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List of ray tracing software

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Ray tracing is a technique that can generate near photo-realistic computer images. A wide range of free software and commercial software is available for producing these images. This article lists notable ray-tracing software.

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2 | Software

! rowspan=2 | License

! colspan=4 | Platforms

Windows

! macOS

! Linux

! Other

3Delight

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Amiga Reflections

| {{proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Amiga}}

Autodesk 3ds max

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Autodesk Maya

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Autodesk Softimage

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Anim8or

| {{nonfree|Freeware}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

ASAP

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Bella Render

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Blender

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Brazil r/s

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

BRL-CAD

| {{free|BSD, LGPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Bryce

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Carrara

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Cheetah3D

| {{proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Cinema 4D

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Amiga}}

dbOptic

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Embree

|{{free|APGL2}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

ExH reTORT exhsw.com/retort-ray-tracer/

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

form•Z RenderZone Plus

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

FRED

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

FurryBall

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Gelato

| {{nonfree|Freeware}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Holomatix Rendition

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Houdini

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Imagine 3D

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Amiga, MS-DOS}}

Indigo Renderer

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Kerkythea

| {{nonfree|Freeware}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

LightWave 3D

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Amiga}}

LuxCoreRender

| {{free|GPLv3}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Manta Interactive Ray Tracer

| {{free|MIT}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Maxwell Render

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

McXtrace

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Mental ray

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

MODO

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Octane Render

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

OptiX

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Photopia Optical Design Software

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Picogen

| {{free|GPLv3}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Pixar RenderMan

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Pixie

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

POV-Ray

| {{free|AGPLv3}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Quadoa Optical CAD

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Rayshade

| pre-gpl open source, gpl-like

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Radiance

| {{free|BSD}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Realsoft 3D

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Amiga, IRIX (dropped)}}

Shade

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Simulucis Lucan

| {{nonfree|Freeware, Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Speos

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Sunflow

| {{free|MIT}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Tachyon

| {{free|GPL}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Terragen

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

TracePro

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

TurboSilver

| {{proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Amiga}}

V-Ray

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Visionaray{{cite web|title=VIS - Lehrstuhl Prof. Lang: Software Visionaray|url=https://vis.uni-koeln.de/visionaray.html|website=vis.uni-koeln.de|language=de}}

| {{free|MIT}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Vue

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

YafaRay

| {{free|LGPL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Zemax

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

3DOptix

| {{proprietary|Free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes|Cloud}}

  • Blender is a 3D/GL Renderer which is not the same as a 3D Ray Tracer in respects. Nor does it fully combine the two (pre-rendered surface image technology), though it does partially.

References

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Category:3D graphics software

Ray tracing

Category:Ray tracing (graphics)