XFractLab Alternatives

XFractLab is described as 'Program to render fractals using specialized formulas. Built in compiler lets you image a wide variety of fractals while maintaining high performance. Multithreaded renderer scales with any number of cores, allowing to use your machine to its full capabilities' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to XFractLab for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Android and iPhone apps. The best XFractLab alternative is ExploreFractals, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like XFractLab are Xaos, Sterling2, Ultra Fractal and Apophysis.

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  1. ExploreFractals

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    With this program you can test the effect of inflections / Julia morphings on the Mandelbrot set and some other fractal types. This works by transforming the plane and then actually rendering the fractal. Each click adds an inflection at the location of the cursor.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ExploreFractals screenshot 1
     

    • ExploreFractals is the most popular Windows alternative to XFractLab.

    • ExploreFractals is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to XFractLab.

    • ExploreFractals is Free and Open SourceXFractLab is Free and Proprietary
    • ExploreFractals is Privacy focusedXFractLab is not according to our users
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    Xaos

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    XaoS is an interactive fractal zoomer. It allows the user to continuously zoom in or out of a fractal in a fluid, continuous motion. This capability makes XaoS great for exploring fractals, and it’s fun!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • Xaos is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to XFractLab.

    • Xaos is Free and Open SourceXFractLab is Free and Proprietary
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    Sterling2

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    Sterling 2 is build on the grounds of Sterling, a fractal-generating commerial program written in 1999.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Ultra Fractal icon

    Ultra Fractal

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    Ultra Fractal is a fractal generation and rendering software application. The program works using a similar paradigm to Photoshop, allowing multiple layers to be combined using layer blending modes, transformations and custom fractal formulas.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     

    • Ultra Fractal is the most popular commercial alternative to XFractLab.

    • Ultra Fractal is Paid and ProprietaryXFractLab is Free and Proprietary
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    Apophysis

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    Apophysis is a fractal flame editor and renderer for Microsoft Windows. It was created by Mark Townsend by translating Scott Draves original C code into Delphi and adding a graphical user interface[citation needed].

    17 Apophysis alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. JWildfire icon

    JWildfire

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    Modern ui, soft developed and ugraded by andreas maschke for design 2d and 3d fractal flames. Very nice app and powerful.

    16 JWildfire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Chaoscope

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    Chaoscope is a 3D strange attractors rendering software. The word "Chaoscope" was invented by Ralph Abraham to describe computer tools used to help comprehending dynamic systems, a superset of the strange attractors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The application
     
  10. ChaosPro icon

    ChaosPro

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    Windows 95/98/NT fractal generation and exploration program with 3D, network, animation, 24 bit support, compatible to FractInt, compatible to UltraFractal (excluding UF class based formulas).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    QuickMAN

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    Download QuickMAN - Fast Mandelbrot Generator for free. QuickMAN is a Mandelbrot fractal generator with multicore support. ASM-optimized code reaches billions of iterations per second on fast CPUs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Interface
     
  12. Fractal Science Kit icon

    Fractal Science Kit

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    A fractal generator that can create almost any fractal.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Fraksl icon

    Fraksl

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    An Interactive Fractal Art Generator - Create mesmerizing fractal art with Fraksl.

    16 Fraksl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Fraksl screenshot 1
     

    • Fraksl is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to XFractLab.

    • Fraksl is Freemium and ProprietaryXFractLab is Free and Proprietary
  14. FractalPane - Generative Art icon

    FractalPane - Generative Art

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    FractalPane is a complex function plotter that can create stunning and varied pieces of generative art. If you aren't familiar with complex functions or numbers, that's alright! FractalPane will do all the heavy lifting for you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    A screenshot of FractalPane's function editor.
    A screenshot of an image generated by FractalPane.
    A screenshot of FractalPane's gallery.
     

    • FractalPane - Generative Art is the most popular Web-based alternative to XFractLab.

    • FractalPane - Generative Art is Free and ProprietaryXFractLab is also Free and Proprietary
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