appleseed vs LuxCoreRender
appleseed
appleseedhq.netLuxCoreRender
luxcorerender.orgSide by side
| Figure | appleseed | LuxCoreRender |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · 3D Rendering Software | 8.2 (#6) | 8.6 (#2) |
| Intended users | Its core mission is to provide individuals and small studios with a complete, reliable, fully open rendering package. | The project aims to give artists a tool for creating realistic and accurate images while preserving physical correctness. |
| Support | The maker recommends its Discord server or user forum for most questions and says private email may receive a slower response. | The project directs users to its forums and Discord for feedback, and provides tutorials, a wiki and bug reporting links. |
| What it does | appleseed is an open source, physically based global illumination rendering engine primarily designed for animation and visual effects. | LuxCoreRender is a physically based, unbiased renderer designed to produce photographic-quality images by simulating light transport. |
Plans
In their own words
appleseed
appleseed is a free, open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects, built around physically based global illumination. It is designed for individuals and small studios and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Rendering methods include unidirectional path tracing, stochastic progressive photon mapping, light tracing, progressive and interactive rendering, and spectral rendering. For shading, it supports Open Shading Language and on-the-fly shader compilation. Production tools include motion blur, AOVs, Cryptomatte, adaptive sampling, denoising, and resumable render checkpoints. Native integrations are listed for Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, and Gaffer. It works with OBJ geometry and image formats including OpenEXR, TIFF, HDR, PNG, JPEG, and PSD. Developers can use C++ and Python APIs or extend the engine with external C++ plugins. The listed plan costs nothing and is under the MIT license. The download page lists version 2.1.0-beta, released September 21, 2019.
LuxCoreRender
LuxCoreRender has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.