Babylon.js

aid: babylon-js
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/babylon-js/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-core
  name: Babylon.js Core
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Rendering
  - WebGL
  - WebGPU
  - Engine
  - Scene
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/scene
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/scene
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/typedoc/modules/BABYLON
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/core
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/core
    type: SourceCode
  description: The core Babylon.js engine and scene graph. Provides the Engine and Scene abstractions, cameras, lights, meshes,
    materials, textures, animation, post-processing, particle systems, physics integration, audio, asset management, and
    the WebGL2 / WebGPU rendering backends. Published as the `@babylonjs/core` npm package.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-gui
  name: Babylon.js GUI
  tags:
  - 3D
  - GUI
  - Interface
  - Controls
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/gui
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/gui
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/gui
    type: SDK
  - url: https://gui.babylonjs.com/
    type: Sandbox
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/gui
    type: SourceCode
  description: 2D and 3D GUI library for Babylon.js — buttons, sliders, panels, input boxes, color pickers, and 3D holographic
    controls — rendered through a dynamic texture or as 3D meshes. Authored visually via the GUI Editor and consumed by
    the `@babylonjs/gui` package.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-loaders
  name: Babylon.js Loaders
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Loaders
  - glTF
  - OBJ
  - STL
  - FBX
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/importers
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/importers
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/loaders
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/loaders
    type: SourceCode
  description: Asset importers for Babylon.js — glTF 2.0 (with KHR extensions), OBJ, STL, USDZ, SPLAT (Gaussian splats),
    and others. Loaders parse external assets into the Babylon scene graph and are tree-shakeable from the `@babylonjs/loaders`
    package.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-materials
  name: Babylon.js Materials
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Materials
  - Shaders
  - PBR
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/materials
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/materials
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/materials
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/materials
    type: SourceCode
  description: Library of advanced and specialty materials — water, lava, fire, fur, terrain, cell, mix, gradient, sky,
    grid, normal, shadow-only, and others — built on top of Babylon's Standard and PBR materials. Distributed as the
    `@babylonjs/materials` package.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-post-processes
  name: Babylon.js Post-Processes
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Post-Processing
  - Effects
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/postProcesses
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/postProcesses
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/post-processes
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/postProcesses
    type: SourceCode
  description: Additional post-processing effects beyond core — including ASCII art, anaglyph, digital rain, ocean, and
    other stylized image pipelines. Composes on top of the core post-process chain via the `@babylonjs/post-processes`
    package.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-procedural-textures
  name: Babylon.js Procedural Textures
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Textures
  - Procedural
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/materials/using/proceduralTextures
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/materials/using/proceduralTextures
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/procedural-textures
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/proceduralTextures
    type: SourceCode
  description: GPU-generated procedural textures — brick, cloud, fire, grass, marble, normal-map, perlin-noise, road, starfield,
    and wood — packaged separately as `@babylonjs/procedural-textures` so applications can opt in only to the procedurals
    they need.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-serializers
  name: Babylon.js Serializers
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Serialization
  - glTF
  - OBJ
  - STL
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/Exporters
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/Exporters
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/serializers
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/dev/serializers
    type: SourceCode
  description: Scene exporters that serialize a live Babylon.js scene to glTF 2.0, OBJ, STL, or .babylon JSON. Used by
    Sandbox, the Editor, and the Playground export flow, and available as the `@babylonjs/serializers` package.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-inspector
  name: Babylon.js Inspector
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Inspector
  - Debug
  - DeveloperTools
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/inspector
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/inspector
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/inspector
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/inspector
    type: SourceCode
  description: Embeddable developer tool that overlays a live tree of every Babylon scene object — nodes, materials, textures,
    cameras, lights, animations, particles, and physics bodies — with property editing, gizmos, and tweakable shaders.
