Header only C++ tiny glTF library(loader/saver).

TinyGLTF is a header only C++11 glTF 2.0 https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF library.

TinyGLTF uses Niels Lohmann's json library(https://github.com/nlohmann/json), so now it requires C++11 compiler. If you are looking for old, C++03 version, please use devel-picojson branch.

Status

v2.4.0 Experimental RapidJSON support. Experimental C++14 support(C++14 may give better performance)
v2.3.0 Modified Material representation according to glTF 2.0 schema(and introduced TextureInfo class)
v2.2.0 release(Support loading 16bit PNG. Sparse accessor support)
v2.1.0 release(Draco support)
v2.0.0 release(22 Aug, 2018)!

Builds

Features

Written in portable C++. C++-11 with STL dependency only.
- [x] macOS + clang(LLVM)
- [x] iOS + clang
- [x] Linux + gcc/clang
- [x] Windows + MinGW
- [x] Windows + Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or later.
  - Visual Studio 2013 is not supported since they have limited C++11 support and failed to compile json.hpp.
- [x] Android NDK
- [x] Android + CrystaX(NDK drop-in replacement) GCC
- [x] Web using Emscripten(LLVM)
Moderate parsing time and memory consumption.
glTF specification v2.0.0
- [x] ASCII glTF
- [x] Binary glTF(GLB)
- [x] PBR material description
Buffers
- [x] Parse BASE64 encoded embedded buffer data(DataURI).
- [x] Load .bin file.
Image(Using stb_image)
- [x] Parse BASE64 encoded embedded image data(DataURI).
- [x] Load external image file.
- [x] Load PNG(8bit and 16bit)
- [x] Load JPEG(8bit only)
- [x] Load BMP
- [x] Load GIF
- [x] Custom Image decoder callback(e.g. for decoding OpenEXR image)
Morph traget
- [x] Sparse accessor
Load glTF from memory
Custom callback handler
- [x] Image load
- [x] Image save
Extensions
- [x] Draco mesh decoding

Note on extension property

In extension(ExtensionMap), JSON number value is parsed as int or float(number) and stored as tinygltf::Value object. If you want a floating point value from tinygltf::Value, use GetNumberAsDouble() method.

IsNumber() returns true if the underlying value is an int value or a floating point value.

Examples

glview : Simple glTF geometry viewer.
validator : Simple glTF validator with JSON schema.
basic : Basic glTF viewer with texturing support.

Projects using TinyGLTF

px_render Single header C++ Libraries for Thread Scheduling, Rendering, and so on... https://github.com/pplux/px
Physical based rendering with Vulkan using glTF 2.0 models https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan-glTF-PBR
GLTF loader plugin for OGRE 2.1. Support for PBR materials via HLMS/PBS https://github.com/Ybalrid/Ogre_glTF
TinyGltfImporter plugin for Magnum, a lightweight and modular C++11/C++14 graphics middleware for games and data visualization.
Diligent Engine - A modern cross-platform low-level graphics library and rendering framework
Lighthouse 2: a rendering framework for real-time ray tracing / path tracing experiments. https://github.com/jbikker/lighthouse2
QuickLook GLTF - quicklook plugin for macos. Also SceneKit wrapper for tinygltf.
GlslViewer - live GLSL coding for MacOS and Linux
Your projects here! (Please send PR)

TODOs

[ ] Write C++ code generator which emits C++ code from JSON schema for robust parsing.
[ ] Mesh Compression/decompression(Open3DGC, etc)
- [x] Load Draco compressed mesh
- [ ] Save Draco compressed mesh
- [ ] Open3DGC?
[x] Support extensions and extras property
[ ] HDR image?
- [ ] OpenEXR extension through TinyEXR.
[ ] 16bit PNG support in Serialization
[ ] Write example and tests for animation and skin

Licenses

TinyGLTF is licensed under MIT license.

