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= Software Libraries for working with IFC =
* [[IFC.js]] is a javascript library for handling IFC data
* [[Xeokit]] is a Web Programming Toolkit for AEC Graphics, including IFC
* [[IfcOpenShell]] is a collection of C++ libraries with Python bindings and integration with [[FreeCAD]] and [[Blender]]
* [https://github.com/ikeough/IFC-dotnet IFC-dotnet] is a C# IFC library for .NET Core under an MIT license (innactive for several years)
* [https://github.com/xBimTeam/XbimEssentials XbimEssentials] is a .NET library to work with data in the IFC format. This is the core component of the [https://docs.xbim.net/ Xbim Toolkit] and under a CPPL license
* [https://github.com/GeometryGym/GeometryGymIFC GeometryGymIFC] C# classes to generate and parse OpenBIM IFC (Industry Foundation Class) files. (GeometryGym is a whole suite of tools and plugins)

There is a [https://community.osarch.org/discussion/1089/thoughts-on-using-ifc-js-and-ifcopenshell-in-combination discussion on the forum] comparing some of these libraries. The IfcOpenShell project has done a study to see exactly [https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues/2224 how much each open source technology currently is capable of scaling].