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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 = 3.3.0
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2017|08|22}}
(contracted; show full)Modular programming|modular structure]], with a [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]] the rest of the render elements (scene loader, lights and shaders) must connect to. This, together with an [[Application Programming Interface|API]], allows for the development of rendering [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-ins]] to enable the use of YafaRay from any program or 3D suite. YafaRay-supported software includes [[Blender (software)|Blender]], [[Wings 3D]], and [[Aztec (software)|Aztec]].

;Cross-platform
:YafaRay was 
developedwritten in [[C++]]; this makes for good portability and there are [[Compiler|precompiled]] [[binaries]] for the most common platforms: [[GNU]]/[[Linux]], [[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 format. In this way it can be used directly from the [[command line]], called by a script, etc. There are also provisions for [[parallel computing|parallel]] and/or [[Distributed computing|distributed]] rendering.

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

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

==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]]