OpenTakeoff
OpenTakeoff is an open-source tool that measures construction plans for bids, usable by people in a browser or by AI agents over MCP.
What it is good for
- Measuring room areas and wall lengths from construction plans
- Preparing quantity takeoffs for construction bids
- Letting an AI agent draft measurements that a person then reviews
- Counting fixtures and symbols across a set of drawings
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Docker
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 740
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is OpenTakeoff free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (AGPL-3.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use OpenTakeoff?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does OpenTakeoff work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, and Docker.
- What is OpenTakeoff good for?
- Measuring room areas and wall lengths from construction plans, preparing quantity takeoffs for construction bids, letting an AI agent draft measurements that a person then reviews, and counting fixtures and symbols across a set of drawings.
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