Vectreal Platform
Vectreal is an open-source platform for 3D web visualization and publishing โ scalable from art projects to enterprise workflows. Load, optimize, and publish interactive 3D models directly in the browser. No bloated pipelines, no vendor lock-in.
Ask any frontend developer who has tried to ship a 3D model on a website and they will describe the same arc: excitement, then friction, then a compromise that ends in a static screenshot. The results are predictable. Interactive 3D stays in the hands of studios and e-commerce platforms that can absorb the overhead. Everyone else settles for a flat image, a screen recording, or a link to Sketchfab.
This is the gap Vectreal was built to close.
Vectreal is an open platform for preparing, managing, and publishing 3D content for the web.
It combines a browser-based Publisher โ where you can upload, optimize, and configure a scene without writing a line of code โ with a set of open-source packages that give developers direct access to the same pipeline inside their own applications.
The value proposition, stated plainly: accessible and scalable 3D web visualization and publishing, for everyone.
That word everyone carries real weight here. Vectreal is not aimed at studios with dedicated 3D pipelines. It is designed for:
- The frontend developer who wants to drop a 3D product viewer into a page without managing infrastructure
- The 3D artist who wants to share work publicly without creating an account on a proprietary platform
- The small team that needs an embeddable scene in a client portal โ managed through a dashboard, not a hand-rolled CDN
- The open-source contributor who wants to extend a 3D toolchain that does not belong to a single company
The idea behind Vectreal was to build the vehicle: a complete, open workflow from file upload to embeddable iframe, maintained as a public good, backed by a community that can extend and improve it over time.
The monorepo is live on GitHub. The packages are published to npm. The Publisher is running at vectreal.com/publisher. The invitation to contribute is genuine - Join us!
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- Official Pricing
Vectreal now ships multi-camera presets with per-scene named views, field-of-view control from 20ยฐ to 120ยฐ, and three transition modes - Instant, Linear, and Smart. Smart transitions compute an arc path around geometry so the camera never punches through your model. The Vertical Limit setting (default 90ยฐ) eliminates the most common visitor UX issue in 3D embeds in a single click. Free to use, open-source core, no setup overhead. Full breakdown at vectreal.com/news-room/camera-presets-and-transitions.