SculptGL
SculptGL is a digital sculpting app that runs in a browser using WebGL and JavaScript.
What SculptGL is
SculptGL is a digital sculpting app that runs in a browser using WebGL and JavaScript. Its tools include Brush, Inflate, Smooth, Twist, and Drag, with undo and redo for editing. It supports vertex painting for color, roughness, and metalness, as well as alpha textures for each tool. Multiresolution sculpting uses Catmull-Clark and Loop subdivision and retains sculpting changes when switching levels. Voxel remeshing uses SurfaceNets to make quad-only meshes, while dynamic topology performs local subdivision and decimation in real time using triangles. Both remeshing approaches delete UVs. SculptGL imports and exports OBJ, PLY, and STL files and reads vertex color. A standalone Windows version and a Chrome extension are also available. The maker provides YouTube tutorials and an email contact. SculptGL is free, with no paid plan or usage limits stated on the maker’s pages. Its repository says it is no longer maintained except for small fixes and was archived on January 17, 2026.
Good
- Free, with no paid plan or usage limits stated
- Supports OBJ, PLY, and STL import and export
- Includes multiresolution sculpting and vertex painting
- Undo and redo are supported
Watch out
- No longer maintained except for small fixes
- Voxel remeshing deletes UVs
- Dynamic topology deletes UVs
Who it suits
SculptGL may suit people looking for a free browser-based sculpting app with painting, remeshing, and common 3D file import and export. It also offers Windows and Chrome extension options.
Verdict
SculptGL offers a broad set of sculpting and mesh tools in a free browser app, with standalone Windows and Chrome extension options. Its maintenance status and UV removal in both remeshing workflows are worth noting.
Plans and prices
From SculptGL's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| SculptGL | Free | No paid plan or usage limits stated on the maker’s pages |
The facts
Each one read from SculptGL's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Browser extension
- The maker says SculptGL is also available on the Chrome Web Store.checked 30 Sep 2026
What it does
- Custom settings
- Users can customize camera, rendering, language, display options, and shortcuts through URL settings.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Dynamic topology
- Dynamic topology operates in real time with local subdivision and decimation, uses triangles, and deletes UVs.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Editing
- Undo and redo are supported.checked 30 Sep 2026
- File formats
- SculptGL supports OBJ, PLY, and STL import and export, and reads vertex color.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The maker links to tutorials on YouTube and identifies Sculptfab as Sketchfab’s fork of an old SculptGL version with a new design.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Maintenance
- The maker’s GitHub repository says SculptGL is no longer maintained except for small or minor fixes and was archived on January 17, 2026.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Multiresolution
- Multiresolution sculpting supports Catmull-Clark and Loop subdivision, and retains sculpting changes when navigating between subdivision levels.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- SculptGL is a digital sculpting web app powered by WebGL and JavaScript.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Remeshing
- Voxel remeshing uses SurfaceNets to produce quad-only meshes and deletes UVs.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Sculpting tools
- Its standard tools include Brush, Inflate, Smooth, Twist, and Drag.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security and privacy
- The maker’s opened pages provide no security, compliance, or privacy claims.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Standalone
- The maker offers a standalone version described as identical to the web version; the linked archive lists 32-bit and 64-bit Windows downloads.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker links to YouTube tutorials and lists an email address, [email protected].checked 30 Sep 2026
- Vertex painting
- It supports PBR vertex painting for color, roughness, and metalness, plus alpha textures for each tool.checked 30 Sep 2026
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