nmwsharp/polyscope
A C++ & Python viewer for 3D data like meshes and point clouds observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 48
- 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: 138
- age_days: 3207
- days_rel: 188
- days_push: 105
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
2199 stars · 240 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Polyscope is a lightweight C++/Python library and interactive viewer for 3D data such as surface meshes and point clouds. It lets you register structures and per-element quantities to get an interactive 3D scene with color-mapping, picking, screenshots, and headless rendering with minimal code.
Use cases
- visualize a 3d mesh from c++ code
- debug point cloud data interactively
- render scalar or vector fields on a surface mesh
- take headless screenshots of 3d geometry on a server
- quickly inspect geometry processing algorithm output
- make figures of meshes for papers
When to choose
- you want one-line visual inspection of meshes or point clouds from C++ or Python
- you need a lightweight viewer that integrates into an existing codebase
- you need headless rendering on Linux clusters
When to avoid
- you need a full 3D modeling or animation tool like Blender
- you need browser or Jupyter-embedded 3D viewing
- you need rendering backends beyond OpenGL
Facets
library · maturity active
data-visualization gui graphics image-processing graphics data-visualization developer-tools simulation cpp python cross-platform windows 3d-visualization mesh-viewer point-cloud geometry-processing opengl headless-rendering debugging-visualizer imgui linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nmwsharp/polyscope · fetched 2026-08-28 · e2cd74f1d7f3
- homepage: https://polyscope.run · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4dc844c08108
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/about/release_notes · fetched 2026-08-29 · d2e695af8008
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/about/license · fetched 2026-08-29 · fd418eefcac2
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/about/dependencies · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1913957a8819
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/about/contributing · fetched 2026-08-29 · b53c3b475c6b
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/features/screenshots · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7efdadc3c961
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/features/headless_rendering · fetched 2026-08-29 · e159317e2381
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/features/messages · fetched 2026-08-29 · 09660bac6d25
- site_page: https://polyscope.run/FAQ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3f170af3c321
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nmwsharp/polyscope | main | 74 |
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