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2423 stars · 109 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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A teaching aid for computer graphics lectures that implements a minimal raytracer in about 180 lines of dependency-free C++. It accompanies a wiki article and the author's tinyrenderer/tinyraytracer series, deliberately prioritizing simplicity and legibility over realistic rendering.

Use cases

• learn raytracing from scratch in C++
• find a minimal raytracer example with no dependencies
• computer graphics course lecture material
• understand how ray marching and volume rendering work
• write a software 3D renderer without third-party libraries
• a small codebase to experiment with rendering techniques like environment maps and transparency

When to choose

• You want to learn rendering fundamentals by reading a tiny, self-contained codebase with no libraries
• You need concise educational material for teaching computer graphics
• You want a simple starting point to extend with your own rendering experiments

When to avoid

• You need a production-quality or physically realistic renderer for real projects
• You want a feature-complete engine with GPU acceleration, shaders, or asset pipelines
• You are looking for a supported library to embed in an application rather than study

Facets

learning-resource · maturity stable

graphics graphics education tutorials cpp cross-platform cli raytracer raytracing ray-marching rendering computer-graphics tutorial dependency-free educational-code cmake wtfpl-license tiny-renderer-series

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