potree/potree
WebGL point cloud viewer for large datasets observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
50/100
- Activity 61
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5142
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 237
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5585 stars · 1361 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Potree is a free open-source WebGL-based renderer for viewing large point clouds directly in web browsers. It uses octree-based level-of-detail rendering to handle massive datasets and includes a companion converter (PotreeConverter) for preparing point cloud data.
Use cases
- view large lidar point clouds in a browser
- render massive point cloud datasets on the web
- visualize laser scan data in 3D
- embed a point cloud viewer in a web application
- convert LAS files for web-based viewing
- explore surveying and scanning data interactively
When to choose
- you need to render point clouds with millions to billions of points in a browser
- you want a free, self-hostable 3D point cloud viewer
- you work with lidar, photogrammetry, or laser scan data and need web delivery
When to avoid
- you need to render meshes or standard 3D models rather than point clouds
- you need a native desktop application with GPU-heavy offline rendering
- your data is not converted to the Potree octree format
Facets
library · maturity active
graphics data-visualization web-scraping graphics data-visualization web-development browser point-cloud webgl octree 3d-rendering lidar viewer geospatial web-server javascript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/potree/potree · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7980598314d2
- homepage: http://potree.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| potree/potree | main | 50 |
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