Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to GPXtruder
Make 3D printable elevation models of GPX tracks
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GPXtruder launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I'm working on a GPS track visualizer for quite some time. It shines in hilly and mountaineous terrain (where a 3D view makes more sense), but it also offers quite a lot of Strava-like features (statistics etc.). You can upload your GPX and FIT files manually, or sync directly with Garmin, Coros and Polar. See https://cubetrek.com for the live app and check out some examples there. It's free and opens source. Also, anyone who likes to work with 3D visualizations (especially Babylon.js), let me know if you like to help polish this thing further.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This is a GPU "software" raytracer (i.e. using manual ray-scene intersections and not RTX) written using the WebGPU API that renders glTF scenes. It supports many materials, textures, material & normal mapping, and heavily relies on multiple importance sampling to speed up convergence.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 5AR
2018 · tylermw.com · its alternatives →
- 6G3
I made a web app to generate 3D models of real places on earth from land cover and elevation data. Click anywhere on the map to get a polygon, and then click "generate". It should work at most scales, but if your watershed or region selection is too large, the result can be less exciting because it's so flat. As a warning, the 3D models can sometimes be too much for my phone. It's nicer on desktop. I'm still working better on mobile support. The land cover data I'm using gives a cool effect, but at some point I'd like to add in global imagery and clouds. The backend is a Python thread…
2025 · topography.jessekv.com · its alternatives →
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FollowPhoto▲80Manage your GPX files easy & create them by photos
2024 · followphoto.github.io · its alternatives →
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Edit & analyze gpx elevation profiles online
Nov 2025 · elevationeditor.com · its alternatives →
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Barcelona artist-run SME prototyping with emerging technologies. Partner for European art–science–technology projects.
2016 · nicetrails.com · its alternatives →
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I use a ton of 3D Files as I love 3D printing in my spare time and I usually exchange them over Gmail and store them in Google Drive etc.. Google does not have a 3D Preview of files so I've built a small Google Workspace Addon that opens the file into a clean "Google like" web app that supports most files. Other solutions existed but they were full of ads and looking absolutely terrible. It got a bit of traction (around 400 users) on the store so thought I would share it here! Would love to have feedback! Each file is treated purely in the browser for maximum privacy
Jan 2026 · 3dviewer.co · its alternatives →
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Create your own 3D printable scenery, buildings and dungeons
2021 · terraintinker.com · its alternatives →
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Create 3D models just using your words. This project turns text-to-3d with OpenSCAD as an intermediary.
2023 · chatcad.app · its alternatives →
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As a hiker and (ski)mountaineer I've always been a bit disappointed of how most apps fail to properly depict the topography while analyzing GPS tracks. (I know that Strava offers some kind of 3D view by now, but I still wanted to build my own thing) That's why I started working on https://cubetrek.com It's still very experimental, but you can give it test-drive now. Any feedback appreciated. It essentially renders your GPS Track as a 3D model within the topography. As an example, here's the Bishorn, a 4000 m peak in Switzerland: https://cubetrek.com/view/5807…
2022 · cubetrek.com · its alternatives →
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Turn GPX files, Strava activities, and drawn routes into animated 3D map videos. Free editor, no subscription — pay only when you export.
2024 · avomap.com · its alternatives →
- 20The Palette▲23
A companion to 3D printing - print with up to 4 colors
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Commented on yesterday's Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026), thought I might as well submit a Show HN. If you see climbing world cup/championship, there is this 3D modelling thing [1]. I want that for my weekly bouldering. I scanned my local climbing gym into 3D mesh using iphone. Built a simple editor to trim, merge, move/rotate meshes. You can interact with the mesh, view routes, view climb, etc. So this is unlike many gaussian splatting projects where the main use is for viewing. I built a pipeline in updating climbing walls. Climbing routes are manually annotated.…
Aug 2026 · kmcheung12.github.io · its alternatives →
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I’ve built vectorvector, an open-source CLI tool for working with elevation data. Key features: * Generates contour lines (vector), hillshade tiles (raster), and terrarium tiles (raster elevation) * Processes the entire planet in ~7 hours on consumer hardware * Algorithms: Marching Squares for contours, Horn for hillshade, and Ramer–Douglas–Peucker for line simplification Benchmarked on a MacBook Pro (M2, 64 GB RAM). Output is customizable and aimed at developers and GIS enthusiasts. Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! Repo:…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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