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• 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.

• buildwithchrome - Build a LEGO model on a 32 x 32 baseplate and share it with everybody on a world map.
• Mecabricks - Build your 3D LEGO models online.

• 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.

• Holly-Wood.it - Tutorials, utilities and software add-ons for LDraw.

• BrickMosaic - Transform a photo to a bricks mosaic (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
• brickowl2rebrickable - Tool to convert BrickOwl orders to Rebrickable CSV files (Windows, Linux, MacOS).
• BrickUtils - Tool to build your brick catalog and check if you can build a model created with LDD or LDraw.
• 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).
• LDMakeList - Tool to create the list of available LDraw parts (Windows).
• 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).
• LEGOCAD Loader - Python script that creates parts lists from LEGOLDD/LXF, LDR, MPD files (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.
• rioforce/LEGO-Textures - Textures scanned from real LEGO bricks.
• seankross/lego - R data package featuring every LEGO set from 1970 to 2014

• Airfix - Quickbuild push-together model kits.
• best-lock
• 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.

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

• BrickLink - Unofficial LEGO Marketplace.
• BrickOwl - Marketplace to buy and sell LEGO parts, minifigures and sets.
• brickpicker - LEGO price and investing guide.
• Brick Shop - Online shop for bricks and sets.
• LEGO Shop - Official LEGO online store.

• 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 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.

• 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

• bitbeam - LEGO technic compatible wooden beams.
• Funky 3D Faces - Create a miniature version of a real head to fit it on minifigures.

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

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

• Legoism - Blog about LEGO.

• 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?

• Brickit - App to scan your LEGO bricks and find build instructions.
• Chocolate Carving Pantograph - Carve graphics in small chocolate tiles.
• Domino row building machine
• LEGO 3D Printer - Building manual for 3D printer made of LEGO bricks.
• Lego Music - Tangible UI to create music from an arrangement of LEGO bricks.
• MILS System - Modular integrated Landscaping System.
• Motorized Pop-Up Book Stand
• myphotonics - Blueprints for optic and photonic equipment built with LEGO.
• 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.