# Polyscope

> Viewer and user interface for 3D geometry processing.

- Category: [C++ visualization libraries & applications](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/cpp/)
- Website: https://polyscope.run
- Repository: https://github.com/nmwsharp/polyscope
- License: MIT
- Language: C++
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 2,214
- Commits in the last 12 months: 61
- Contributors: 31
- Last commit: Sep 6, 2026
- Latest release: v2.6.1 (Feb 26, 2026)
- Install (PyPI): `pip install polyscope`, 21.2K downloads per week
- Topics: 3D & scientific visualization

## Overview

Polyscope is an open-source C++ visualization tool released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 2,214 stars, 242 forks, and 31 contributors. It is actively developed with 61 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v2.6.1, was published on Feb 26, 2026. On PyPI it is downloaded about 21.2K times per week.

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