AcademySoftwareFoundation/MaterialX
MaterialX is an open standard for the exchange of rich material and look-development content across applications and renderers. observed · 2026-10-16
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 46
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 191
- age_days: 3394
- days_rel: 151
- days_push: 5
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
2282 stars · 468 forks observed · 2026-10-16
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
MaterialX is an open standard and C++/Python library for representing and exchanging rich material and look-development content across computer graphics applications and renderers. It includes shader generation, a viewer, and a graph editor, and is hosted by the Academy Software Foundation.
Use cases
- exchange material definitions between DCC tools and renderers
- generate GLSL shaders from material graphs
- author and preview PBR materials in real time
- port look-development setups across film and game pipelines
- build tools that read or write MaterialX documents
When to choose
- you need a vendor-neutral standard for shading networks and materials
- you work in VFX, animation, or real-time rendering pipelines
- you want shader generation from portable material graphs
When to avoid
- you need general-purpose 3D modeling or scene exchange rather than materials
- your toolchain has no MaterialX support and you cannot add it
Facets
library · maturity stable
graphics sdk parser templating graphics simulation cpp python cross-platform materialx shading look-development rendering vfx open-standard shader-generation pbr game-development gpu
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/MaterialX · fetched 2026-10-16 · 3c960e7cbb90
- homepage: http://www.materialx.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c68b032eab2f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| AcademySoftwareFoundation/MaterialX | main | 81 |
For agents
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