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f3d-app / f3d

f3d

Fast and minimalist 3D viewer.

7Distinct people
15Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
5KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Fast and minimalist 3D viewer.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year15 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-04-21 09:31:29 UTC to 2026-10-22 16:23:28 UTC.

024682023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 2 submissions, 6 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC826
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321

What Hacker News says

15 sources
We've been deploying this for over a year on Fedora/Debian - everyone loves it! The only challenge has been with thumbnails, and it looks like we should explore this: https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/issues/969#issuecomment-17032... Because we generate so many assets, our preferred solution would be a "3DAM/3DCMS", which there seem to be a few of now. However, a 3D file manager where we can open multiple viewers / objects from a higher level directory ("open folder as project") would help with our open source collaborations :)
In F3D is an open source 3D viewer, fast and minimalist
F3D v2.1.0 is out! Fast and minimalist opensource 3D viewer now with better animation, camera option and HDRI support. [https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/releases/tag/v2.1.0](https://... It supports many file formats, from digital content to scientific datasets (including glTF, STL, STEP, PLY, OBJ, FBX, Alembic), can show animations and support thumbnails and many rendering and texturing options including real time physically based rendering and raytracing. New main features are better realtime animation and animatin scripting, HDRI drop, HDRI performance improvements and better camera placements. Please try it, star it on github and also join our discord community: https://discord.f3d.app Let me know if you find issues or have any feedback ! Luxray by [Gianmarco](https://sketchfab.com/GianmArt). Bell Park Dawn HDRI by [Greg Zaal](https://po
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In Look at this fast and minimalist open source 3D viewer
F3D v2.0.0 is out! Fast and minimalist opensource 3D viewer now with plugins support. [https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/releases/tag/v2.0.0](https://... It supports many file formats, from digital content to scientific datasets (including glTF, STL, STEP, PLY, OBJ, FBX, Alembic), can show animations and support thumbnails and many rendering and texturing options including real time physically based rendering and raytracing. New main features are plugins support (read you own custom or proprietary formats) and raytracing support in the binary packages. We also have opened [github sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/f3d-app) and created a [discord](https://discord.f3d.app) ! More info on our website: https://f3d.app Let me know if you find issues or have any feedback !
In F3D v2.0.0 is out Fast and minimalist open source 3D viewer

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