Terminal3d – View 3D Models in Your Terminal, Built with Rust

In plain words

Terminal3d is a developer tool that renders 3D models directly in the terminal. Built with Rust, it allows developers to visualize 3D objects without leaving the command line, making it useful for quick model inspection and debugging workflows. The tool is designed for developers who work frequently in terminal environments and need to view 3D assets as part of their development process.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Terminal3d ( t3d ) is a tool for viewing 3d .obj files, right in your terminal! 🦀 Installing Terminal3d can be done via brew, crates.io, or from source. brew install liam-ilan/terminal3d/terminal3d You will be able to invoke the binary as t3d . Render a .obj file with t3d < filepath.obj > From crates.io Terminal3d is published as a crate on crates.io . If you have Cargo, you can install it with cargo install terminal3d You will be able to invoke the binary as t3d . Render a .obj file with t3d < filepath.obj > From Source If you don't want to install a Rust crate, but do have Rust installed, you can build and run Terminal3d directly from source. git clone…from github.com

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