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

    Autodesk Maya

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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.

    61 Autodesk Maya alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • This alternative is disputed. Autodesk Maya is a legitimate TouchDesigner alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Autodesk Maya is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to TouchDesigner.

    • Autodesk Maya is the most popular commercial alternative to TouchDesigner.

    • Autodesk Maya is Paid and ProprietaryTouchDesigner is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Houdini

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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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Pure Data icon

    Pure Data

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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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Autodesk Maya

    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.

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  6. Vuo icon

    Vuo

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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
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  7. Max/MSP icon

    Max/MSP

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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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. Isadora icon

    Isadora

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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...

    21 Isadora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Example Isadora document (patching enviroment)
     
  10. PraxisLIVE icon

    PraxisLIVE

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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.

    35 PraxisLIVE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Fugio icon

    Fugio

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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
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  12. Fragmentarium icon

    Fragmentarium

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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
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    VDMX

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    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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Cables icon

    Cables

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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
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  15. Coollab icon

    Coollab

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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!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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