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

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* 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

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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. ^ https://www.cgchannel.com/2022/07/wenzel-jakob-releases-mitsuba-3/
4. ^ "Evermotion releases NOX renderer as open source | CG Channel". Retrieved 2025-05-29.
5. ^ https://pytorch3d.org/tutorials/render_textured_meshes
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.