# CloudCompare/CloudCompare

CloudCompare main repository

Repository: https://github.com/CloudCompare/CloudCompare
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cloudcompare
Homepage: https://cloudcompare.org
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: point-cloud, 3d-point-clouds
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:35:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5048, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4693, forks 1210 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:57.114991+00:00)

## What it is
CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud and triangular mesh processing application, originally built to compare point clouds from laser scanners against each other or against meshes. It uses a highly optimized octree structure and handles very large point clouds (tens to hundreds of millions of points).

## Use cases
- compare two 3d point clouds from a laser scanner
- process large point clouds from lidar scans
- align and register point clouds to a triangular mesh
- view and edit 3d point cloud data
- clean up and filter mesh and point cloud data
- convert between 3d scan file formats

## When to choose
- you need to compare, register, or analyze large 3D point clouds or meshes
- you work with laser scanner or lidar output and need a free desktop tool
- you want a plugin-extensible GUI for 3D point cloud processing on Windows, Linux, or macOS

## When to avoid
- you need to embed point cloud processing in closed-source software (GPL license forbids it)
- you need a lightweight command-line-only pipeline without a GUI
- you need real-time or web-based 3D viewing rather than offline processing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, graphics, gui, plugin-system
- domain: computer-vision, graphics, simulation, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: point-cloud, 3d-meshes, laser-scanning, octree, 3d-processing, gpl, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- CloudCompare/CloudCompare (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.114991+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:14.851075+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CloudCompare/CloudCompare (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.114991+00:00, sha 3e298b073187)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.