Alternatives to VoxelShop
Voxel editor for building blocky models and exporting them for games and rendering. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
VoxelShop
Voxel editor for building blocky models and exporting them for games and rendering.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as VoxelShop.
MagicaVoxel
A free voxel editor and path-traced renderer that makes good-looking blocky art with almost no learning curve.
MagicaVoxel runs on Windows and macOS with a built-in GPU path tracer and quick learning curve, but it is closed source and unreleased since 2021.
Goxel
Create 3D artwork from colored voxel blocks.
Goxel is a GPL-3.0 voxel editor with layers and multiple export formats, running on Windows, macOS and Linux rather than VoxelShop's Windows-focused Java build.
vengi
Voxel art suite with an editor, a format converter and a thumbnailer.
vengi is an MIT-licensed voxel suite for Windows, macOS and Linux with an editor, thumbnailer and a converter covering many voxel formats.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Blockbench
A low-poly 3D model editor built for pixel-art textures, with dedicated formats for Minecraft Java and Bedrock.
Blender
The free 3D creation suite: modelling, sculpting, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.
Dust3D
Modeller that builds 3D meshes from simple shapes instead of vertex-by-vertex editing.
