8 Best JavaScript 3D Libraries

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by aryaman@openweaver.com dot icon Updated: Jul 31, 2023

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3D graphics are becoming increasingly important, enabling developers to build immersive and interactive user experiences.


JavaScript has evolved as a popular language for creating such events. These libraries enable a wide range of applications, including gaming, e-commerce, education, and more, and content from Three.js, widely regarded as the industry standard for browser-based 3D graphics, to Babylon.js, which provides a powerful game engine and physics system, to PlayCanvas, which enables collaborative, browser-based game development. 


Here are 8 of the best JavaScript 3D libraries 2023 developers can use for an immersive 3D experience. 

Three.js: 

  • Shows 3D-printed object previews. 
  • Helps create virtual concerts and events. 
  • Helpful in product animations for marketing. 

three.jsby mrdoob

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JavaScript 3D Library.

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            three.jsby mrdoob

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            JavaScript 3D Library.
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                      Babylon.js: 

                      • Helps in product design and prototyping. 
                      • Helps do virtual makeup try-on. 
                      • Allows 3D printing model creation and optimization. 

                      Babylon.jsby BabylonJS

                      TypeScript doticonstar image 20841 doticonVersion:6.7.0doticon
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                      Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.

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                                Babylon.jsby BabylonJS

                                TypeScript doticon star image 20841 doticonVersion:6.7.0doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                Babylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.
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                                          cesium: 

                                          • Helpful in real-time traffic monitoring and visualization. 
                                          • Helps in weather and environmental monitoring. 
                                          • Helps monitor geospatial data and provides its analysis and visualization. 

                                          cesiumby CesiumGS

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                                          An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas:

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                                                    cesiumby CesiumGS

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                                                    An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas:
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                                                              Whs.js: 

                                                              • Helps create interactive virtual art galleries. 
                                                              • Shows 3D product catalogs and configurators for fashion. 
                                                              • Helps in virtual reality amusement park rides. 

                                                              whs.jsby WhitestormJS

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                                                              :rocket: 🌪 Super-fast 3D framework for Web Applications 🥇 & Games 🎮. Based on Three.js

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                                                                        whs.jsby WhitestormJS

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                                                                        :rocket: 🌪 Super-fast 3D framework for Web Applications 🥇 & Games 🎮. Based on Three.js
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                                                                                  Cannon.js: 

                                                                                  • Helps with physics-based interactive educational videos. 
                                                                                  • Helps create interactive roller coaster and amusement park ride simulations. 
                                                                                  • Allows collaborative remote prototyping for mechanical engineering. 

                                                                                  cannon.jsby schteppe

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                                                                                  A lightweight 3D physics engine written in JavaScript.

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                                                                                            cannon.jsby schteppe

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                                                                                            A lightweight 3D physics engine written in JavaScript.
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                                                                                                      Physics.js: 

                                                                                                      • Creates interactive kinetic art installations. 
                                                                                                      • Helps create physics-based educational games for kids. 
                                                                                                      • Helps create interactive science museum exhibits. 

                                                                                                      PhysicsJSby wellcaffeinated

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                                                                                                      A modular, extendable, and easy-to-use physics engine for javascript

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                                                                                                                PhysicsJSby wellcaffeinated

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                                                                                                                          PlayCanvas-ar: 

                                                                                                                          • Helps in collaborative remote design and prototyping. 
                                                                                                                          • Helps do 3D product customization and personalization. 
                                                                                                                          • Has immersive language learning simulations. 

                                                                                                                          playcanvas-arby playcanvas

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                                                                                                                          Fast and Easy Augmented Reality for the Web :rocket:

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                                                                                                                                    playcanvas-arby playcanvas

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                                                                                                                                    Fast and Easy Augmented Reality for the Web :rocket:
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                                                                                                                                              Turbulenz_jslib: 

                                                                                                                                              • Helps in interactive educational simulations for mathematics and statistics. 
                                                                                                                                              • Creates virtual reality art galleries. 
                                                                                                                                              • Allows immersive virtual reality movie theaters. 

                                                                                                                                              turbulenz_jslibby turbulenz

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                                                                                                                                              Turbulenz Engine JavaScript libraries generated from turbulenz_engine TypeScript libraries.

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