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Fast and minimalist 3D viewer. Version 3.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install f3d

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install f3d

Debian stable package indexes · f3d · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install f3d

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · f3d · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#f3d

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/f3/f3d/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S f3d

Arch Linux sync databases · f3d · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install f3d

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · f3d · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install extras/f3d

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/f3d.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id f3d-app.f3d -e

Windows Package Manager source index · f3d-app.f3d · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Fast and minimalist 3D viewer

Commands and aliases

  • f3d

history

Project history and usage

F3D is a fast, minimalist 3D viewer and rendering library centered on opening many 3D and scientific-data formats from a desktop UI or command line with good defaults and few interface distractions.

Project history

F3D was initially created by Kitware SAS by Joachim Pouderoux, Michael Migliore, and Mathieu Westphal. The repository was created in 2020, and the project README describes it as maintained by the F3D-APP Foundation.

The early releases established the core viewer. The changelog shows v1.0.0, later v1.2.0 separating the executable into libf3d and the `f3d` application, and v1.3.0 introducing an alpha version of libf3d with Python bindings.

The 2.x and 3.x lines expanded F3D from a viewer into a small ecosystem: configuration files, file-manager integration, thumbnails, many plugin-backed formats, C/C++/Python/Java/JavaScript bindings, WebAssembly/browser viewing, and an Android version.

Adoption history

F3D's adoption is driven by a gap between heavyweight CAD/scientific visualization tools and quick image viewers. Its package-manager value is that users can install one CLI-friendly viewer for glTF, STL, STEP, PLY, OBJ, FBX, Alembic, USD, VTK-related data, and other formats without launching a full modeling environment.

The input package facts list F3D across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE, reflecting broad interest from desktop, visualization, and developer workflows.

How it is used

The simplest use is `f3d /path/to/file.ext`, optionally with `--output=/path/to/img.png` for noninteractive rendering. The README also emphasizes thumbnails, hotkeys, drag-and-drop, command-line control, configuration files, and file-manager integration.

F3D is used by people who need to inspect assets quickly: game and 3D artists checking mesh files, engineers previewing CAD-ish formats, scientists viewing VTK-style datasets, and developers scripting preview renders in CI or documentation pipelines.

libf3d turns the viewer into an embeddable renderer with C++17 APIs plus C, Python, Java, and JavaScript bindings, which explains why packaging often matters beyond the `f3d` executable.

Why package nerds care

F3D is notable because it packages a hard dependency stack behind a small user experience: VTK, OpenCASCADE, Assimp, Alembic, Draco, OpenUSD, OpenVDB, PDAL, OSPRay, ImGui, and related libraries appear in the project's acknowledgments or plugin story, but the command remains a simple viewer.

For package maintainers, F3D is interesting because optional format support and plugins turn build choices into user-visible capabilities. For users, it is the rare 3D package that behaves like a Unix viewer: install it, point it at a file, get pixels.

Timeline

  • 2020: f3d-app/f3d repository created.
  • 2021: v0.1.0 through v1.2.x releases published on GitHub.
  • 2021: v1.2.0 separates the executable into libf3d and application layers.
  • 2021: v1.3.0 introduces an alpha libf3d library and Python bindings.
  • 2024: v3.0.0 modernizes libf3d APIs around C++17 and expands command/control APIs.
  • 2025: v3.3.0 creates a WebAssembly-based F3D web application.
  • 2026: v3.5.0 adds an Android version and more rendering, file-format, and plugin features.

Related projects

  • VTK is a core rendering and visualization foundation for F3D.
  • Assimp, OpenCASCADE, Alembic, Draco, OpenUSD, OpenVDB, PDAL, OSPRay, and ImGui are part of the broader dependency and format-support ecosystem documented by F3D.
  • libf3d is the embeddable library shipped by the same project.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for f3d. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 7 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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local files

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux
/etc/f3d/config.json/etc/f3d/config.d/usr/share/f3d/configs/config.json/usr/share/f3d/configs/config.d$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/f3d/config.json$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/f3d/config.d
macOS
/usr/local/etc/f3d/config.json/usr/local/etc/f3d/config.d~/Library/Application Support/f3d/config.json~/Library/Application Support/f3d/config.d
Windows
%APPDATA%\f3d\config.json%APPDATA%\f3d\config.d

executables

Installed executables

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f3dcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-07-08
manager version3.5.0
manager updated2026-06-03
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv3.5.0

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:f3d
Version3.5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/f3d
Homepagehttps://f3d.app
Repositoryhttps://github.com/f3d-app/f3d
Upstream docshttps://f3d.app/doc
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/archive/refs/tags/v3.5.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-03T21:06:26-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesalembic, assimp, hdf5, imath, netcdf, opencascade, vtk
Build dependenciescmake
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namef3d
Version Scheme0
Revision2
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

f3d 3.1.0+dfsg-1

fast and minimalist 3D viewer

https://f3d.app/

sudo apt install f3d
  • Section: graphics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 15 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: f3d from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

f3d

nix profile install nixpkgs#f3d
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/f3/f3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

f3d 2.2.1+dfsg-2build3

fast and minimalist 3D viewer

https://f3d.app/

sudo apt install f3d
  • Section: universe/graphics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 13 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: f3d from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

f3d 3.5.0-4.fc45

Fast and minimalist 3D viewer

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d

sudo dnf install f3d
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 32 dependencies
  • 11 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

f3d-devel 3.5.0-4.fc45

Development files for f3d

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d

sudo dnf install f3d-devel
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

f3d-java 3.5.0-4.fc45

Java bindings for the f3d

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d

sudo dnf install f3d-java
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d-java from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

f3d-python3 3.5.0-4.fc45

Python 3 bindings for the f3d

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d

sudo dnf install f3d-python3
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 7 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: f3d-python3 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

f3d 3.5.0-3

A fast and minimalist 3D viewer

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d

sudo pacman -S f3d
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 31 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: f3d from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

f3d 3.5.0-1.3

Fast and minimalist 3D viewer

https://f3d.app

sudo zypper install f3d
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Productivity/Graphics/Viewers
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 32 dependencies
  • 10 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

f3d-bash-completion 3.5.0-1.3

Bash completion for f3d

https://f3d.app

sudo zypper install f3d-bash-completion
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

f3d-devel 3.5.0-1.3

Development files for f3d

https://f3d.app

sudo zypper install f3d-devel
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

f3d-fish-completion 3.5.0-1.3

Fish Completion for f3d

https://f3d.app

sudo zypper install f3d-fish-completion
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

f3d-zsh-completion 3.5.0-1.3

Zsh Completion for f3d

https://f3d.app

sudo zypper install f3d-zsh-completion
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: f3d-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libf3d3 3.5.0-1.3

F3d library

https://f3d.app

sudo zypper install libf3d3
  • License: BSD-3-Clause
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: f3d
  • 32 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libf3d3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
Scoop95%

extras/f3d

scoop install extras/f3d
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/f3d.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

f3d-app.f3d

winget install --id f3d-app.f3d -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: F3d
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: f3d-app.f3d from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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  • opencascadeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • vtkRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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