Open Source TouchDesigner Alternatives

The best open source alternative to TouchDesigner is Tooll3. 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, Coollab and Fugio.

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TouchDesigner alternatives page was last updated Feb 10, 2025
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  1. Tooll3 icon
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    Tooll 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 Tooll3 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Node Based
    2.  Keyframe Animation
    3.  GPU Acceleration
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Chroma Key / Green Screen
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Colour Grading
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Support for 4K
    10.  Support for Layers

    Tooll3 VS TouchDesigner

     
    • Tooll3 is the most popular Open Source alternative to TouchDesigner.

    • Tooll3 is Free and Open SourceTouchDesigner is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Tooll3 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.

    44 Pure Data alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Pure Data Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  Visual Programming

    Pure Data VS TouchDesigner

     
  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...

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Top Vuo Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Node Based
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Support for 4K
    8.  Colour Grading
    9.  Support for scripting
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Support for MIDI
    12.  Portable

    Vuo VS TouchDesigner

     
  4. 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!

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Node Based
    4.  Hardware Accelerated
    5.  Live Preview
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Support for MIDI
    8.  Procedural Modeling
    9.  Non Destructive Editing
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Image Processing
    12.  Visual Programming

    Coollab VS TouchDesigner

     
  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).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Fugio Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  Visual Programming
    3.  Arduino
    4.  OPENGL
    5.  Virtual Reality

    Fugio VS TouchDesigner

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Fragmentarium Features

    1.  Procedural Modeling
    2.  GLSL
    3.  Procedurally generated

    Fragmentarium VS TouchDesigner

     
  7. OpenFX icon
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    OpenFX is an open-source, free modeling and animation studio, distributed under the GNU General Public License.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    OpenFX Features

    1.  Texturing
    2.  Rendering

    OpenFX VS TouchDesigner

     
  8. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ORCA Features

    1.  Synthesizer
    2.  Modular System
    3.  Real-time processing

    ORCA VS TouchDesigner

     
  9. 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.

    109 Dead Deer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dead Deer Features

    1.  3D Game Engine
    2.  Creating 3D objects
    3.  2D Game Engine

    Dead Deer VS TouchDesigner

     
  10. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PraxisLIVE Features

    1.  Real-time processing
    2.  Modular System

    PraxisLIVE VS TouchDesigner

     
  11. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Cables Features

    1.  Node Based
    2.  Interactive Visualization
    3.  Visual Programming

    Cables VS TouchDesigner

     
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    A game engine written in Python, extending support across multiple GPU devices with 3D rendering, PBR Renderer and much more.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python

    Nirvana 3D Features

    1.  Physically-Based Rendering
    2.  Rendering
    3.  3D Game Engine
    4.  3D Renderer

    Nirvana 3D VS TouchDesigner

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

    • Nirvana 3D is Free and Open SourceTouchDesigner is Free Personal and Proprietary
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