A non-exhaustive list of WebGL and WebGPU frameworks and libraries. It is mostly for learning purposes as some of the libraries listed are wip/outdated/not maintained anymore.
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| three.js |  |
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JavaScript 3D library |
| stack.gl |  |
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an open software ecosystem for WebGL, built on top of browserify and npm. |
| PixiJS |  |
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Super fast HTML 5 2D rendering engine that uses webGL with canvas fallback |
| Pex |  |
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Pex is a javascript 3d library / engine allowing for seamless development between Plask and WebGL in the browser. |
| Babylon.js |  |
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a complete JavaScript framework for building 3D games with HTML 5 and WebGL |
| Filament |  |
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Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS and WASM/WebGL |
| ClayGL |  |
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A WebGL graphic library helping you to build scalable Web3D applications |
| AwayJS |  |
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AwayJS is a graphics library for javascript written in typescript |
| SceneJS |  |
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An extensible WebGL-based engine for high-detail 3D visualisation |
| Blend4Web |  |
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a tool for interactive 3D visualization on the Internet |
| PlayCanvas |  |
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JavaScript game engine built on WebGL and WebVR |
| Turbulenz |  |
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Turbulenz is a modular 3D and 2D game framework for making HTML5 powered games for browsers, desktops and mobile devices. |
| Hilo3d |  |
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a WebGL Rendering Engine. |
| litescene |  |
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A WebGL 3D Engine library with component-based node hierarchy. Used by WebGLStudio. |
| Two.js |  |
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A renderer agnostic two-dimensional drawing api for the web. |
| webgl-operate |  |
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A TypeScript based WebGL rendering framework. |
| Rhodonite |  |
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Rhodonite Web3D Library in TypeScript |
| Zogra |  |
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A simple WebGL2 renderer. |
| LayaAir |  |
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LayaAir is an open-source 2D/3D engine. LayaAir Engine is designed for high performance games. |
| libGDX |  |
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Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework. |
| LittleJS |  |
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LittleJS is a HTML5 game engine with many features and no dependencies. |
| Galacean Engine |  |
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A typescript interactive engine, support 2D, 3D, animation, physics, built on WebGL and glTF. |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| dawn | Dawn, a WebGPU implementation | ||
| wgpu |  |
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Safe and portable GPU abstraction in Rust, implementing WebGPU API. |
| RedGPU |  |
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RedGPU - Javascript webGPU Engine |
| sokol |  |
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3D-API wrapper |
| wgpu | |
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Native WebGPU implementation based on gfx-hal |
| dgel |  |
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A WebGPU engine. |
| YUE |  |
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Personal WebGPU based 3D renderer. |
| Simple-GPU |  |
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Functional WebGPU. |
| Vello |  |
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An experimental GPU compute-centric 2D renderer. |
| GWebGPUEngine |  |
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A WebGPU Engine for real-time rendering and GPGPU. |
| Orillusion |  |
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Orillusion is a pure Web3D rendering engine which is fully developed based on the WebGPU standard. |
| SWGPU |  |
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A complete, fast and fun web game engine with examples. |
| XGPU |  |
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a higher-level, easy-to-use interface for building rendering engines or processing numeric data. |
| webgpu-renderer |  |
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A simple renderer implemented by WebGPU, includes a builtin path tracing pipeline. |
| points |  |
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A Generative Art library made in WebGPU |
| WebGPU Raytracer |  |
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Realtime path tracing via WebGPU compute shaders |
| WebGPU-Kit |  |
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A minimal webGPU toolkit for rendering and compute pipelines |
| shadeup |  |
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A language for WebGPU that makes writing shaders easier |
| Sundown Engine |  |
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WebGPU game engine for fun and games. |
| Cobalt |  |
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WebGpu 2D renderer. |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| regl |  |
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Fast functional WebGL |
| lightgl.js |  |
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A lightweight WebGL library |
| TWGL |  |
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A Tiny WebGL helper Library |
| p5.js |  |
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a new interpretation of Processing, not an emulation or port. |
| Four |  |
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a slightly higher level graphics API based on WebGL 1.0 |
| TDL |  |
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TDL is a low-level library for WebGL apps (see TWGL) |
| KickJS |  |
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A WebGL game engine for modern web-browsers |
| nanogl |  |
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webgl micro framework |
| Alfrid |  |
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A WebGL tool set |
| Medium |  |
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Progressive WebGL toolkit for art |
| PicoGL.js |  |
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A minimal WebGL 2-only rendering library |
| O-GL |  |
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Minimal WebGL framework |
| mini-webgl |  |
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Mini toy WebGL library |
| phenomenon-px |  |
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The fastest way to create pixel shaders. |
| zen-3d |  |
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JavaScript 3D library. |
| GLOW |  |
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GLOW is a WebGL wrapper, which focuses on easy creation and use of shaders. |
| Helix |  |
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A Javascript 3D engine. |
| GrimoireJS |  |
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A WebGL framework for Web development. |
| litegl.js |  |
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Lightweight Javascript WebGL library for handling Context, Meshes, Textures and Shaders. |
| CraZyPG |  |
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lowlevel webgl2.0 library |
| GLBoost |  |
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A Useful WebGL Library for Small Turning |
| RedCube.js |  |
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WebGL2 rendering library. |
| RedGL2 |  |
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RedGL - JavaScript 3D library |
| gi-voxels |  |
