# F3D v1.0.0, a fast and minimalist 3D viewer, has been released !
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/f3d-v1-0-0-a-fast-and-minimalist-3d-viewer-has-been-released/3507
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/f3d-v1-0-0-a-fast-and-minimalist-3d-viewer-has-been-released/3507 "2020-06-10T07:35:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/f3d-v1-0-0-a-fast-and-minimalist-3d-viewer-has-been-released/3507/1 "2020-06-10T07:35:40Z")
[F3D](https://f3d-app.github.io/f3d/) v1.0, a fast and minimalist 3D viewer has been released !
F3D is a [VTK-based](https://vtk.org) 3D viewer following the [KISS principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle), so it is minimalist, efficient, has no GUI, has simple interaction mechanisms and is fully controllable using arguments in the command line.
It is BSD licensed, open-source and cross-platform (tested on Windows, Linux, and macOS). It supports several file formats, rendering and texturing options. The VTK rendering engine supports both OpenGL and ray tracing technologies.
It is very practical to quickly visualize and navigate through datasets stored on the disk.
It supports a large range of different options, volume rendering, sprites, camera positioning, color map, HDR textures, post fx options, coloring, …
Supported file formats: VTK (legacy and XML), STL, GLTF, PLY, OBJ, 3DS, …
It can either be used from the command line, as an “Open With” software or by dropping files and folders into it.
F3D is compatible with the recently released VTK 9.0.0 and can be compiled against it or againt VTK master. Instead, you can download our binary [release](https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/releases) (no ray tracing support) to install it. It can also be installed on Arch-based distributions with the package f3d, available on the [AUR.](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/f3d/)
Please, have a look at the [documentation](https://f3d-app.github.io/f3d//docs/) and the [gallery](https://f3d-app.github.io/f3d//gallery/). Feedbacks and contributions are very welcomed and issues can be freely opened on the GitLab repository.
---
### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/f3d-v1-0-0-a-fast-and-minimalist-3d-viewer-has-been-released/3507/2 "2020-07-08T13:45:28Z")
F3D v1.0.1 has been released ! It contains a few bugfixes but especially a STL reader performances improvements !
> **[Releases · f3d-app/f3d](https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/releases)**
>
> A fast and minimalist 3D viewer. Contribute to f3d-app/f3d development by creating an account on GitHub.
---
### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/f3d-v1-0-0-a-fast-and-minimalist-3d-viewer-has-been-released/3507/3 "2022-09-11T06:19:13Z")
F3D 1.3 is out ! Fast and minimalist opensource 3D viewer now with a C++/Python API !
We got lots of bug fixes and a few more features, including:
- Support for Alembic format (.abc)
- `--font-file` option
But the main new feature is **the alpha release of the libf3d,** included in F3D.
This is a simple yet powerfull API to render and visualize 3D meshes.
C++ based, with python bindings.
Do not hesitate to give it a go, we will improve and stabilize it in the next versions.
More info and download links in our release page:
> **[Release v.1.3.1 · f3d-app/f3d](https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/releases/tag/v1.3.1)**
>
> Note: 1.3.1 fixes two minor issues regarding raytracing and macOS window positioning, the following changelog is repeated from 1.3.0 release note
> Main new features and fixes:
>
> Introducing an alpha ...