Inca
a free, open-source 3D app that works like Maya 2020
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HN · launched Oct 21, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 73%) · 1 view
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No It is a full Maya-class 3D suite with NURBS, polygon modeling, rigging, a path tracer, and dynamics. That takes years of specialized graphics and DCC engineering and cannot be produced in days or weeks by vibe coding.
What it would actually take: A real version needs a C++ core with a geometry kernel (half-edge or n-gon mesh structures, NURBS math), a dependency graph for construction history, a GPU viewport, and a path-tracing renderer. Building it would take a team of graphics and DCC specialists working for years, plus a Maya-compatible UI and command layer.
Discussion
1 comment analyzed.
Concerns raised: Unclear whether hypergraph/dependency nodes exist, Unclear if construction history is maintained
Feature requests: List of implemented nodes, Compatibility level with official nodes
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1244 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #943 of 1245 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 357 days after the earliest competitor.
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- rigsystem_maya · github · 2026-09-29 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Nasscad · hn · 2026-10-28 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- dioramas · github · 2026-09-30 · 218 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- meshybench · github · 2026-09-20 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.57