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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | macOS | Linux | Other | ||
| 3Delight | |||||
| Amiga Reflections | |||||
| Autodesk 3ds max | |||||
| Autodesk Maya | |||||
| Autodesk Softimage | |||||
| Anim8or | |||||
| ASAP | |||||
| Bella Render | |||||
| Blender | |||||
| Brazil r/s | |||||
| BRL-CAD | |||||
| Bryce | |||||
| Carrara | |||||
| Cheetah3D | |||||
| Cinema 4D | |||||
| dbOptic | |||||
| Embree | |||||
| ExH reTORT exhsw.com/retort-ray-tracer/ | |||||
| form•Z RenderZone Plus | |||||
| FRED | |||||
| FurryBall | |||||
| Gelato | |||||
| Holomatix Rendition | |||||
| Houdini | |||||
| Imagine 3D | |||||
| Indigo Renderer | |||||
| Kerkythea | |||||
| LightWave 3D | |||||
| LuxCoreRender | |||||
| Manta Interactive Ray Tracer | |||||
| Maxwell Render | |||||
| McXtrace | |||||
| Mental ray | |||||
| MODO | |||||
| Octane Render | |||||
| OptiX | |||||
| Photopia Optical Design Software | |||||
| Picogen | |||||
| Pixar RenderMan | |||||
| Pixie | |||||
| POV-Ray | |||||
| Quadoa Optical CAD | |||||
| Rayshade | pre-gpl open source, gpl-like | ||||
| Radiance | |||||
| Realsoft 3D | |||||
| Shade | |||||
| Simulucis Lucan | |||||
| Speos | |||||
| Sunflow | |||||
| Tachyon | |||||
| Terragen | |||||
| TracePro | |||||
| TurboSilver | |||||
| V-Ray | |||||
| Visionaray[1] | |||||
| Vue | |||||
| YafaRay | |||||
| Zemax | |||||
| 3DOptix | |||||