TinyGLTF uses the following third party libraries.

json.hpp : Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Niels Lohmann. MIT license.
base64 : Copyright (C) 2004-2008 René Nyffenegger
stb_image.h : v2.08 - public domain image loader - Github link
stb_image_write.h : v1.09 - public domain image writer - Github link

Build and example

Copy stb_image.h, stb_image_write.h, json.hpp and tiny_gltf.h to your project.

Loading glTF 2.0 model

// Define these only in *one* .cc file.
#define TINYGLTF_IMPLEMENTATION
#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
#define STB_IMAGE_WRITE_IMPLEMENTATION
// #define TINYGLTF_NOEXCEPTION // optional. disable exception handling.
#include "tiny_gltf.h"

using namespace tinygltf;

Model model;
TinyGLTF loader;
std::string err;
std::string warn;

bool ret = loader.LoadASCIIFromFile(&model, &err, &warn, argv[1]);
//bool ret = loader.LoadBinaryFromFile(&model, &err, &warn, argv[1]); // for binary glTF(.glb)

if (!warn.empty()) {
  printf("Warn: %s\n", warn.c_str());
}

if (!err.empty()) {
  printf("Err: %s\n", err.c_str());
}

if (!ret) {
  printf("Failed to parse glTF\n");
  return -1;
}

Compile options

TINYGLTF_NOEXCEPTION : Disable C++ exception in JSON parsing. You can use -fno-exceptions or by defining the symbol JSON_NOEXCEPTION and TINYGLTF_NOEXCEPTION to fully remove C++ exception codes when compiling TinyGLTF.
TINYGLTF_NO_STB_IMAGE : Do not load images with stb_image. Instead use TinyGLTF::SetImageLoader(LoadimageDataFunction LoadImageData, void *user_data) to set a callback for loading images.
TINYGLTF_NO_STB_IMAGE_WRITE : Do not write images with stb_image_write. Instead use TinyGLTF::SetImageWriter(WriteimageDataFunction WriteImageData, void *user_data) to set a callback for writing images.
TINYGLTF_NO_EXTERNAL_IMAGE : Do not try to load external image file. This option would be helpful if you do not want to load image files during glTF parsing.
TINYGLTF_ANDROID_LOAD_FROM_ASSETS: Load all files from packaged app assets instead of the regular file system. Note: You must pass a valid asset manager from your android app to tinygltf::asset_manager beforehand.
TINYGLTF_ENABLE_DRACO: Enable Draco compression. User must provide include path and link correspnding libraries in your project file.
TINYGLTF_NO_INCLUDE_JSON : Disable including json.hpp from within tiny_gltf.h because it has been already included before or you want to include it using custom path before including tiny_gltf.h.
TINYGLTF_NO_INCLUDE_STB_IMAGE : Disable including stb_image.h from within tiny_gltf.h because it has been already included before or you want to include it using custom path before including tiny_gltf.h.
TINYGLTF_NO_INCLUDE_STB_IMAGE_WRITE : Disable including stb_image_write.h from within tiny_gltf.h because it has been already included before or you want to include it using custom path before including tiny_gltf.h.
TINYGLTF_USE_RAPIDJSON : Use RapidJSON as a JSON parser/serializer. RapidJSON files are not included in TinyGLTF repo. Please set an include path to RapidJSON if you enable this featrure.
TINYGLTF_USE_CPP14 : Use C++14 feature(requires C++14 compiler). This may give better performance than C++11.

Saving gltTF 2.0 model

[ ] Buffers.
- [x] To file
- [x] Embedded
- [ ] Draco compressed?
[x] Images
- [x] To file
- [x] Embedded
[ ] Binary(.glb)

Running tests.

glTF parsing test

Setup

Python 2.6 or 2.7 required. Git clone https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Models to your local dir.

Run parsing test

After building loader_example, edit test_runner.py, then,

$ python test_runner.py

Unit tests

$ cd tests
$ make
$ ./tester
$ ./tester_noexcept

Third party licenses

json.hpp : Licensed under the MIT License http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Niels Lohmann http://nlohmann.me.
stb_image : Public domain.