TouchDesigner Alternatives for Mac

TouchDesigner is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Autodesk Maya. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Pure Data or Vuo. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to TouchDesigner and 17 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to TouchDesigner are Houdini, Max/MSP, Isadora and PraxisLIVE.

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  1. Autodesk Maya icon
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    Professional-grade 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual FX software used in films, TV, and games, featuring advanced tools, Bifrost effects, and a visual programming environment for intricate simulations.

    62 Autodesk Maya alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Houdini icon
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    Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including:

    • Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs
    • Animation - Keyframed animation and raw channel manipulation (CHOPs), motion captur.
    48 Houdini alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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
     
  5. Max/MSP icon
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    Interactive visual programming environment for music, audio, and media

    In use for over twenty years by performers, composers, artists, scientists, teachers, and students, Max is the way to make your computer do things that reflect your individual ideas and dreams.

    Max gives yo.

    44 Max/MSP alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Isadora icon
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    Isadora is the award winning, interactive media presentation tool that allows you to follow your artistic impulse. Whether you are an artist, designer, performer, or VJ, you can quickly and easily harness the limitless potential of digital media and real-time interactivity with...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. 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!

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. VDMX icon
     4 likes

    VDMX5 was created from the ground up to meet the demands of realtime video performance. Built around a robust data processing architecture it was designed to be used with whatever hardware- or software- you've got available.

    16 VDMX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. 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.

    16 Cables alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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