# List of ray tracing software

Ray tracing is a technique that can generate near photo-realistic computer images. A wide range of free software and commercial software is available for producing these images. This article lists notable ray-tracing software.
| Software | License | Platforms | Platforms | Platforms | Platforms |
| Software | License | Windows | macOS | Linux | Other |
| 3Delight | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Amiga Reflections | Proprietary | No | No | No | Amiga |
| Autodesk 3ds max | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Autodesk Maya | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Autodesk Softimage | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Anim8or | Freeware | Yes | No | No | No |
| ASAP | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Bella Render | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Blender | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Brazil r/s | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| BRL-CAD | BSD, LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Bryce | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Carrara | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Cheetah3D | Proprietary | No | Yes | No | No |
| Cinema 4D | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | Amiga |
| dbOptic | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Embree | APGL2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ExH reTORT exhsw.com/retort-ray-tracer/ | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| form•Z RenderZone Plus | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| FRED | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| FurryBall | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Gelato | Freeware | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Holomatix Rendition | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Houdini | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Imagine 3D | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Amiga, MS-DOS |
| Indigo Renderer | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kerkythea | Freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| LightWave 3D | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | Amiga |
| LuxCoreRender | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Manta Interactive Ray Tracer | MIT | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Maxwell Render | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| McXtrace | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mental ray | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MODO | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Octane Render | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| OptiX | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Photopia Optical Design Software | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Picogen | GPLv3 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Pixar RenderMan | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Pixie | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| POV-Ray | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quadoa Optical CAD | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Rayshade | pre-gpl open source, gpl-like | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Radiance | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Realsoft 3D | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Amiga, IRIX (dropped) |
| Shade | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Simulucis Lucan | Freeware, Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Speos | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| Sunflow | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Tachyon | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Terragen | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| TracePro | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| TurboSilver | Proprietary | No | No | No | Amiga |
| V-Ray | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visionaray | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Vue | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| YafaRay | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Zemax | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | No |
| 3DOptix | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud |