List of 3D rendering software

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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.

TitleLicenseStatusDeveloper(s)
3DelightProprietaryActiveIllumination Research (company)
appleseedMIT[1]Activeappleseedhq Organization
ArionProprietaryActiveRandomControl
AqsisBSDActivePaul Gregory
ArnoldProprietaryActiveSolid Angle, Autodesk, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Blue Moon Rendering ToolsProprietaryDiscontinuedExluna, acquired by NVIDIA
Brazil R/SProprietaryDiscontinuedSplutterFish LLC
Bella RenderProprietaryActiveDiffuse Logic
C3D VisionProprietaryActiveASCON, C3D Labs
CentileoProprietaryActiveCentileo LLC
Chaos CoronaProprietaryActiveChaos
CyclesApache-2.0[2]ActiveBlender Foundation
D5 RenderProprietaryActiveDimension 5 Techs
EEVEEGPLv2ActiveBlender Foundation
EnscapeProprietaryActiveEnscape GmbH
FlamingoProprietaryActiveRobert McNeel & Associates
GelatoProprietaryDiscontinuedNvidia Corporation
HyperionProprietaryActiveWalt Disney Animation Studios
iCloneProprietaryReallusion
IrayProprietaryActiveNvidia Corporation
Indigo RendererProprietaryActiveGlare Technologies
KerkytheaFreewareIoannis Pantazopoulos
KeyshotProprietaryActiveLuxion Inc
Light Tracer RenderFreewareActiveLight Engine
LumionProprietaryActiveLumion Software
LuxCoreRenderApache-2.0ActiveJean-Philippe Grimaldi (lead)
Maxwell RenderProprietaryNext Limit Technologies
Mental rayProprietaryDiscontinuedNvidia Corporation
Mitsuba[3]GPL-3.0ActiveEPFL
MoonRayApache-2.0ActiveDreamWorks
NOX Render[4]Freeware, later Apache-2.0DiscontinuedEvermotion
Nvidia Advanced Rendering CenterProprietaryActiveMental Images acquired by NVIDIA
Octane RenderProprietaryActiveOTOY Inc.
PyTorch3D[5]BSD-3-ClauseActiveMeta AI
RenderManProprietaryActivePixar
Rhino RenderProprietaryActiveRhinoceros 3D - Robert McNeel & Associates
PixieGPL and LGPLOkan Arikan et Al.
POV-RayAGPLv3ActiveThe POV-Team
AMD Radeon ProRenderFreewareActiveAMD Inc.
RadianceFree and open-sourceActiveGreg Ward
RaylectronProprietarySoftByte Labs, Inc.
RedshiftProprietaryActiveMaxon
SolidWorks VisualizeProprietaryActiveDassault Systèmes
Substance 3D StagerProprietaryActiveAdobe Inc.
SunflowMITInactiveChristopher Kulla
toxic[6]GPLv2DiscontinuedFrançois Beaune
UnigineProprietary
free for non commercial use		ActiveUNIGINE Company
V-RayProprietaryActiveChaos
YafaRayLGPLActiveYafaRay
MyArchitectAIProprietaryActiveLuminary Ventures OÜ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "appleseed". appleseed - A modern, open source production renderer. appleseedhq Organization. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cycles". Cycles - Open Source Production Rendering. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Check out cutting-edge renderer Mitsuba 3 | CG Channel".
  4. ↑ "Evermotion releases NOX renderer as open source | CG Channel". Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  5. ↑ "PyTorch3D · A library for deep learning with 3D data".
  6. ↑ "The toxic Open Source Renderer". www.toxicengine.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  7. ↑ "11 Websites with Free Downloadable Assets for Easier Architectural Renders". 21 February 2022.