List of ray tracing software

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.

Software License Platforms Notes Screenshot
3Delight Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Amiga Reflections Proprietary Amiga
Art of Illusion GPL Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Autodesk 3ds max Proprietary Microsoft Windows
Autodesk Maya Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Autodesk Softimage Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Linux
Anim8or Freeware Microsoft Windows
ASAP Proprietary Microsoft Windows
Blender GPL Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Brazil r/s Proprietary Microsoft Windows
BRL-CAD BSD, LGPL Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Bryce Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Carrara Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Cheetah3D Proprietary Mac OS X
Cinema 4D Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
form•Z RenderZone Plus Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Gelato Proprietary, Freeware Microsoft Windows, Linux Created by Nvidia
Holomatix Rendition Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux 30 days free trial
Houdini Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Imagine 3D Proprietary MSDOS, Microsoft Windows
Indigo Renderer Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Kerkythea Freeware Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
LightWave 3D Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
LuxRender GPLv3 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Manta Interactive Ray Tracer MIT Mac OS X, Linux
Maxwell Render Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Mental ray Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Modo Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Octane Render Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
OptiX Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Picogen GPLv3 Linux, Microsoft Windows
Pixie GPL Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
PhotoRealistic RenderMan Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
POV-Ray Proprietary POV-Ray License Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Radiance BSD Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Real3D (3D modeling software) Proprietary Amiga
Realsoft3D Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Shade Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Sunflow Open Source Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Written in Java
Tachyon GPL Mac OS X, Linux
Terragen Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
TurboSilver Proprietary Amiga
V-Ray Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Vue Proprietary Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
YafaRay LGPL Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux