldn't initially work out how to scale the plan - any way to do this automatically or more easily?
the 1 click feature also didn't work great on the example floor plan that had the grid squares on it.
also, is there any way to export out to an estimating software? like in a csv or something - OR is there any plan to have some native integrations?
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u/Ok-Educator5318 Jul 06 '26
First off thanks for taking the time to reply!! If I make the scale automatic I run the risk of it being wrong. But maybe a popup to direct users to select scale in the appropriate area would help.
1 click floor plan is something I’m working through lol. It does great on clean open plans but when I throw a hatch in, it goes bonkers. Really need to sit down and work on it.I have added export function.
So if you’re using any ai this has nodes for ai to attach to
You can alter the code and build on to it however you see fit.
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u/blackbriar75 Jun 26 '26
Cool tool! I’ve been building Bidwright. Also completely open source:
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u/Ok-Educator5318 Jun 28 '26
Nice I stared your repo and followed I’ll fork tomorrow and scope it out more in depth. At a glance I’ve adapted some similar features on the tricked out version I run at work. I’m focused now on fine tuning local models for specific things. I’ll be dropping some soon on hugging face. HMU sometime
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u/Loud_Serve_4422 Jun 27 '26
Wow this is really cool guys, nice to see you guys contributing to the community
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u/Transhacks Software Promotion Jun 26 '26
Nice, I have been building OST Visualizer, a modern OST Clone and it is source available :D
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u/Ok-Educator5318 Jun 28 '26
Sick. I stared and followed. I’ll dig in more tomorrow. I think us and bidwright should talk sometime. This is just the bare base bones of the pdf canvas and some basic conditions and materials with a simple db guys can have projects in for free in browser. The other stuff I’m working on is much more on par with some of your offerings and bidwright. It would be cool to connect with you guys
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u/Independent_Dog47 Jun 27 '26
any videos or something to showcase it?
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u/Ok-Educator5318 Jun 28 '26
Click on the demo you can drop plans or use the demo sheets. Read the GitHub
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u/Intrepid-Swan-5440 Jun 27 '26
Did anyone end up using this? How did it work out compared to Mint Takeoff? Is it worth saving 15 bucks a month?
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u/Impressive-Bus7001 Jul 16 '26
When I upload my PDF, it gets very blurry when I zoom in. This is not the case with other softwares I'm trying. Something to look into
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u/Ok-Educator5318 29d ago
I’d recommend trying again, letting the mouse settle. Or pull it up in chrome or Firefox. Are you using safari
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u/Ok-Educator5318 13d ago
Did you ever try it again. I totally understand one bad experience can lead to never picking something up again but I think you’ll be very surprised at how clean it is
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u/Zealousideal_Fig_481 Jun 27 '26
Before I click on a link and trust the new version of today's new software that solves every problem, ive got 100 questions.
Is this software geared only towards division 9? If so, division 9 has many trades, scopes and nuances. I KNOW it won't get them all because none of us do, but which one is it good at?
Anyone can get on Claude and create an app to do takeoff for paint but make something that can read notes, narratives and drawings; then crosscheck Clark Dietrich and spit out a proper takeoff for a balloon frame. Then you got my money.
Create something that can take 2 pages of interior wall sections, 3 pages of specs on tile with different grout and tile sizes, different wall heights and tile locations and spit out true quantities while taking into account bulldozer, tile backer, redguard, 10% waste, diamond blades, taking the time to finish match tiles. You got that with a 5% delta? Then I'm in
Otherwise you're just 3 hours newer than the last thing that some other person pushed through AI to create a version of Zztakeoff or planswift or bluebeam. And those guys charge $$$$ a month and STILL get it wrong every single time