    Loaded via `@babylonjs/inspector`.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-node-editors
  name: Babylon.js Node Editors
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Shaders
  - NodeEditor
  - VisualProgramming
  - Materials
  - Particles
  - Geometry
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/nodeEditors
  properties:
  - url: https://nme.babylonjs.com/
    type: Sandbox
  - url: https://nge.babylonjs.com/
    type: Sandbox
  - url: https://npe.babylonjs.com/
    type: Sandbox
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/nodeEditor
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/nodeGeometryEditor
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/nodeParticleEditor
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/nodeRenderGraphEditor
    type: SourceCode
  description: Visual node-graph authoring tools — Node Material Editor (NME), Node Geometry Editor (NGE), Node Particle
    Editor (NPE), and Node Render Graph Editor — that produce serializable JSON graphs which the core engine evaluates at
    runtime. NME and NGE outputs are the canonical "schema" for procedural shaders and procedural geometry in Babylon.js.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-playground
  name: Babylon.js Playground
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Sandbox
  - Snippets
  - Examples
  humanURL: https://playground.babylonjs.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/thePlayground
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://playground.babylonjs.com/
    type: Sandbox
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/playground
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://snippet.babylonjs.com/
    type: API
  description: Hosted browser-based IDE for writing and sharing Babylon.js scenes as TypeScript snippets. Backed by the
    Babylon Snippet Server which assigns shareable snippet IDs and a public read API at `snippet.babylonjs.com`. Snippet
    URLs are the de-facto sharing format across the Babylon ecosystem.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-sandbox
  name: Babylon.js Sandbox
  tags:
  - 3D
  - AssetViewer
  - glTF
  humanURL: https://sandbox.babylonjs.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/sandbox
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://sandbox.babylonjs.com/
    type: Sandbox
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/tree/master/packages/tools/sandbox
    type: SourceCode
  description: Drop-in browser viewer for 3D assets — glTF/GLB, OBJ, STL, USDZ, SPLAT, and .babylon files — with Inspector
    integration, environment/IBL configuration, and animation playback. Used as the reference glTF viewer for the Babylon
    pipeline.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-snippet-server
  name: Babylon.js Snippet API
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Snippets
  - Persistence
  - REST
  humanURL: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/thePlayground/playgroundSnippet
  properties:
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/thePlayground/playgroundSnippet
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://snippet.babylonjs.com/
    type: API
  description: Public REST endpoint hosted at `https://snippet.babylonjs.com/` that stores and serves serialized JSON snippets
    for the Playground, Node Material Editor, Node Geometry Editor, Node Particle Editor, and GUI Editor. The same snippet
    IDs can be loaded at runtime via Babylon's snippet loaders to pull live assets into a scene.
- aid: babylon-js:babylon-native
  name: Babylon Native
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Native
  - C++
  - CrossPlatform
  humanURL: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonNative
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonNative
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/communityExtensions/BabylonNative
    type: Documentation
  description: C++ host that runs the Babylon.js engine on top of native graphics APIs (DirectX, Metal, Vulkan, OpenGL,
    OpenGL ES) without a browser. Targets Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Used as the foundation for Babylon
    React Native and for embedding Babylon scenes in native applications.
- aid: babylon-js:babylon-react-native
  name: Babylon React Native
  tags:
  - 3D
  - ReactNative
  - Mobile
  - Native
  humanURL: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonReactNative
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonReactNative
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/react-native
    type: SDK
  description: React Native binding that runs Babylon Native on iOS and Android with a React component (`EngineView`) for
    embedding Babylon scenes in cross-platform mobile applications. Published as `@babylonjs/react-native`.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-editor
  name: Babylon.js Editor
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Editor
  - VisualEditor
  - Authoring
  humanURL: https://editor.babylonjs.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://editor.babylonjs.com/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Editor
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/communityExtensions/Editor
    type: Documentation
  description: Community-maintained visual editor for authoring Babylon.js scenes — scene graph, materials, animations,
    GUI, scripting, post-processing, and asset pipeline — exporting to runnable Babylon.js projects.
- aid: babylon-js:babylon-toolkit
  name: Babylon Toolkit
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Unity
  - Unreal
  - Exporter
  - Pipeline
  humanURL: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonToolkit
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonToolkit
    type: SourceCode
  description: Community-maintained Unity and Unreal exporters and a runtime scripting layer that lets engines author scenes
    in Unity / Unreal and export them to Babylon.js for web delivery.
- aid: babylon-js:babylonjs-exporters
  name: Babylon.js Exporters
  tags:
  - 3D
  - Exporters
  - Maya
  - 3DSMax
  - Blender
  - glTF
  humanURL: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Exporters
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Exporters
    type: SourceCode
  - url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/Exporters
    type: Documentation
  description: First-party DCC exporters for 3ds Max, Maya, and Blender that emit .babylon and glTF 2.0 assets compatible
    with the Babylon.js runtime, Sandbox, and Editor pipelines.
- aid: babylon-js:spectorjs
  name: Spector.js
  tags:
  - WebGL
  - WebGPU
  - DeveloperTools
  - Debug
  - GPU
  humanURL: https://spector.babylonjs.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://spector.babylonjs.com/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Spector.js
    type: SourceCode
  description: Browser extension and embeddable library that captures and inspects WebGL / WebGPU frames — every draw call,
    state change, shader, texture, and uniform — for any 3D web application, not only Babylon.js scenes.
