Latest Release


DownloadSizeDescriptionDate
7.00 Win32 Binary20 MBWin32 .libs for VC8, manual, sample data, demos and tools. See installation instructions2007-08-01
7.00 Source20 MBBuild full install for Win32, Win64, OS X, FreeBSD, and Linux. Type "buildg3d install dir" to install.2007-08-01
Data Pack100 MB3D models, fonts, and more. Samples2007-08-01
OS X SDL 1.2.120.7 MBRequired for building G3D on OS X. See SDL homepage2007-07-22
VS 8 GLSL0.0 MBDouble click to get syntax highlighting for GLSL in Visual Studio 8.0.2007-08-01
6.10 Solaris x8624.0 MBUnsupported binary and source port.2007-12-18

You can browse and search the unstable, unsupported latest CVS Sources. To check out the CVS tree, use the command:

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@g3d-cpp.cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/g3d-cpp co -P G3D

Recommended Tools


These are other open source tools that we recommend for use with G3D when building 3D applications or that are (*) required to build G3D from sources if you do not use the precompiled binaries. These are not supported by the G3D team.

  • Doxygen documentation generation tool (*)
  • Python scripting language (*)
  • Lua scripting language
  • Blender 3D modeling program
  • SDL windowing layer (* Linux, FreeBSD, and OS X)
  • COLLADA open 3D model format
  • Pixie RenderMan renderer
  • ODE continuous physics
  • Bullet continuous physics
  • wxWidgets GUI library
  • FFMPEG video library

Other Win32 Binaries


We provide binaries for other open source projects that are compatible with G3D. These are not supported by the G3D team. Note that the G3D binary release includes zlib.lib, zip.lib, jpeg.lib, and png.lib.

DownloadSizeDescriptionDate
ODE0.3 MBOpen Dynamics Engine physics DLL2007-07-18
Mesa 6.50.8 MBMesa software OpenGL implementation. Allows 3D rendering on old computers without 3D cards. Note that this is not the latest Mesa release.2006-04-11
wxWidgets 2.6.223 MBwxWidgets GUI library. Provides more controls than the G3D GUI but does not render inside the 3D window. Note that this is not the latest wxWidgets release.2006-01-10