kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump
AwesomeBump is a free program written using Qt library designed to generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image. Since the image processing is done in 99% on GPU the program runs very fast and all the parameters can be changed in real time. AB was made to be a new alternative to known gimp plugin called Insane Bump. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4284
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1330
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1771 stars · 179 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
AwesomeBump is a free open-source desktop application built with Qt that generates normal, height, specular, ambient occlusion, metallic, and roughness textures from a single image. Image processing runs almost entirely on the GPU, enabling real-time parameter adjustments, and it serves as an alternative to Insane Bump and Crazy Bump.
Use cases
- generate normal maps from a single image
- convert height maps to normal maps and vice versa
- create PBR textures like roughness and metallic maps
- make seamless tiling textures
- extract ambient occlusion from an image
- free alternative to Crazy Bump for texture generation
When to choose
- you need to derive normal/height/AO/roughness maps from existing images for game or 3D art
- you want real-time GPU-accelerated texture processing
- you want a free alternative to Crazy Bump or Insane Bump
When to avoid
- you need a plugin inside GIMP or Photoshop rather than a standalone app
- you require actively maintained software with recent updates
- you need batch/CLI texture processing rather than an interactive GUI
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
image-processing gpu-computing gui graphics image-processing windows cross-platform cpp texture-generation normal-map height-map ambient-occlusion pbr-textures qt opengl 3d-asset-pipeline game-development linux gpu
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump · fetched 2026-08-28 · 79311ad073bf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump | main | 23 |
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