Best for: Making and rendering voxel art without learning a full 3D package
Best for: Voxel art suite with an editor, a format converter and a thumbnailer
Free
Free to download and use. The source code is not published.
Free
The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.
Windows, macOS
Windows, macOS, Linux
A GPU path tracer is built in, so renders look finished without a second program
Very quick to learn compared with general 3D software
All 4 strengths for MagicaVoxel
A GPU path tracer is built in, so renders look finished without a second program
Very quick to learn compared with general 3D software
Exports to common mesh and voxel formats for use elsewhere
Small download that runs on modest hardware
The format converter reads and writes a long list of voxel formats including MagicaVoxel, Qubicle and Minecraft…
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The format converter reads and writes a long list of voxel formats including MagicaVoxel, Qubicle and Minecraft schematics, which makes it useful even outside its own editor.
No release since 2021 and no sign of further development
Closed source from a single developer
All 4 limitations for MagicaVoxel
No release since 2021 and no sign of further development
Closed source from a single developer
Windows and macOS only; no Linux build
Voxel art only, with no conventional polygon modelling
The editor is less polished than MagicaVoxel and the documentation assumes you already know voxel workflows.
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