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YafaRay
{{Infobox software
| name = YafaRay
| logo =
| screenshot = Engine movingparts.jpg
| caption = A YafaRay rendering of [[piston engine]] parts modelled in [[Blender (software)|Blender]]
| developer = YafaRay developers
| latest_  release_  version = 3.4.1{{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest_  release_  date       = {{releasestart date and age|2020|04|08{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| status                 = Active
| programming language   = [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| operating system       = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]]
| genre = [[Raytracer]], [[plug-in (computing)|plug-in]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
| website  = {{URL|yafaray.org website is offline}}
}}

'''YafaRay''' (formerly '''YafRay''') is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]] program that uses an [[XML]] [[scene description language]]. There is a YafaRay addon for [[Blender (software)|Blender]] 2.78. The ray tracer is licensed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] (LGPL).

==History==
YafaRay's predecessor, '''YafRay''' ("Yet Another Free Raytracer"), was written by Alejandro Conty Estévez, and was first released in July 2002. The last version of that program was 0.0.9, which was released in 2006.  

Due to limitations of the original software design, the YafRay [[raytracer]] was completely rewritten by Mathias Wein. The first stable version of the new raytracer, given the name ''YafaRay'' 0.1.0, was released in October 2008. The latest stable version is 3.4.1 released in 2020.

==Features==

===Rendering===
;Global illumination
(contracted; show full), [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]]. YafaRay can be used as a stand-alone [[Rendering (computer graphics)|render engine]], using its own [[Scene description language|scene description format]]. In this way, it can be used directly from the [[command line]], it can be called by a [[Script programming language|script]], etc. There are also provisions for [[parallel computing|parallel]] and/or [[Distributed computing|distributed]] rendering.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

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* [[POV-Ray]], another free raytracer that is quite popular and has a longer history
* [[LuxRender]], a free ''unbiased'' rendering system
*[[Kerkythea]], a freeware rendering program that supports raytracing
*[[V-Ray|V-ray]], a commercial rendering engine

==External links==
{{Commons category|YafaRay}}
* {{Official website|http://www.yafaray.org/}}
* [https://github.com/YafaRay Source code]
* [http://yafaray.manojky.net/legacy/index_Rate.php Material Library]
* [http://yafaray.manojky.net Material Search]

{{3D software}}
{{Software in the Public Interest}}

[[Category:3D rendering software for Linux]]
[[Category:Free 3D graphics software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C++]]
[[Category:Global illumination software]]
[[Category:Rendering systems]]