Crocotile 3D vs Vengi VoxEdit

Crocotile 3D is a tile-based editor for building 3D environments, objects and characters from tilesets. Its Draw and Edit modes let you add, remove and change tiles in 3D space. Tools adjust tile UVs and tileset dimensions, while a paint editor creates or modifies tilesets. You can organize tiles into objects or prefabs, use nested instances, and add vertex colors, lights and shadows. Listed animation tools include animated tiles and UVs, movie rendering, and rigging with bones and vertex weights. Crocotile 3D imports FBX, glTF, GLB, DAE and OBJ files, and exports OBJ, glTF, GLB and DAE. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. A free evaluation is available, but saving and exporting require a valid registration code or Steam purchase; the itch.io demo also disables saving over 100 tiles. Pricing is listed from $29.99, and help is available through documentation and a Discord server.

Vengi VoxEdit is a free, open-source voxel volume editor for creating and changing voxel scenes, with scripting and animation support. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web; OpenGL 4.3 is the stated system requirement. Editing tools include shape, stamp, line, extrude, sculpt, texture, paint, and transform brushes. Animation features include layers, keyframes, automatic keyframing, and IK constraints. The editor can load and save many voxel formats, with the vengi format described as best supported. It can import meshes for voxelization and export models or scenes to meshes and other formats. Lua scripting is available through a built-in editor and community script browser. Network mode supports collaborative editing and chat. Saving to formats other than vengi may lose scene details, and animation saves only in vengi or formats that support animation. Connecting to voxbox.store requires a VoxBox account. The editor is under development, and the project directs users to Discord for support, requests, and bug reports.