google/draco
Draco is a library for compressing and decompressing 3D geometric meshes and point clouds. It is intended to improve the storage and transmission of 3D graphics. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 98
- 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: 3558
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
7458 stars · 1072 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Draco is an open-source C++ library from Google for compressing and decompressing 3D geometric meshes and point clouds. It improves the storage and transmission of 3D graphics, with WASM/JavaScript decoders for web use and glTF integration.
Use cases
- compress 3D mesh files for smaller downloads
- reduce point cloud storage size
- stream 3D models to web browsers efficiently
- compress glTF assets with Draco extension
- decode Draco-compressed 3D models in JavaScript or WASM
When to choose
- you need to shrink 3D mesh or point cloud assets for storage or network transmission
- you serve 3D models on the web and want faster load times
- you work with glTF pipelines and need Draco compression support
When to avoid
- you need lossless compression of arbitrary binary files
- you require editing or manipulating mesh geometry rather than compressing it
- your target viewers do not support the Draco decoding extension
Facets
library · maturity stable
compression graphics image-processing graphics web-development computer-vision cpp cross-platform wasm 3d-meshes point-clouds gltf codec 3d-graphics game-development javascript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/google/draco · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2309ad8736af
- homepage: https://google.github.io/draco/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 26bd7d1fea49
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| google/draco | main | 67 |
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