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)
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 (software)	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
MoonRay	Apache-2.0	Active	Dreamworks
NOX Render	Freeware, later Apache-2.0	Discontinued	Evermotion
Octane Render	Proprietary	Active	OTOY Inc.
RenderMan	Proprietary	Active	Pixar
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	GPLv2	Discontinued	François Beaune
V-Ray	Proprietary	Active	Chaos
YafaRay	LGPL	Active	YafaRay

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.
^ "11 Websites with Free Downloadable Assets for Easier Architectural Renders". 21 February 2022.

[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] "11 Websites with Free Downloadable Assets for Easier Architectural Renders". 21 February 2022.

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References