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CloudCompare
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Homepage: http://www.cloudcompare.org/
[](https://github.com/cloudcompare/trunk/releases)
[](https://travis-ci.org/CloudCompare/CloudCompare)
[](https://coderelease.io/github/repository/CloudCompare/CloudCompare)
Introduction
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CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud (and triangular mesh) processing software.
It was originally designed to perform comparison between two 3D points clouds
(such as the ones obtained with a laser scanner) or between a point cloud and a
triangular mesh. It relies on an octree structure that is highly optimized for
this particular use-case. It was also meant to deal with huge point
clouds (typically more than 10 millions points, and up to 120 millions with 2 Gb
of memory).
More on CloudCompare [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CloudCompare)
Compilation
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Supported OS: Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X
Refer to the [BUILD.md file](BUILD.md) for up-to-date information.
Basically, you have to:
- clone this repository
- install mandatory dependencies (OpenGL, etc.) and optional ones if you really need them
(mainly to support particular file formats, or for some plugins)
- launch CMake (from the trunk root)
- enjoy!
Contributing to CloudCompare
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If you want to help us improve CloudCompare or create a new plugin you can start by reading this [guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)
Supporting the project
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If you want to help us in another way, you can make donations via [donorbox](https://donorbox.org/support-cloudcompare)
Thanks!
<a href='https://donorbox.org/support-cloudcompare' target="_blank"><img src="https://d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net/button-medium-blue.png"></a>
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