fstl

A fast STL file viewer. Designed to quickly load and render very high-polygon models, showing 2 million triangles at 60+ FPS on a mid-range laptop.

Why this build?

Ubuntu 24.04 does not ship fstl in its repositories. This build provides:

Package details

Version0.11.1-6netlinux1-1
Architectureamd64
Componentmain
Download fstl_0.11.1-6netlinux1-1_amd64.deb
Upstream github.com/fstl-app/fstl
Source github.com/netlinux-ai/fstl

Command-line options

OptionDescription
--iso, --isometric Start with isometric view (Z up, Y away, X toward)
--ortho, --orthographic Start in orthographic projection mode
--perspective Start in perspective projection mode
--view <az,el> Set view angle as azimuth,elevation in degrees (e.g. --view 40,30)
--screenshot <file> Save screenshot to file and exit

The axes orientation widget and numerical Az/El readout are displayed by default.

Examples

# Open a file in isometric view with orthographic projection
fstl --iso --ortho model.stl

# Render a screenshot at a specific angle and exit
fstl --view 40,30 --screenshot render.png model.stl

# Batch render
for f in *.stl; do
  fstl --iso --ortho --screenshot "${f%.stl}.png" "$f"
done

Install

sudo apt install fstl

See the main page for repository setup instructions.