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24 alternatives to MagicaVoxel

Free lightweight 8-bit voxel editor + path tracing renderer

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MagicaVoxel launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1WV
   WebGL Voxel Engine▲113

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Trickle - Magic Canvas ▲1,064

   The 1st Agentic Canvas for building apps visually with AI

   2025 · trickle.so · its alternatives →

3. 3GA
   Goxel, an open-source 3D voxel editor▲71

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4PV
   Procedural Voxel Rendering in WebGL▲141

   2016 · guillaumechereau.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MagicPattern Toolbox▲438

   10+ tools for instant visuals generation

   2021 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   MagicaVoxel▲3

   Minecraft for designers

   2018 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MagicPattern▲443

   Create magical geometric patterns and many other graphics...

   2020 · its alternatives →

8. 8VA
   VoxelChain – An Experimental Voxel Engine▲118

   VoxelChain is an experimental tool to create voxel worlds in the browser. The lighting is fully ray traced in real-time and there is powerful cellular-automata based programming system, which allows to create complex digital circuits and model the behaviour of voxels (behaviour such as falling sand or water). Technology wise, I'm using WebGL2 for the rendering and the simulation is coded in C89 and gets compiled to WebAssembly (with multi-threading) using Clang. The simulation is basically a custom cellular automaton and is fully parallelized. Once WebGPU is released, I'm planning to run the…

   2022 · voxelchain.app · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Magic Patterns [LW24]▲343

   An infinite canvas for infinite design inspiration

   2024 · magicpatterns.com · its alternatives →

10. 10BV
    Basic voxel engine in WebGL/JavaScript with full source▲47

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    SVG Mesh Gradient Generator▲257

    Create unique customizable SVG gradients with MagicPattern

    2022 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Voxel Builder▲126

    Create 3D pixel art in your browser

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Voxel Quest▲77

    An Isometric, Voxel-Based, Roguelike-Simulation-RPG-thing

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Voxel Pro - Voxel editor for iOS▲1

    Voxel editor for iOS like MagicaVoxel

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15IB
    I built a cute, little isometric block stacking editor in QML▲100

    Have fun learning more about the Qt Quick Rendering engine, starting with a ground plane, in this Minecraft-esque 3D block building game.

    2021 · kdab.com · its alternatives →

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    VOXELCANVAS▲61

    Free online voxel creation platform

    2021 · its alternatives →

17. 17WV
    WebGL voxel game with source▲31

    2015 · voxlords.webgl.nu · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Make 8-Bit Art!▲107

    An in-browser canvas tool for making retro art.

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    I wrote a C++ ray tracer from scratch without AI▲155

    C++ Path Tracer from scratch with zero third-party libraries. - themartiano/luz

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    LayerCraft▲88

    A Photoshop plugin to export UI assets from layers.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Magic Edit▲88

    Edit your images with stable diffusion inpaint and outpaint

    2023 · magicedit.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic▲76

    An RPG with random generated elements.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23AV
    A voxel design tool built on the top of CSS transformations▲78

    2017 · fatiherikli.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    lorempixel▲115

    Free placeholder images for web or print design mockups

    2014 · its alternatives →

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