Open Source TouchDesigner Alternatives

The best open source alternative to TouchDesigner is TiXL. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to TouchDesigner and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to TouchDesigner are Pure Data, Vuo, PraxisLIVE and Fugio.

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  1. TiXL icon
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    TiXL is an open-source solution for creating interactive 3d content and animations. It combines the best aspects of animation, compositing, and coding into a lightweight and intuitive UI. Your designs can be shared as executable or rendered to movies.

    10 TiXL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • TiXL is the most popular Open Source alternative to TouchDesigner.

    • TiXL is Free and Open SourceTouchDesigner is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • TiXL is LightweightTouchDesigner is not according to our users
  2. Pure Data icon
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    Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing. It is the third major branch of the family of patcher programming languages known as Max (Max/FTS, ISPW Max, Max/MSP, jMax, etc.

    46 Pure Data alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Vuo icon
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    Vuo lets media creators make interactive animations, exhibits, performances, and professional-grade media projects by connecting up simple building blocks. Media creators can use these blocks to manipulate audio input, images, layers, videos, and 2D + 3D graphics, as well as...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. PraxisLIVE icon
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    PraxisLIVE is an open-source, visual programming environment. Experiment with and create projects using a visual patching system coupled with the power of programming in Java, Processing and GLSL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Fugio icon
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    Fugio is a free, open source, visual programming system for making digital art and creative projects using a wide range of technologies, for Windows, OS X, and Linux (including Raspberry Pi).

    14 Fugio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Fragmentarium icon
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    Fragmentarium is an open source, cross-platform IDE for exploring pixel based graphics on the GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Nirvana 3D icon
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    A game engine written in Python, extending support across multiple GPU devices with 3D rendering, PBR Renderer and much more.

    103 Nirvana 3D alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
    • Nirvana 3D is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to TouchDesigner.

    • Nirvana 3D is Free and Open SourceTouchDesigner is Free Personal and Proprietary
  8. Cables icon
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    Cables is a tool for creating beautiful interactive content. An easy to navigate, node-based interface provides users with basic operators such as mathematical functions, shapes and materials that can be connected with virtual cables to create practically any imaginable scene.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Coollab icon
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    Coollab's main goal is to be as intuitive and easy to use as possible. Effects are high-level and they just work out of the box! You don't need to know any math or programming to make your own very cool effects!

    10 Coollab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. ORCA icon
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    Orca is an Esoteric Programming Language and live-coding environment for musical experimentation. In Orca, each letter of the alphabet is an operation, lowercase letters operate on bang, uppercase letters operate each frame.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. OpenFX icon
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    OpenFX is an open-source, free modeling and animation studio, distributed under the GNU General Public License.

    48 OpenFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Dead Deer icon
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    Dead Deer is a 3D modeler, 3D game maker, and a 3D demo maker designed to create games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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