Horde3D vs OpenVDB

Horde3D

Horde3D is a small 3D rendering and animation engine. It is written in an effort to create an engine being as lightweight and conceptually clean as possible. (by horde3d)

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OpenVDB

OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools (by AcademySoftwareFoundation)

Graphics Openvdb openvdb-development C++ volume-rendering Voxels Voxelizer Voxel Dreamworks Fx Vfx

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Horde3D		OpenVDB
	Project
-	Mentions	56
1,484	Stars	2,417
-	Growth	1.8%
1.3	Activity	8.7
2 months ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
C++	Language	C++
-	License	Mozilla Public License 2.0

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Horde3D

Posts with mentions or reviews of Horde3D. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Horde3D yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

OpenVDB

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenVDB. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-14.

PicoGK is a compact and robust geometry kernel for Computational Engineering
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Apr 2024

In the README there is a section title "On the shoulders of giants" that probably points to the main reason. This project is a layer overtop https://www.openvdb.org/
openvdb: NEW Data - star count:2137.0
1 project | /r/algoprojects | 10 Jul 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 9 Jul 2023
openvdb: NEW Data - star count:2055.0
1 project | /r/algoprojects | 6 May 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 5 May 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 4 May 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 3 May 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 2 May 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 1 May 2023

1 project | /r/algoprojects | 30 Apr 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Horde3D and OpenVDB you can also consider the following projects:

Ogre 3D - scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine (C++, Python, C#, Java)

Open-Source Vulkan C++ API - Open-Source Vulkan C++ API

urho3d - Game engine

OpenSceneGraph - OpenSceneGraph git repository

Irrlicht - An automatically updated mirror of the Irrlicht SVN repository on sourceforge

OpenSubdiv - An Open-Source subdivision surface library.

glbinding - A C++ binding for the OpenGL API, generated using the gl.xml specification.

GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

Partio - C++ (with python bindings) library for easily reading/writing/manipulating common animation particle formats such as PDB, BGEO, PTC. https://wdas.github.io/partio