POV-Ray/povray
The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
48/100
- Activity 56
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4683
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 267
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1513 stars · 301 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
POV-Ray (The Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a free, high-quality raytracing application for creating photorealistic three-dimensional graphics from scene description files. It is written in C++ and distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license with official binaries for major platforms.
Use cases
- render photorealistic 3d scenes from text scene files
- create 3d graphics and animations without a gui modeler
- generate procedural 3d artwork using a scene description language
- batch render 3d images from the command line
- learn raytracing and computer graphics techniques
When to choose
- you want scriptable, deterministic 3d rendering from scene description files
- you need a free, cross-platform raytracer with a long track record
- you prefer procedural scene definition over interactive modeling
When to avoid
- you need interactive real-time 3d modeling or a gui editor
- you need GPU-accelerated real-time rendering
- you want modern game-engine-style workflows
Facets
application · maturity active
graphics simulation cli graphics cross-platform windows cpp raytracing 3d-rendering scene-description-language photorealistic-rendering macos linux
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray · fetched 2026-08-28 · 65aed936d71e
- homepage: https://www.povray.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 60646b30d12f
- site_page: https://www.povray.org/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · b3e6a77e7fc2
- site_page: https://wiki.povray.org/content/Knowledgebase:POV-Ray_Questions_and_Tips · fetched 2026-08-29 · e80e7450e79c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| POV-Ray/povray | main | 48 |
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