term3d is software which displays your lowpoly 3D models in the terminal.
The renderer uses a projection method called perspective projection. While it doesn’t use the traditional perspective projection, perspective projection is sufficient for a simple model viewer without a moving camera.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Formats: OBJ and STL are supported. No other formats are supported but support for others are planned.
- Different views: Fill or wire of points.
- Change the field of view.
- Change the far plane of rendering.
- Alter the model scale.
- Set the speed of rotation around the y axis.
- Change the character of point rendering and wire rendering.
- Choose the colour.
Website: github.com/3Marz/term3d
Support:
Developer: Omar Basalamah
License: MIT License

term3d is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| 3D Model Viewers | |
|---|---|
| ParaView | Data analysis and visualization application based on VTK |
| F3D | Fast and minimalist 3D viewer desktop application |
| MeshLab | Processes and edits 3D triangular meshes |
| Online 3D Viewer | Browser-based application for inspecting 3D models |
| Mayo | 3D CAD viewer and converter |
| fstl | Viewer for .stl files. It uses Qt |
| Castle Model Viewer | Supports 3D and 2D model formats |
| fstl-e | Fork of fstl with some fancy enhancements |
| Exhibit | 3D model viewer for the GNOME desktop |
| Tatlin | 3D STL and Gcode viewer |
| voxcii | Terminal-based ASCII 3D model viewer |
| dcat | Terminal-based 3D model viewer |
| term3d | Terminal-based 3D model viewer |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
Explore our comprehensive directory of recommended free and open source software. Our carefully curated collection spans every major software category.This directory is part of our ongoing series of informative articles for Linux enthusiasts. It features hundreds of detailed reviews, along with open source alternatives to proprietary solutions from major corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. You’ll also find interesting projects to try, hardware coverage, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Discovered a useful open source Linux program that we haven’t covered yet? Let us know by completing this form. |

