Credits

YouTube Channels

• Leonid Keselman - time Photorealistic Dynamic Scene Representation and Rendering with 4D Gaussian Splatting".
• Eric Haines
• Henry Pearce
• Yehe Liu

Implementations

Community Implementations

• gaussian_splatting
• Nerfstudio gsplat - 2.0 | Integration with Nerfstudio |
• Taichi 3D GS - 2.0 | Taichi-based implementation |
• gaussian_splatting_3d
• 3d-gaussian-splatting
• taichi-splatting - 2.0 | Modular rasterizer for Taichi and PyTorch |
• OpenSplat - 3.0 | Cross-platform solution |
• Grendel Distributed 3DGS - 2.0 | Multi-GPU distributed training |
• 2D Gaussian Splatting
• DGSO
• My-exp-Gaussians
• 360-gaussian-splatting
• Warp 3DGS - 3.0 | Warp-based implementation |
• LichtFeld Studio - 3.0 | The modular workstation for 3D Gaussian Splatting — train, inspect, edit, automate, and export from a single native app |
• RI3D - shot gaussian splatting pipeline |
• 3D-Gaussian-Splatting-Reconstruction - 2.0 | Pure PyTorch implementation from video input — no CUDA compilation required, supports CPU/NVIDIA GPU backends, built-in pose estimator & GUI |
• MetalSplat - based implementation for Apple Silicon GPUs on PyTorch with automatic kernel compilation at runtime |

Frameworks

• msplat - Modular differential gaussian rasterization library
• GauStudio - Unified framework with multiple implementations
• gaussian-splatting-lightning - Derived algorithms plus an interactive web viewer
• Pointrix - Differentiable point-based rendering
• DriveStudio - Urban scene reconstruction framework
• GSCodecStudio - Compression and Dynamic splattings

Official Reference

• Original Gaussian Splatting - The reference implementation by the original authors

Learning Resources

Blog Posts

• Gaussian Splatting is pretty cool
• Making Gaussian Splats smaller
• Making Gaussian Splats more smaller
• 3DGS Introduction - HuggingFace guide
• Very good (technical) intro to 3D Gaussian Splatting
• Discussion about gs universal format
• Compressing Gaussian Splats
• Capture Guide - Image capture tutorial
• Mathematical details of forward and backward passes
• 3D in Geospatial: NeRFs, Gaussian Splatting, and Spatial Computing
• Implementation Details - Technical deep dive
• Mathematical Foundation - Theory explanation
• PyTorch Implementation - Curated implementation of Vanilla 3DGS in PyTorch
• PlayCanvas Open Sources SOG - Spatially Ordered Gaussians, a super-compressed format based on WebP that is 15-20x smaller than PLY
• Comprehensive overview of Gaussian Splatting
• NeRFs vs. 3DGS
• Gaussian Head Avatars: A Summary

Talks

• Gaussian Splats: Ready for Standardization? - Metaverse Standards Forum 1/28/2025
• Unity Integration Guide - Metaverse Standards Forum 5/6/2025

Video Tutorials

• Intro to gaussian splatting (and Unity plugin)
• Jupyter Tutorial
• Getting Started (Windows)
• Gaussian Splats Town Hall - Part 2
• Two-Minute Explanation
• Computerphile 3DGS explanation

Papers & Documentation

Courses & Tutorials

• MIT Inverse Rendering Lectures (Module 2) - Academic deep dive into inverse rendering
• 3DGS Tutorial - Tutorial from the authors of the original 3DGS paper

Datasets

• NERDS 360 Multi-View dataset - High-quality outdoor scene dataset

Papers Database

• Papers Database

Tools & Utilities

Data Processing

• Kapture image cropper - Undistorted image cropper to remove black borders
• Point Cloud Editor - Web-based point cloud editing
• Kapture - Unified data format for visual localization
• 3DGS Converter - Format conversion tool
• SpectacularAI - Conversion scripts for different 3DGS conventions
• SPZ Converter - SPZ conversion tool
• gsbox Converter - PLY SPLAT SPZ SPX conversion tool
• SplatTransform - CLI tool and Node/browser library for converting and editing splats, reads PLY, SOG, SPZ, SPLAT, KSPLAT and LCC/LCC2, writes PLY, SOG, SPZ, GLB, CSV, LOD and WebP
• GaussForge - C++/WASM-based conversion between PLY, SPZ, SPLAT, and KSPLAT
• VGGT Factor Refinement - COLMAP-free pipeline using VGGT + factor graph, from video to COLMAP-format output
• splatreg - pip-installable splat registration: align & merge two 3DGS scans into one SE(3)/Sim(3) frame (recovers scale), CLI + pure-PyTorch API, no manual gizmo
• AURA - Calibrated per-splat confidence for 3DGS assets: held-out reliability labels, isotonic calibration, and a distribution-free conformal pruning certificate with a certified LOD ladder; exports via glTF/OpenUSD/SPZ (pip install aura-splat)
• Open Reality - Phone video to a 3D scene (VGGT-SLAM based, splat export with optional gsplat refinement) that an AI assistant can query over MCP: measurements, floor and wall planes, path planning, object list, robot-training exports; self-hostable

Development Tools

• camorph - Camera parameter conversion
• SuperSplat - Free, open source browser-based 3DGS editor with one-click publishing
• GSOPs for Houdini - Houdini integration tools

Viewers & Game Engine Support

Desktop Viewers

• Nerfstudio (gaussian_splatting branch)
• Jupyter notebook viewer
• splatviz - Edit the rendering code at runtime or display multiple scenes at once
• OpenGL Viewer - PyOpenGL viewer, also with official CUDA backend
• 3DGS.cpp - C++/Vulkan renderer for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and visionOS
• vkgs - Cross-platform C++/Vulkan renderer
• Taichi Viewer - Renderer with benchmarking capability
• DearGaussianGUI
• LiteViz-GS
• Nerfstudio Viser

Game Engines

• Unity Plugin
• Unity Plugin (gsplat-unity)
• Unity Plugin (DynGsplat-unity) - For dynamic splattings
• PlayCanvas Engine
• Unreal Plugin (MLSLabsGaussianSplattingRenderer-UE)
• Unreal Plugin (XScene-UEPlugin)
• Godot Plugin (gdgs) - Real-time 3DGS rendering plugin for Godot 4.3+

Native Applications

• iOS Metal Viewer
• VR Support (OpenXR)
• Houdini Viewport Renderer - HDK/GLSL implementation of Gaussian Splatting in Houdini
• Blender Add-on
• Blender Add-on (KIRI)
• Blender Add-on (404—GEN)
• ROS2 Support
• Splat Local - Video-to-3DGS pipeline running fully locally on Apple Silicon (COLMAP/GLOMAP poses, Metal-native training via Brush), with training checkpoints streamed live into a browser viewer

Web Viewers

• Splat Viewer
• Interactive Viewer
• Gauzilla
• EPFL Viewer
• gaussian-splatting-webgpu
• WebGPU Splat
• GaussianSplats3D
• A-Frame
• WebRTC viewer
• PlayCanvas Model Viewer - Viewer for glTF and 3DGS assets
• splaTV - Viewer for 4D Gaussians, with a live demo
• SuperSplat Viewer - High-performance splat viewer
• gsplat.js