Gaussian Splatting Ecosystem & Plugin Directory
Discover industry-leading integrations and platforms that empower your 3D Gaussian Splatting workflow.
This directory lists every major 3D application, game engine, compositor, and Structure-from-Motion (SfM) tool that supports Gaussian Splatting — whether through native features or third-party plugins. Use the filters to narrow by category, or jump to a specific application to find free and paid plugin options, compatibility notes, and direct download links.



















Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Adobe After Effects
Users can work with any trained ply using Irrealix's plugin.
Users can use Postshot's native free AE plugin, but must use Postshot.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Adobe Substance 3D
People can explore Gaussian Splatting in Substance 3D's Viewer.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Agisoft Metashape
Metashape offers COLMAP Export in their Standard License.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max
Users can access Gaussian Splatting in Autodesk 3ds Max through Chaos's V-Ray 7.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Autodesk Maya
Users can access Gaussian Splatting in Maya through Chaos's V-Ray 7.
Nerfstudio also offers a free plugin to Maya.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Blender
Kiri Engine has a free plugin to Blender.
Nerfstudio has a free plugin for Blender.
SkySplat is a comprehensive Blender addon that streamlines the complete workflow for creating 3D Gaussian Splats from drone footage.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Chaos V-Ray
Gaussian Splatting began to be supported in Chaos V-Ray 7. V-Ray works seamlessly with 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, Nuke, Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, and Unreal.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Cinema4D
Users can access Gaussian Splatting in Cinema4D through Chaos's V-Ray 7.
Bring Gaussian splat scans (.PLY) into Cinema 4D with full controls for viewing, relighting, animation, and rendering.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for COLMAP
COLMAP is a free Structure from Motion (SfM) and Multi-View Stereo (MVS) pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface used by platforms like Nerfstudio. Recent research, such as GLOMAP, seek to radically accelerate the SfM pipeline.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Corona14
Corona 14 now supports gaussian splatting.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for D5 Render
D5 Render 3.0 expands native gaussian splatting support.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for DaVinci Resolve
Gaussian Splatting is compatible with DaVinci Resolve through the Irrealix plugin.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Godot
A compute-based gaussian splatting rasterizer implemented in Godot.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Houdini
GSOPs is an open source repository that allows users to import, render, edit, and export 3D Gaussian splatting models, or to generate synthetic training data.
Houdini 21 brings gaussian splatting support.
A plugin that renders 3D Gaussian Splats natively inside Houdini 21 Solaris.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Nuke
Gaussian Splatting is compatible with Foundry's Nuke through the Irrealix plugin.
The 17.0 open beta adds native gaussian splatting support.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for OctaneRender
OctaneRender began to offer support for Gaussian Splatting within their 2026.1.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for PlayCanvas
PlayCanvas is an open-source 3D game engine/interactive 3D application engine. They are also the makers of 3DGS editor, SuperSplat.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for PyCuSFM
Python wrapper for the NVIDIA cuSFM library, enabling GPU-accelerated Structure-from-Motion in Python pipelines.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for RealityScan
Beginning with V1.5, Epic Games' RealityScan added support for Radiance Field export. The software is free for users who have generated less than $1 million USD in revenue over the past 12 months, as well as for educational institutions and students.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Rhino
Users can access Gaussian Splatting in Rhino through Chaos's V-Ray 7.
Veesus: View, examine and manipulate limitless amounts of Point Cloud data natively in Rhino.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for SketchUp
Users can access Gaussian Splatting in Sketch-Up through Chaos's V-Ray 7.
Sketch Up is currently in a private beta with gaussian splatting support.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Solidworks
Allowing users to visualise and interact with splat data directly within SolidWorks alongside traditional engineering and design workflows.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Spark.js
An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for THREE.js from World Labs.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for TouchDesigner
This plugin allows users to use 3DGS plys non commercially for free and offers paid tiers for commercial use.
A collection of Gaussian splatting and point cloud tools built for TouchDesigner.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Unity
While not an official plugin, there is a great free plugin on GitHub from ArasP.
3D Gaussian Splatting with Unity VFX Graph.
UnityGaussianCapture is a Unity editor tool designed to capture views from a 3D scene for use in Gaussian Splatting pipelines. It exports data in a format compatible with COLMAP.
Gaussian Splatting Plugins for Unreal Engine
Volinga has a paid UE 5 plugin. Compatible with UE 5.1 – 5.6.
Postshot has a free plugin, but must use Postshot capture. Compatible with UE 5.4 to 5.7.
UnrealTwin converts complex scenes into lightweight, interactive experiences that run smoothly on any device.
Luma AI offers a Free Unreal Engine Plugin for NeRFs and Gaussian Splatting. Compatible with 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
Pico Splat offers a free UE 5 plugin, specifically for the Pico Ultra 4. Compatible with UE 5.4 – 5.5.
Akiya Research: 3D Gaussians Plugin is an importer and a renderer of training results of 3D Gaussian Splatting for Unreal Engine. Compatible with 5.1-5.4.
XVERSE: A free Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) based plugin aiming to provide real-time visualization, management, editing, and scalable hybrid rendering of Gaussian Splatting model. Compatible with UE 5.1-5.5.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for how to use Gaussian Splatting in each supported application.