PlayCanvas

A cloud-hosted engine for interactive 3D

About PlayCanvas

PlayCanvas is an open-source 3D engine with a cloud-based visual editor for building interactive web experiences and games. The engine is free and open source, while the hosted editor offers free personal accounts and paid organisation plans. Overall, it is built for people who want that kind of job done reliably, without unnecessary complexity, steep learning curves or heavyweight software getting in the way of everyday work.

PlayCanvas key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas: 3d, webgl, cloud editor
Official site: playcanvas.com

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside PlayCanvas, it includes Ct.js, melonJS, ImpactJS, Alerta.

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