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STL Browser

A Photos.app-style macOS desktop browser for previewing 3D-printing files (.stl, .3mf, .obj).

Desktop · 3D · Tooling — 2026

Client: Personal project
Year: 2026
Role: Concept · design · development
Services: Desktop app development, 3D rendering, UI design
Technologies: Rust, Tauri 2, React 19, TypeScript, Three.js, Tailwind CSS, Zustand, SQLite

3D Browser renders thumbnails straight from the local mesh files and presents them in a virtualized grid, with metadata and a detail viewer with orbit, pan and zoom. Lighting can be set as needed.

The backend is Rust with Tauri 2 (tokio, rusqlite, notify, blake3); the frontend is React 19 with react-three-fiber and Three.js. Version 1 targets Apple Silicon.