Free MakeHuman Alternatives3D Modelers and other similar apps like MakeHuman

The best free alternative to MakeHuman is Blender, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MakeHuman and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to MakeHuman are Bforartists, DAZ 3D, VRoid Studio and iClone Character Creator.

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  1. Blender icon
     1849 likes

    A comprehensive open-source 3D software suite for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, and animating. It supports renderings, simulations including fluid and cloth dynamics, complex compositing, video editing, and Python scripting, running across all major operating systems.

    151 Blender alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • Flatpak
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    Splash Artwork for Blender 4.3
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  2. Bforartists icon
     34 likes

    Bforartists is a complete 3D suite to create 3D content. It offers you the full 3D art pipeline to create game graphics, prerendered movies and stills.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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  3. DAZ 3D icon
     38 likes

    Manipulate fully rigged 3D figures with morphing, clothing, and accessories using an intuitive toolkit. Create hyper-realistic or cartoon scenes, customize characters, export work to other platforms, and access a broad asset library for detailed animations and illustration.

    31 DAZ 3D alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. VRoid Studio icon
     26 likes

    VRoid Studio is a 3D character creation software developed for you to freely express yourself, even without 3D modeling expertise. The software is easy-to-use. Even first-time users can fully enjoy the software by picking preset items and playing around with the parameters’...

    50 VRoid Studio alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Steam
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  5. Character Creator (CC) is an amazing FREE add-on tool for iClone 6 that can create realistic looking, animation-ready 3D human characters for use with iClone and other 3D tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iClone
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  6. Character creation tool for Blender MB-Lab has been developed to work with Blender 4.0 MB-Lab is a community developed project based off ManuelBastioniLAB.

    This fork is an attempt to keep this addon going forward as the original author is no longer developing ManuelBastioniLAB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. DesignDoll icon
     33 likes

    Create a personalized sketch doll and make it pose. Design Doll allows the manipulation of sketch doll 3D models and the use of custom models and props imported from other programs or bought from its own marketplace.

    18 DesignDoll alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. Mixamo icon
     7 likes

    Animated 3D characters. No 3D knowledge required. Rapidly create, rig and animate unique characters for design projects.

    12 Mixamo alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. Mesh2Motion icon
     4 likes

    Bring Your 3D Models to Life. Mesh2Motion is a FREE & open-source web application to animate your 3D models. Supports humanoid, four-legged, and bird creatures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Magic Poser icon
     8 likes

    Magic Poser is a ground-breaking app that allows you to easily pose ANY number of 3D human art models with props in any way you want! A must-have app for drawing, manga, comics, storyboarding, character design, etc.

    10 Magic Poser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. JustSketchMe icon
     3 likes

    JustSketchMe is an intuitive online tool for artists to configure pose-able mannequins for figure drawing. It's a simple, straightforward tool that can be used effectively for figure sketching, fashion design and comic illustration.

    8 JustSketchMe alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. AccuRIG icon
     3 likes

    A free automatic character rigging software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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