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WebGL Voxel Cone Tracing |
| artgl |  |
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TypeScript 3D framework. Building blocks & infrastructure for Web 3D application. |
| Squareroot.js |  |
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A 2d/3d engine for WebGL and Canvas rendering and animation |
| gl3 |  |
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webgl helper library |
| wwg |  |
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Simple WebGL wrapper |
| glTips |  |
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Useful, cherry-pickable, and CC0 (public domain like) licensed WebGL routine code snippets. |
| dan-shari-gl |  |
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minimum webgl framework developed with TypeScript |
| hwoa-rang-gl |  |
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Lightweight WebGL Library written in Typescript |
| desenha |  |
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A barebones WebGL framework. |
| Tmp3D |  |
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A 3-D software renderer written from scratch in nothing but JavaScript |
| opusgl |  |
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A minimal rendering library. |
| feng3d |  |
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TypeScript 3D engine built on WebGL. |
| swissgl |  |
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SwissGL is a minimalistic wrapper on top of WebGL2 JS API. |
| four |  |
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Minimal three.js alternative. |
| glii |  |
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Object-oriented understandable WebGL. |
| foam-gl |  |
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A WebGL toolkit. |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snelly |  |
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A system for physically-based SDF (signed distance field) pathtracing in WebGL |
| Ashes |  |
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WebGL2.0 3D Engine & ECS & RayTracing |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| WhitestormJS |  |
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Super-fast 3D framework for Web Applications & Games. Based on Three.js |
| Phaser |  |
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Phaser is a fast, free, and fun open source HTML5 game framework. It uses a custom build of Pixi.js. |
| OSG.js |  |
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Javascript Implementation of OpenSceneGraph |
| Ammo.js |  |
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Direct port of the Bullet physics engine to JavaScript using Emscripten |
| gl-engine |  |
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an experimental ES6 WebGL engine built on stack.gl |
| GLAM |  |
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glam (GL A nd M arkup) is a declarative language for creating 3D web content. |
| potree |  |
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WebGL point cloud viewer for large datasets |
| plotly.js |  |
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Built on top of d3.js and stack.gl, plotly.js is a high-level, declarative charting library. |
| threeify |  |
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threeify is a Typescript 3D library loosely based on three.js. |
| ROYGBIV |  |
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A 3D engine for the Web |
| shree |  |
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lite three.js |
| Taro |  |
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A lightweight 3D game engine for the web. |
| Alien.js |  |
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Alien.js is a MVC design pattern for building single-page applications with ES modules and three.js, intended for developers who are interested in creating their own shaders. |
| gpu-io |  |
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A GPU-accelerated computing library for physics simulations and other mathematical calculations |
| enable3d |  |
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Standalone 3D Framework / Physics for three.js (using ammo.js) / 3D extension for Phaser 3 |
| ThreePipe |  |
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A 3D viewer framework built on top of three.js with a focus on rendering, modularity and extensibility. |
| Brainchop |  |
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In-browser 3D MRI rendering and segmentation. |
| lgl-tracer | LGLTracer is a web ray tracing renderer, implemented as a plug-in library on top of Threejs. |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapbox GL JS |  |
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Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in the browser, powered by vector tiles and WebGL. |
| Deck.gl |  |
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WebGL based visualization layers |
| LumaGL |  |
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A JavaScript WebGL Framework for Data Visualization |
| Cesium |  |
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Open-source library for world-class 3D globes and maps. |
| xeogl |  |
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A data-driven 3D visualization engine on WebGL |
| PhiloGL |  |
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A WebGL Framework for Data Visualization, Creative Coding and Game Development |
| MathBox |  |
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Presentation-quality WebGL math graphing |
| VTK |  |
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Visualization Toolkit for the Web |
| Apache ECharts |  |
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A powerful, interactive charting and data visualization library for browser |
| Troika |  |
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A JavaScript framework for interactive 3D and 2D visualizations |
| @antv/g |  |
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A powerful rendering engine for AntV implemented with Canvas2D / SVG / WebGL / WebGPU. |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-Frame |  |
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A web framework for building virtual reality experiences. |
| PlayCanvas | |
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JavaScript game engine built on WebGL and WebVR |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLAS |  |
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WebGL in WebAssembly with AssemblyScript |
| WebRays |  |
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Ray Tracing on the Web |
| mugl |  |
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Micro WebGL 2.0 3D Graphics Library for JavaScript and WebAssembly |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| splat |  |
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WebGL 3D Gaussian Splat Viewer. |
| gsplat.js |  |
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JavaScript Gaussian Splatting library. |
| GaussianSplats3D |  |
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Three.js-based implementation of 3D Gaussian splatting. |
| Name | Stars | Last Commit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bevy |  |
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A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. |
| rafx |  |
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Multi-backend renderer built on top of distill. The objective of this repo is to build a scalable, flexible, data driven renderer. |
| three-d |  |
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2D/3D renderer - makes it simple to draw stuff across platforms (including web). |
| wgpu-rust-renderer |  |
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A tiny WebGPU renderer written in Rust. |
| contrast_renderer |  |
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Contrast is a WebGPU based 2D render engine written in Rust. |
I'm working on cobalt, a pure webgpu data oriented renderer https://github.com/mreinstein/cobalt