About <model-viewer>
<model-viewer> is an open-source web component developed by Google and maintained through GitHub. <model-viewer> aims at putting 3D content on the web easily with a few lines of HTML code. This was first introduced with Chrome 72 in July 2019 and enables users to view 3D in the browser and mobile devices.
How many people use <model-viewer>
GitHub · npm- #1
A-Frame18k - #2<model-viewer>8.2k
1.4M npm downloads, last 30 days
#2 of 2 Augmented reality we have counts for (of 20) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is A-Frame at 18k · as of August 30, 2026
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