Modly

Modly is a free local AI app for turning a photo into a 3D model. It is built for creators who want to generate meshes without using a cloud service, and it runs offline on the user’s GPU.

The app takes an image as input, automatically removes the background, and reconstructs 3D geometry with local neural inference. It includes a built-in 3D viewer for previewing results, and it supports organizing generations into collections within a workspace. Modly also describes its output as detailed 3D meshes ready for use in Blender, Unity, Unreal, or other 3D software.

Export formats listed for the app are GLB, OBJ, STL, and PLY. The page explicitly ties GLB to game engines, STL to 3D printing, and OBJ to Blender. It says no internet is required, no cloud is involved, and nothing is uploaded; all inference happens locally on an NVIDIA GPU. The software is described as open source, lightweight, and hackable, with the ability to swap the model, modify the pipeline, and integrate other tools.

The page names several audiences for the tool: indie game developers, 3D printing enthusiasts, 3D artists and sculptors, product designers, VFX and motion designers, and AI and ML researchers. It also says the app has no account, no credits, and no subscription. A GitHub link is shown, and the interface references downloads, Discord, and a blog, but the core product description remains a local, offline image-to-3D generator.