Software Alternatives & Reviews

COLMAP VS Meshroom

Compare COLMAP VS Meshroom and see what are their differences

COLMAP

Image-based 3D reconstruction pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface

Meshroom

Meshroom is a free, open-source 3D Reconstruction Software based on the AliceVision framework.
  • COLMAP Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-17
  • Meshroom Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-27

COLMAP

Categories
  • 3D
  • Architecture
  • Freelance
  • 3D Modeling
Website demuc.de  

Meshroom

Categories
  • 3D
  • Architecture
  • Freelance
  • 3D Modeling
Website github.com  

COLMAP videos

Free Photogrammetry: Photos to model in 6 minutes with COLMAP

Meshroom videos

Meshroom -- 3D Models from Photos using this Free Open Source Photogrammetry Software

More videos:

  • Review - MeshRoom Vs Reality Capture with blender
  • Tutorial - FREE MESHROOM A beginner tutorial, introduction to photogrammetry

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to COLMAP and Meshroom)
3D
27 27%
73% 73
Architecture
25 25%
75% 75
Freelance
26 26%
74% 74
Photos & Graphics
100 100%
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Meshroom seems to be a lot more popular than COLMAP. While we know about 16 links to Meshroom, we've tracked only 1 mention of COLMAP. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

COLMAP mentions (1)

  • How to do Structure from motion (SfM) from a video in Blender?
    First there's COLMAP that seems to be able to work with SfM data. And then there's Blender-Addon-Photgrammetry-Importer which can take the output of COLMAP and import that into blender. Source: over 1 year ago

Meshroom mentions (16)

  • Where is Meshroom SFM source code?
    I know there is this github repo Https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • I am new to photogrammetry and have a really stupid question I can't find an answer to on Google.
    You can input your photos into Meshroom using a capable computer or Colab. Even if you're only interested in some of the depthmaps, you'll have to input a full set of images around the object. It will take 2-4 times longer than default but for your usecase you may want to change the 'Downscale' attribute to 1. Source: about 2 years ago
  • Who knows an app for that?
    I know this is r/fossdroid, but I don't think there is any Foss Android application capable of that. However, meshroom came into my mind. It is free and open source with linux support. The downside of it is that you can't create the model right in your phone, but you first need to take many photos to then upload to your computer and process. Source: about 2 years ago
  • 3D modelling just by walking around the object
    This has been used in Video games for the Better part of decade, already. And you can do this yourself without an iphone with lidar, by taking a lot of pictures of an object from various angles, and then use something like meshroom to make a detailed 3d model of it. Source: about 2 years ago
  • 3D modelling just by walking around the object
    This is using the Iphones LIDAR, (basiacally laser depth sensor) to get accurate data, but it can be done also be done without it, just with a lot of pictures of all around the object, from various angles, and some software like meshroom. Source: about 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing COLMAP and Meshroom, you can also consider the following products

Regard3D - Regard3D is a free, multiplatform, open-source structure-from-motion application.

Pix4Dmapper - Photogrammetry software for professional drone-based mapping, purely from images.

ContextCapture - Acute3D develops breakthrough photogrammetry software solutions to automatically turn photos into photorealistic high resolution 3D models

3DF Zephyr - Next up in my series of Photogrammetry Software Reviews — after ReMake, PhotoScan & RealityCapture — is 3DF Zephyr (including the Free version).

RealityCapture - RealityCapture is a software solution which automatically produces high resolution 3D models from photographs or laser-scans.

PhotoModeler - Learn more about the PhotoModeler software for generating 3D data, measurements and models of the real world using just a camera. Based on photogrammetry.