List of 3D rendering software
This page provides a list of 3D rendering software, the dedicated engines used for rendering computer-generated imagery. This is not the same as 3D modeling software, which involves the creation of 3D models, for which the software listed below can produce realistically rendered visualisations. Also not included are general-purpose packages which can have their own built-in rendering capabilities; these can be found in the List of 3D computer graphics software and List of 3D animation software. See 3D computer graphics software for more discussion about the distinctions.
Title | License | Status | Developer(s) |
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3Delight | Proprietary | Active | Illumination Research (company) |
appleseed | MIT[1] | Active | appleseedhq Organization |
Arion | Proprietary | Active | RandomControl |
Aqsis | BSD | Active | Paul Gregory |
Arnold | Proprietary | Active | Solid Angle, Autodesk, Sony Pictures Imageworks |
Brazil R/S | Proprietary | Discontinued | SplutterFish LLC |
Bella Render | Proprietary | Active | Diffuse Logic |
C3D Vision | Proprietary | Active | ASCON, C3D Labs |
Centileo | Proprietary | Active | Centileo LLC |
Chaos Corona | Proprietary | Active | Chaos |
Cycles | Apache-2.0[2] | Active | Blender Foundation |
D5 Render | Proprietary | Active | Dimension 5 Techs |
EEVEE | GPLv2 | Active | Blender Foundation |
Enscape | Proprietary | Active | Enscape GmbH |
Flamingo | Proprietary | Active | Robert McNeel & Associates |
Gelato | Proprietary | Discontinued | Nvidia Corporation |
Hyperion | Proprietary | Active | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
iClone | Proprietary | Reallusion | |
Iray | Proprietary | Active | Nvidia Corporation |
Indigo Renderer | Proprietary | Active | Glare Technologies |
Kerkythea | Freeware | Ioannis Pantazopoulos | |
Keyshot | Proprietary | Active | Luxion Inc |
Light Tracer Render | Freeware | Active | Light Engine |
Lumion | Proprietary | Active | Lumion Software |
LuxCoreRender | Apache-2.0 | Active | Jean-Philippe Grimaldi (lead) |
Maxwell Render | Proprietary | Next Limit Technologies | |
Mental ray | Proprietary | Discontinued | Nvidia Corporation |
Mitsuba[3] | GPL-3.0 | Active | EPFL |
MoonRay | Apache-2.0 | Active | DreamWorks |
NOX Render[4] | Freeware, later Apache-2.0 | Discontinued | Evermotion |
Octane Render | Proprietary | Active | OTOY Inc. |
PyTorch3D[5] | BSD-3-Clause | Active | Meta AI |
RenderMan | Proprietary | Active | Pixar |
Rhino Render | Proprietary | Active | Rhinoceros 3D - Robert McNeel & Associates |
Pixie | GPL and LGPL | Okan Arikan et Al. | |
POV-Ray | AGPLv3 | Active | The POV-Team |
AMD Radeon ProRender | Freeware | Active | AMD Inc. |
Radiance | Free and open-source | Active | Greg Ward |
Raylectron | Proprietary | SoftByte Labs, Inc. | |
Redshift | Proprietary | Active | Maxon |
SolidWorks Visualize | Proprietary | Active | Dassault Systèmes |
Substance 3D Stager | Proprietary | Active | Adobe Inc. |
Sunflow | MIT | Inactive | Christopher Kulla |
toxic[6] | GPLv2 | Discontinued | François Beaune |
Unigine | Proprietary free for non commercial use |
Active | UNIGINE Company |
V-Ray | Proprietary | Active | Chaos |
YafaRay | LGPL | Active | YafaRay |
MyArchitectAI | Proprietary | Active | Luminary Ventures OÜ |
See also
- Comparison of computer-aided design software
- List of 3D computer graphics software
- List of 3D animation software
- List of 3D modeling software
- Rendering engine
- CAD library - cloud based repository of 3D models, textures, HDRIs, or assets.[7]
References
- ^ "appleseed". appleseed - A modern, open source production renderer. appleseedhq Organization. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Cycles". Cycles - Open Source Production Rendering. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ https://www.cgchannel.com/2022/07/wenzel-jakob-releases-mitsuba-3/
- ^ "Evermotion releases NOX renderer as open source | CG Channel". Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ https://pytorch3d.org/tutorials/render_textured_meshes
- ^ "The toxic Open Source Renderer". www.toxicengine.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
- ^ "11 Websites with Free Downloadable Assets for Easier Architectural Renders". 21 February 2022.