⚫️ Poimandres Libraries

Poimandres (opens in a new tab) is an open-source developer collective, which is an active community developing many tools for Three.js, making 3D in React, and a lot more (you might know them from Zustand or react-spring). Let’s take a closer look at the tools they develop.

Three.js and React Three Fiber libraries:

• React Three Fiber21k127k/w – Declarative Three.js in React
  Declarative Three.js in React
• Drei4k76k/w – Useful helpers for Three.js and R3F
  Useful helpers for Three.js and R3F
• react-spring25k682k/w – Animations, can be used with R3F
  Animations, can be used with R3F
• Leva3k19k/w – React components GUI
  React components GUI
• gltfjsx3k – JSX from GLTF/GLB models, online GUI (opens in a new tab)
  JSX from GLTF/GLB models, online GUI (opens in a new tab)
• three-stdlib40082k/w – Three.js examples/jsm as a package
  Three.js examples/jsm as a package
• cannon-es1k9k/w – Fork of the cannon.js (opens in a new tab) physics engine
  Fork of the cannon.js (opens in a new tab) physics engine
• use-cannon2k7k/w – Hooks for cannon-es
  Hooks for cannon-es
• postprocessing2k26k/w – Filter effects for Three.js
  Filter effects for Three.js
• react-postprocessing70013k/w – postprocessing for R3F
  postprocessing for R3F
• react-xr1k1k/w – VR/AR for R3F
  VR/AR for R3F
• react-three-next1k – Next.js boilerplate for R3F
  Next.js boilerplate for R3F
• react-three-flex1k900/w – Flexbox for R3F
  Flexbox for R3F
• react-three-editor500700/w – Editor for R3F + Vite
  Editor for R3F + Vite
• Lamina8001k/w – Declarative shader materials
  Declarative shader materials
• react-three-rapier3002k/w – Rapier (opens in a new tab) physics engine for R3F
  Rapier (opens in a new tab) physics engine for R3F

State-management libraries:

• Zustand25k914k/w
• Jotai11k189k/w
• Valtio6k59k/w

As you can see there is a lot going on in the R3F ecosystem and this community is a driving force to make Three.js development more convenient. With the Poimandres ecosystem, we have a core set of libraries for 3D graphics to build our games upon.