List of OpenGL applications explained

This is a non-exhaustive list of popular OpenGL programs. Many programs that use OpenGL are games.

Games developed in OpenGL

Adobe After Effects, a digital motion graphics and compositing software
Adobe Photoshop, a popular photo and graphics editing software
Adobe Premiere Pro, a real-time, timeline based video editing software applications
ArtRage, traditional media painting software
Kodi, a cross-platform, open source media center

3D Studio Max, modeling, animation and rendering package
Autodesk AutoCAD, 2D/3D CAD
Autodesk Maya, modeling, animation, sculpting, and rendering package that uses its own scripting language, MEL
Blender, 3D CAD, animation and game engine
Cadence Allegro, Computer-aided design, Electronics
Houdini, modeling, animation, effects, rendering and compositing package developed by Side Effects Software
LARSA4D, structural analysis program
Modo (software), high-end 3D modeling, animation, rigging, rendering and visual effects package
Rhinoceros, NURBS Modeling for Windows
SAP2000, structural analysis program
Scilab, Mathematical tool, clone of MATLAB
SketchUp, easy to use 3D modeler
VirtualMec, 3D CAD for the Meccano construction system

Algodoo, a freeware 2D physics simulator
Avogadro, a 3D molecular viewer and editor
BALLView, an interactive 3D visualizations software
Celestia, a FOSS interactive and extremely modifiable 3D space simulator and planetarium
Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC2), G-code interpreter for CNC machines
Google Earth, an extremely high-quality interactive simulation of almost the entire Earth, using data from the ground as well as satellite imagery
InVesalius, a cross-platform software, visualization medical images and reconstruction
Mari (software), 3D texturing and painting software
PyMOL, a 3D molecular viewer
QuteMol, a 3D molecular renderer
Really Slick Screensavers, 3D Screensavers
SpaceEngine, a 3D interactive planetarium program that uses real data and procedural generation to fill in the gaps
OpenUniverse, a 3D interactive planetarium program originally made by JPL in 1997 under the name "Solar System Simulator", later improved by Raúl Alonso Álvarez and released to the public under the name "OpenUniverse" in 2000
Stellarium, a high quality planetarium program
Vectorworks, a cross-platform Mac/Windows 2D and 3D CAD for architectural & landscape design, offers a Renderworks module based on the Maxon CineRender engine
Virtools, a real-time 3D engine
Vizard, a platform for building and rendering enterprise and academic virtual reality applications developed by WorldViz