Awesome TouchDesigner [](https://github.com/monkeymonk/awesome-touchdesigner)

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A curated collection of high-quality TouchDesigner resources for creators, artists, and developers. This list is regularly updated with tutorials, plugins, community projects, and inspiring works—all designed to help you push your creative boundaries.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction & Official Resources

Summary

TouchDesigner is a powerful visual development platform for real-time interactive multimedia content. This section offers essential starting points and official materials.

2. Learning Resources

Tutorials & Video Playlists

Tutorials

YouTube Channels

Playlists & Courses

Cheat Sheets & Guides

3. Projects, Tools, & Community Assets

To help you extend and customize TouchDesigner, this section combines plugins, tools, assets, and community projects into one integrated resource.

Plugins & Tools

  • TDAbleton — Sync TouchDesigner with Ableton Live for integrated audio-visual performance.
  • Spout — Windows framework for real-time video sharing between applications.
  • Syphon — macOS framework enabling real-time video output between applications.
  • Rust Plugins — Extend TouchDesigner functionality with plugins written in Rust.
  • Community Extensions — User-contributed custom operators and tools.
  • Pixel Maps (Artio) — Manage and manipulate pixel maps in your projects.
  • SOP To SVG Converter — Convert SOP data into SVG for vector graphics workflows.
  • Constraint Simulation Tool — Simulate dynamic constraints in TouchDesigner.
  • TD Script - Blender Add-on for TouchDesigner - Integrate Blender with TouchDesigner
  • MediaPipe - GPU Accelerated MediaPipe
  • GeoPix - GeoPix is a free and open source real-time lighting control and previz software.
  • TouchDiffusion - Real-time Stable Diffusion interactive generation with StreamDiffusion
  • RayTK - Raymarching shader toolkit
  • Simple Mixer - A Video mixer build in TouchDesigner.
  • touchFluid - Fluids in TouchDesigner and GLSL
  • touchfluids - Newtonian fluids in TouchDesigner
  • TDComfyUI - TouchDesigner interface for ComfyUI
  • TouchEngine-UE - The TouchEngine-UE plugin allows UE developers to load TouchDesigner components within UE while relying on the TouchEngine API.
  • Style Transfer - TensorFlow implementation of Neural Style Transfer in TouchDesigner
  • TDDiffusionAPI - TouchDesigner interface for AUTOMATIC1111
  • FunctionStore Tools - TouchDesigner workflow tools and UX improvements and more
  • Luminosity - Front-end for TouchDesigner aimed at providing operators with an efficient interface to perform, control, and distribute realtime media while retaining the open-ended programmability of TouchDesigner.
  • TD Completes Me - A Simple Auto Completion Engine for Touch Designer
  • ShaderBuilder - On the fly shader editing tool for TouchDesigner
  • PostEffects - PostEffects for TouchDesigner
  • Shader Park - Render Shader Park sculptures in TouchDesigner
  • Image and Video Abstraction - Real-time Flow-based Image and Video Abstraction in TouchDesigner.
  • ISF TouchDesigner - TouchDesigner component for working with ISF shader generators and filters
  • ShaderToyTouchdesigner - Convert Shader Toy code for Touchdesigner
  • TouchDesigner Shared Components — Repository of shared components and project files.
  • TDComponents - A whimsical collection of everyday TouchDesigner components
  • tektshared - Shared TouchDesigner components
  • TD Voronoi - JFA Voronoi Video Filter in TouchDesigner
  • TDDepthAnything - TouchDesigner implementation for Depth Anything and TensorRT monocular depth estimation.
  • StreamDiffusionTD — Real-time AI image generation using StreamDiffusion pipeline with SDXL and TensorRT support.
  • Terrain Tools — Game-engine-style environment creation with terrain shaders, volumetric fog, and boids system.
  • TouchPy — High-performance Python toolset with Vulkan/CUDA GPU-to-GPU zero-copy data transfers for ML pipelines.
  • TDYolo — YOLOv11 object detection with GPU acceleration on Windows (CUDA) and macOS (Metal).
  • TDNeuron — Native deep learning framework built entirely in GLSL shaders within TouchDesigner.

Assets & Marketplaces

  • All TD — Comprehensive library of community-shared assets.
  • ChopChopChop — Marketplace for curated TouchDesigner assets and components.
  • Palette — Community-contributed TouchDesigner components and tools.
  • The Tox Market — Online market for .tox files and complete projects.

4. Inspiration & Creative Techniques

Generative Art

Audio-Visual Integration

VJing

Community Projects & Repositories

5. Community & Social Engagement

Forums & Groups

Social Media & Showcases

6. Blogs, Articles & Media

7. Events, Meetups & Newsletters

Events & Meetups

Newsletter & Media

8. Artists & Studios

Studios

9. Other VJing Software

  • vvvv - A visual live-programming environment that takes you from rapid prototyping to final production.
  • VJAMM - A piano for sound and vision, audio visual performance software.
  • Zwobotmax.com - Play videos and create visuals right inside Ableton Live.
  • MilkDrop3 - MilkDrop 3.0, supports any audio source, double-preset (.milk2), loading presets based on beat detection and much more...
  • VDMX6 - The ultimate real-time video playground for macOS just got a whole lot more ultimate.
  • Resolume - Resolume is the industry-leading software for VJ’s around the world.
  • HeavyM - VJ software for projection mapping.
  • Modul8 - The pioneering macOS VJ application.
  • ArkaOS GrandVJ - VJ software for live video performance.
  • Synesthesia - The All-in-One Music Visual Solution.
  • Millumin - Complete solution to create Audiovisual Shows.
  • Lumen - Video Synthesis On Your Mac.
  • Quantum VJ HD - Simple glitch-style audio visualizer (video generator).
  • Noisedeck - An approachable, powerful video synth and a must-have for any creator's toolkit.
  • aNa - A live coding system for visuals.
  • GoVJ - Allows you to run your live visual mix, straight from your iPhone or iPad.
  • Magic - Fully-customizable and highly responsive visuals for live and recorded audio & MIDI.
  • Notch — Real-time 3D motion graphics and VFX for live events and broadcast.

10. Contributing & License

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Submit a pull request or open an issue to help improve and expand this list.

License

CC0