name: Babylon.js
tags:
- 3D
- Game Engine
- Rendering
- WebGL
- WebGPU
- WebXR
- TypeScript
- glTF
- Open Source
- Microsoft
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: Open Source
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.babylonjs.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/setup/frameworkPackages/firstApp
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/blob/master/license.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributingGuide
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/blob/master/contributing.md
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/setup/support/whatsNew
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/releases
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/issues
- type: Forum
  url: https://forum.babylonjs.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://babylonjs.medium.com/
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@BabylonJSEngine
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/babylonjs
- type: TypeDoc
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/typedoc/modules/BABYLON
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/core
  name: '@babylonjs/core'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/gui
  name: '@babylonjs/gui'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/loaders
  name: '@babylonjs/loaders'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/materials
  name: '@babylonjs/materials'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/post-processes
  name: '@babylonjs/post-processes'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/procedural-textures
  name: '@babylonjs/procedural-textures'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/serializers
  name: '@babylonjs/serializers'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/inspector
  name: '@babylonjs/inspector'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/node-editor
  name: '@babylonjs/node-editor'
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/babylonjs
  name: babylonjs (UMD)
- type: SDK
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@babylonjs/react-native
  name: '@babylonjs/react-native'
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://playground.babylonjs.com/
  name: Playground
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://sandbox.babylonjs.com/
  name: Sandbox
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://nme.babylonjs.com/
  name: Node Material Editor
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://nge.babylonjs.com/
  name: Node Geometry Editor
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://npe.babylonjs.com/
  name: Node Particle Editor
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://gui.babylonjs.com/
  name: GUI Editor
- type: API
  url: https://snippet.babylonjs.com/
  name: Snippet Server
- type: Tool
  url: https://spector.babylonjs.com/
  name: Spector.js
- type: Tool
  url: https://editor.babylonjs.com/
  name: Babylon.js Editor
- type: Tool
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonNative
  name: Babylon Native
- type: Tool
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonReactNative
  name: Babylon React Native
- type: Tool
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/BabylonToolkit
  name: Babylon Toolkit (Unity / Unreal)
- type: Tool
  url: https://github.com/BabylonJS/Exporters
  name: DCC Exporters (3ds Max / Maya / Blender)
- type: Integrations
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/communityExtensions
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/physics
  name: Physics (Havok, Ammo.js, Cannon.js, Oimo.js, Recast)
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/webXR
  name: WebXR
- type: Features
  data:
  - Cross-platform 3D engine — WebGL2, WebGPU, and (via Babylon Native) DirectX / Metal / Vulkan / OpenGL / OpenGL ES
  - TypeScript-first SDK published as scoped `@babylonjs/*` ES modules with tree-shakeable imports
  - Scene graph with cameras, lights, meshes, materials, textures, animations, particles, audio, and physics
  - PBR materials with OpenPBR support, clustered and textured area lighting, and volumetric lighting (v9)
  - Frame Graph, Dynamic IBL Shadows, and Render Graph-driven pipelines (v9)
  - Node Material Editor, Node Geometry Editor, Node Particle Editor, and Node Render Graph Editor
  - Procedural geometry with Node Geometry — runtime-evaluated graphs serialized as JSON
  - Gaussian Splat rendering and 3D Tiles geospatial pipeline with PBR atmosphere (v9)
  - glTF 2.0 first-class import and export with full KHR extension coverage
  - GUI library with Inspector-driven authoring and 3D holographic controls
  - WebXR / VR / AR support including hand tracking, controllers, anchors, and pass-through
  - Physics integration with Havok (recommended), Ammo.js, Cannon.js, Oimo.js, and Recast
  - Babylon Native — C++ host for running Babylon on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS
  - Babylon React Native (`@babylonjs/react-native`) for embedding Babylon scenes in mobile apps
  - Inspector — runtime scene debugger with property editing, gizmos, and shader editing
  - Spector.js — frame-by-frame WebGL / WebGPU capture and inspection tool
  - Hosted Playground IDE and Sandbox asset viewer with shareable snippet IDs
  - Snippet API at `snippet.babylonjs.com` powering shareable Playground / NME / NGE / GUI assets
  - Babylon.js Editor — community-maintained visual scene editor
  - Babylon Toolkit — Unity and Unreal exporters for the Babylon runtime
  - First-party DCC exporters for 3ds Max, Maya, and Blender
  - Apache-2.0 licensed, Microsoft-sponsored, community-governed via forum.babylonjs.com
  sources:
  - https://www.babylonjs.com/
  - https://doc.babylonjs.com/
  - https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js
  - https://github.com/BabylonJS
  updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Producing
description: Babylon.js is an Apache-2.0 licensed, TypeScript-first open-source 3D engine and rendering framework sponsored
  by Microsoft and developed in the public BabylonJS GitHub organization. It targets WebGL, WebGPU, and WebXR in the browser,
  and DirectX, Metal, Vulkan, OpenGL, and OpenGL ES natively through Babylon Native — including a Babylon React Native binding
  for mobile. The framework ships as a family of scoped npm packages (`@babylonjs/core`, `gui`, `loaders`, `materials`, `inspector`,
  `serializers`, `post-processes`, `procedural-textures`, `node-editor`) plus a rich tooling surface — the Playground IDE,
  Sandbox asset viewer, Inspector, Spector.js, the Node Material / Geometry / Particle / Render-Graph editors, a community
  Editor, the Babylon Toolkit (Unity / Unreal exporters), and DCC exporters for 3ds Max, Maya, and Blender — all backed by
  the public Snippet API at `snippet.babylonjs.com` that powers shareable Playground and node-editor assets.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]
  X: apievangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'