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2 self-hosted Thingiverse alternatives

Thingiverse is an online repository and community for 3D printable designs where users upload, browse, download, fork, and organize STL and other model files, follow creators, comment, and manage collections for personal fabrication.

Alternatives to Thingiverse

Manyfold is a self-hosted web app to organize, preview, and share 3D models for 3D printing, with tagging, metadata, and disk reorganization tools.

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2.1k stars139 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Go-based backend for Maker Management Platform that indexes STL libraries, renders model previews, provides a REST API, and supports Thingiverse imports.

33 stars8 forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Likely dormant

What replacing Thingiverse actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 1 of 2 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

Browse everything in Digital Asset Management (DAM).

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