Native VRML97 / X3D browser · since 1998v6.7.0-rc.1 · 2026-10-03

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Download FreeWRL

The latest build is a signed pre-release for macOS 15.0+ on Apple Silicon. On Linux, you build FreeWRL from source. This page lists only the files that have actually been published, with their checksums.

The FreeWRL window on macOS, with red, yellow and green window buttons and a Load bar at the top, showing a blue 3D plaza: a hand-and-eye sculpture inside a yellow ring, towers behind it, and FreeWRL's yellow-green navigation buttons along the bottom.

D1FreeWRL 6.7 on macOS with a world open

The FreeWRL window on macOS, with red, yellow and green window buttons and a Load bar at the top, showing a blue 3D plaza: a hand-and-eye sculpture inside a yellow ring, towers behind it, and FreeWRL's yellow-green navigation buttons along the bottom.

FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Siliconfreewrl-landing.wrl1280 × 853Open image file

D1FreeWRL 6.7 on macOS with a world open

One window, the world inside it, and a navigation bar along the bottom. Captured from the macOS beta 2 release on an Apple Silicon Mac. Linux captures are under What it looks like.

FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Siliconfreewrl-landing.wrlcaptured 2026-10-02

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Latest build

Pre-release v6.7.0-rc.1

FreeWRL 6.7.0-rc.1

FreeWRL-6.7.0-rc.1-macOS-arm64.zip2.3 MB · ZIP

SHA-256 e7202472eb37f54eb17f5c5207a6da3c7558d04159f797f3909b059bef983a34

freewrl-6.7.0-rc.1.tar.gz3.9 MB · tar.gz

SHA-256 4fa87982c64b91d403210da6d57621a78752dc94dc63e8546ca6bbfa70b20140

SHA256SUMS.txt · release-manifest.json

Check the download (macOS Terminal)shell
cd ~/Downloads
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing
Runs on
macOS 15.0 or newer, Apple Silicon (arm64)
Not for
Intel Macs, macOS older than 15.0
Graphics
OpenGL 4.1 Core
Signed
Developer ID, hardened runtime, notarized, stapled
Opens
.wrl .wrz .wrlz .x3d .x3dz .x3dv .x3dvz
Source commit
547b731795b9
Release notes
on GitHub

This is a pre-release. Known issues are in the release notes. Report problems on GitHub Issues.

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Linux

No binary package yet. Build from source. Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.

Ubuntu 24.04 — short versionshell
git clone https://github.com/Ascendance3D/freewrl.git
cd freewrl/freex3d
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-target=x11 --with-javascript=duk
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Details, dependencies and what has been tested: Build.

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What it looks like

Real captures of FreeWRL 6.7 on macOS and Linux. Nothing here is a mock-up.

macOS, Apple Silicon

  • The macOS menu bar reading FreeWRL and File above the FreeWRL window, which shows the plaza world with the hand-and-eye sculpture, over a forest desktop picture.

    D2FreeWRL in the macOS menu bar

    The macOS menu bar reading FreeWRL and File above the FreeWRL window, which shows the plaza world with the hand-and-eye sculpture, over a forest desktop picture.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Siliconfreewrl-landing.wrl1280 × 896Open image file

    D2FreeWRL in the macOS menu bar

    FreeWRL with its own menu bar, showing the plaza world.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Siliconfreewrl-landing.wrlcaptured 2026-10-02

  • The plaza sculpture framed by a dark stone portal, with 'Through the portal' in the status line at the bottom of the FreeWRL window.

    D3Viewpoint: Through the portal

    The plaza sculpture framed by a dark stone portal, with 'Through the portal' in the status line at the bottom of the FreeWRL window.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Siliconfreewrl-landing.wrl1280 × 853Open image file

    D3Viewpoint: Through the portal

    The same world at another viewpoint, Through the portal.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Siliconfreewrl-landing.wrlcaptured 2026-10-02

  • A cube-shaped grid of hundreds of small see-through cones in many colours, from blue and pink to yellow and orange, on a black background, seen at an angle in the FreeWRL window.

    D4An old test world: transparent cones

    A cube-shaped grid of hundreds of small see-through cones in many colours, from blue and pink to yellow and orange, on a black background, seen at an angle in the FreeWRL window.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Silicon33.wrl (test corpus)1280 × 853Open image file

    D4An old test world: transparent cones

    A world from FreeWRL's old test set: hundreds of see-through cones.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 beta 2 · macOS, Apple Silicon33.wrl (test corpus)captured 2026-10-02

Linux, Ubuntu 24.04

  • The FreeWRL application window on the Ubuntu desktop, with its title bar and window controls, showing the same plaza world.

    D5The FreeWRL window on Ubuntu 24.04

    The FreeWRL application window on the Ubuntu desktop, with its title bar and window controls, showing the same plaza world.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 · Ubuntu 24.04freewrl-landing.wrl1280 × 847Open image file

    D5The FreeWRL window on Ubuntu 24.04

    The FreeWRL window on the Ubuntu desktop, built from source.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 · Ubuntu 24.04freewrl-landing.wrlcaptured 2026-10-01

  • Four lit shapes on a grey floor in FreeWRL: a blue box, a pale yellow sphere, a cyan cone and a dark grey cylinder.

    D6An X3D file: Box, Sphere, Cone, Cylinder

    Four lit shapes on a grey floor in FreeWRL: a blue box, a pale yellow sphere, a cyan cone and a dark grey cylinder.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 · Ubuntu 24.04four-primitives.x3d1280 × 800Open image file

    D6An X3D file: Box, Sphere, Cone, Cylinder

    An X3D file with the four basic shapes.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 · Ubuntu 24.04four-primitives.x3dcaptured 2026-10-01

  • The plaza world turned to one side after dragging with the mouse: the sculpture is seen from a new angle, with a beam in the foreground.

    D7EXAMINE: drag to turn the world

    The plaza world turned to one side after dragging with the mouse: the sculpture is seen from a new angle, with a beam in the foreground.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 · Ubuntu 24.04freewrl-landing.wrl1280 × 800Open image file

    D7EXAMINE: drag to turn the world

    The plaza world, turned with a mouse drag.

    FreeWRL 6.7.0 · Ubuntu 24.04freewrl-landing.wrlcaptured 2026-10-01

Both are the same program with the same window and button bar. Short clips of opening a world from Finder, turning it and changing viewpoints are on the Use page.

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Windows, Android, iOS

Nobody maintains these builds now. The last upstream Windows and Android builds are still on the SourceForge project. They are old, and this site does not test them.

The Windows project files are still in the source tree. If you want to bring a platform back, see how to help.

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Earlier releases

TagPublishedFileSHA-256
v6.7.0-macos-beta.22026-09-27FreeWRL-6.7.0-macos-arm64-beta.2.zipf91f108c6d9ba75d0a4cdae7cfa171c83ca1c0888acc673b74766961dce002ca
v6.7.0-macos-beta.12026-09-27FreeWRL-6.7.0-macos-arm64-beta.1.zipe0438504588ee8922fc81aa2f9effbd0b590b39dc110b2581a57781031a72a4e

Release list taken from GitHub Releases. All releases on GitHub.