Awesome LEGO

A curated list of awesome LEGO software, archives, links, and other resources.

Contents

• CAD
• Online Editors
• Archives
• Resources
• Software Libraries
• Competitors
• Links
• Marketplace
• Models
• Model Conversion
• Add-ons
• YouTube Channels
• Books
• Blogs
  • Articles
• Games
• Build Manuals

CAD

• bluebrick - Layout editor for LEGO exhibitions (Windows).
• bricklink studio - Build, render, and create instructions.
• bricksmith - Virtual LEGO modeling (macOS).
• konstruktor - A LDraw-compatible CAD (Linux, Windows, macOS).
• ldcad - LDCad is a multiplatform LDraw (virtual LEGO) editor that lets you edit LDraw model documents in real-time.
• ldraw - Open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes.
• leocad - A CAD program for creating virtual LEGO models.
• lpub 4 - Program to produce step by step building instructions for LEGO models created using the LDraw file format.
• mlcad - CAD program to create LEGO like building instructions.
• openldraw - CAD program for designing LEGO MOCs.
• toybrick - OpenSCAD module to create bricks.
• web lic - Create instruction books from LDraw models.

Online Editors

• mecabricks - Build your 3D LEGO models online.

Archives

• brickfact - LEGO database with price charts.
• brickset - Your LEGO set guide.
• rebrickable - Combine your LEGO sets to create other sets.
• brickipedia - A collaboratively written free online LEGO wiki.
  • customs - Content made by its own contributors.
  • stories - LEGO fan-fiction.
  • ideas - Collection of LEGO ideas.
• lugnet - International LEGO Users Group Network and global community of LEGO enthusiasts.
• peeron - Partial listing of the parts in official LEGO sets.
• unofficial minifigure catalog - App with information about all minifigures and sets from 1975 to 2015.
• let's build it again - Online LEGO building instructions.

Resources

• awesome-lego-machine-learning - A curated list of awesome LEGO machine learning resources.
• holly-wood.it - Tutorials, utilities and software add-ons for LDraw.
• brickhub - A place for sharing LEGO building instructions.

Software Libraries

• brickowl2rebrickable - Tool to convert brickowl orders to rebrickable CSV files (Windows, Linux, macOS).
• ld pattern creator - Vector based texture editor for decorated LDraw parts (Windows). Exports a list of bricks as a BrickLink XML file (Windows, Linux, macOS).
• ldd to ai swatches - Script to convert LEGO Digital Designer Materials to Adobe Illustrator Color Swatches (ASE).
• ldr importer - App to import LDraw and LDraw compatible parts and models into Blender (including proper mesh and materials) (Windows, Linux, macOS).
• ldraw.rs - Library for manipulating and rendering LDraw model files in Rust.
• ldview - Real-time 3D viewer for LDraw models (Windows, Linux, macOS).
• legofy - Make images look as if they are made out of 1x1 LEGO bricks.
• lsynth - Tool to add complicated flexible hoses, bands, chains, and treads to the LDraw files you make with LDraw CADs (Windows, macOS).
• minifig svg decals - Collection of SVG files for use as decals on minifigs.
• milsgen terraforming - Workflow & script to create large scale landscapes from MILSgen terrain modules.
• natejacobs/brickset-api - Get LEGO set information using the Brickset API.
• node ldraw - Node.js library to parse an LDraw file.
• node move hub - Node.js library to communicate with the LEGO Boost Move Hub.
• pyldraw3 - A modern Python package for creating and manipulating LDraw format files.
• rioforce/lego-textures - Textures scanned from real LEGO bricks.
• seankross/lego - R data package featuring every LEGO set from 1970 to 2014.
• ldr_wgpu - A Rust LDraw renderer using WGPU.

Competitors

• Airfix - Quickbuild push-together model kits.
• Brik.co - Laptop cases and wall tiles covered with LEGO compatible studs.
• Flexo - Flexible brick system.
• Makeblock - Various building blocks for robotic kits.
• Mega Bloks
• Minifigures.com - Special minifigure designs and service to order custom made minifigures.

Links

• rebrickable.com/about - Link collection at the bottom of the page.
• bricks stackexchange - Question and answer site for LEGO and building block enthusiasts.

Marketplace

• bricklink - Unofficial LEGO Marketplace.
• brickowl - Marketplace to buy and sell LEGO parts, minifigures and sets.
• brickpicker - LEGO price and investing guide.
• LEGO shop - Official LEGO online store.

Models

• fuddl/brickdock - A Dock compatible with the iPhone 5 made from LEGO bricks.
• braiding machine - Powered by a single motor and makes ropes & wristband.
• LEGO harpsichord - Life-sized, fully functional harpsichord built from LEGO bricks.
• LEGO A4 plotter - 2D plotter made with LEGO Technic and Mindstorms.
• LegoMicroscope - Simple to build microscope with no need for precision optics or 3D printed parts.

Model Conversion

• brickify - Converts STL files to LEGO and 3D-printed parts.
• brickr - Implementation of the paper "Automatic Generation of Constructable Brick Sculptures" (Eurographics 2013).
• lsculpt - Triangle mesh to LDraw file converter.
• milsgen - Converts heightmaps to LDraw .ldr files.

Add-ons

• bitbeam - LEGO technic compatible wooden beams.
• brickpi - Kit to replace NXT/EV3 with the Raspberry Pi for more functionality.
• pybricks - Python and Block coding for LEGO hubs, full control of motors and sensors.

YouTube Channels

• LEGO - Official LEGO channel.
• akiyuky - Various LEGO technic contraptions.
• mlchaelhlckoxfilms - Stop motion LEGO videos.

Books

• 1000 Laser-Hacks for MAKER - German book series about photonic experiments with LEGO.
• minifigure.org - Several books about minifigures.

Blogs

• reids4fun - Reid's For Fun.
• bldesign - Bram's LEGO Site.
• bricknerd - BrickNerd.

Articles

• Price history of LEGO sets
• State of the art of 3D printing LEGO bricks
• Has LEGO ever been used in an assembly line or a manufacturing process?

Games

• manic miners - Remake of the 1999 LEGO Rock Raiders PC game.
• the research realm - Community for LEGO game preservation, fan projects, and archives.

Build Manuals

• brickit - App to scan your LEGO bricks and find build instructions.
• chocolate carving pantograph - Carve graphics in small chocolate tiles.
• domino row building machine - Domino row building machine.
• LEGO 3D printer - Building manual for 3D printer made of LEGO bricks.
• LEGO building instructions - Official LEGO building instructions.
• LEGO music - Tangible UI to create music from an arrangement of LEGO bricks.
• mils system - Modular integrated Landscaping System.
• motorized pop-up book stand - Motorized Pop-Up Book Stand.
• myphotonics - Blueprints for optic and photonic equipment built with LEGO.
• nintendo switch experiments - Nintendo Switch experiments.
• star racer - Star Wars racing game.
• Ultimate LEGO soccer robot - Tech United robot built with LEGO Mindstorms.
• vortex candy launcher - Chocolate throwing machine.