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VoxelShop
What it is
VoxelShop is a free, open-source application for creating, editing, optimizing, and generating voxel models on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Front, top, and left axis views accompany a 3D view for model work. Editing tools cover drawing, erasing, color picking, flood fill, selection, copy and paste, moving, cloning, rotation, and mirroring. Users can save reusable palettes and enter colors as RGB, CMYK, HSB, or hexadecimal values. Multiple layers may be hidden, renamed, reordered, merged, or used to restrict tool operations. The 3D view can fill cavities or remove interior voxels to reduce exported file sizes. Imports include PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, and numerous voxel formats, including BINVOX, KV6, KVX, QB, RAWVOX, and VOX variants. Exports include multiple formats, documented MagicaVoxel and Collada options, and bitmap slices. Shortcuts are freely bindable. Animation support is still in development. The VoxelShop plan costs nothing.
For and against
For
- Provides several axis and 3D views
- Includes extensive voxel editing tools
- Supports reusable color palettes
- Offers cavity and interior cleanup
- Exports model slices as bitmaps
Against
- Animation support is still in development
- Version 1.8.0 cannot import VSD into existing scenes
- Latest listed release is a pre-release
The verdict
VoxelShop offers a broad free toolkit for voxel construction, editing, cleanup, and export. Users needing finished animation support or VSD scene imports should account for its documented limitations.
Who it suits
VoxelShop suits voxel artists and developers who need layered model editing, palette control, optimization, and format conversion. It is available across Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Plans and prices
VoxelShop
No paid plans or usage limits stated on the opened maker pages
Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Animation
- The maker’s documentation says model animation support is in development.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Color management
- Users can manage a reusable color palette and choose colors using RGB, CMYK, HSB, or hexadecimal values.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Editing tools
- Its tools include drawing and erasing voxels, color picking, flood fill, selection, copy and paste, move, clone, rotation, and mirroring.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Editing views
- It provides front, top, and left axis views alongside a 3D view for viewing and editing models.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Export
- VoxelShop can export to multiple file formats, and its releases document MagicaVoxel and Collada exporters and exporting model slices as bitmap images.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Import formats
- The documentation lists image formats PNG, JPG, JPEG, and BMP, plus voxel formats including BINVOX, KV6, KVX, QB, RAWVOX, MagicaVoxel VOX, Vox Game VOX, Voxlap VOX, and VXL.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Import limitation
- Version 1.8.0 cannot import VSD files into an existing scene; a saved model can only be opened as a new scene.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Users can freely bind shortcuts, including single-letter shortcuts, in the shortcut manager.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Layers
- Models can use multiple layers that can be hidden, renamed, reordered, merged, or selected to restrict tool use.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- License and security
- The GitHub repository displays an Apache-2.0 license and a Security and quality count of 0.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Model optimization
- The 3D view includes tools to fill model cavities or remove interior voxels, which can reduce exported file sizes.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- VoxelShop provides tools to create, optimize, and generate voxel models.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
- Recent release status
- The GitHub releases page lists version 1.8.26 as a pre-release and says it contains minor fixes to the installation script.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker’s documentation links to a VoxelShop forum and provides tutorials and usage documentation.simlu.github.io · read 9 Oct 2026
