Awesome LEGO

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



- CAD (#cad)
- Online Editors (#online-editors)
- Archives (#archives)
- Resources (#resources)
- Software Libraries (#software-libraries)
- Competitors (#competitors)
- Links (#links)
- Marketplace (#marketplace)
- Models (#models)
- Model Conversion (#model-conversion)
- Add-ons (#add-ons)
- YouTube Channels (#youtube-channels)
- Books (#books)
- Blogs (#blogs)
  - Articles (#articles)
- Build Manuals (#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.

BlueBrick : https://bluebrick.lswproject.com
BrickLink Studio : https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.page
bricksmith : https://bricksmith.sourceforge.net
Konstruktor : https://github.com/segfault87/Konstruktor
LDCad : https://www.melkert.net/LDCad
ldraw : https://ldraw.org
LeoCAD : https://leocad.org
LPub 4 : https://lpub4.sourceforge.net
mlcad : http://mlcad.lm-software.com/
openldraw : https://github.com/HazenBabcock/openldraw
Toybrick : https://github.com/joewalnes/toybrick
Web Lic : https://github.com/remig/web_lic


Online Editors

- 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.

buildwithchrome : https://www.buildwithchrome.com
Mecabricks : https://mecabricks.com


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.

Brickfact : https://brickfact.com
brickset : https://brickset.com
Rebrickable : https://rebrickable.com
brickipedia : https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Customs : https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Category:Customs
Stories : https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stories
Ideas : https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ideas
lugnet : https://lugnet.com
peeron : http://www.peeron.com/
Unofficial Minifigure Catalog : https://www.minifigure.org/application/
Let's build it again : https://letsbuilditagain.com


Resources

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

Holly-Wood.it : http://www.holly-wood.it/


Software Libraries

- 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

BrickMosaic : https://sourceforge.net/projects/brickmosaic/
brickowl2rebrickable : https://github.com/dgrant/brickowl2rebrickable
BrickUtils : https://sourceforge.net/projects/brickutils/
LD Pattern Creator : https://sourceforge.net/projects/patterncreator/
LDD to Ai Swatches : https://github.com/NickAb/ldd-to-ai-swatches
LDMakeList : https://code.google.com/p/ldmakelist/
LDR Importer : https://github.com/le717/LDR-Importer
LDraw.rs : https://github.com/segfault87/ldraw.rs
LDView : https://ldview.sourceforge.net
LEGOCAD Loader : https://github.com/someidiot/lego-cad-loader
Legofy : https://github.com/JuanPotato/Legofy
LSynth : https://lsynth.sourceforge.net
Minifig SVG Decals : https://github.com/jpgerdeman/minifig-svg-decals
MILSgen Terraforming : https://github.com/Unitron-Galactic/Tools-Workflows/tree/master/Terraforming%201
NateJacobs/Brickset-API : https://github.com/NateJacobs/Brickset-API
Node LDraw : https://github.com/jsonxr/node-ldraw
Node Move Hub : https://github.com/hobbyquaker/node-movehub
rioforce/LEGO-Textures : https://github.com/rioforce/LEGO-Textures
seankross/lego : https://github.com/seankross/lego


Competitors

- 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.

Airfix : https://uk.airfix.com/shop/quick-build
best-lock : http://www.best-lock.com/
Brik.co : https://www.brik.co
Flexo : https://www.flexo.nz
Makeblock : https://www.makeblock.com
Mega Bloks : https://megabloks.com
Minifigures.com : https://www.minifigures.com/


Links

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

rebrickable.com/about : https://rebrickable.com/about
bricks stackexchange : https://bricks.stackexchange.com


Marketplace

- 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.

BrickLink : https://bricklink.com
BrickOwl : https://brickowl.com
brickpicker : https://brickpicker.com
Brick Shop : https://brick-shop.de
LEGO Shop : https://shop.lego.com


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 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.

fuddl/BrickDock : https://github.com/fuddl/BrickDock
Braiding Machine : https://nico71.fr/braiding-machine-makes-wristband
Lego A4 Plotter : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGQu90EPVAM
LegoMicroscope : https://github.com/tobetz/LegoMicroscope


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

Brickify : https://github.com/ad-si/brickify
Brickr : https://lgg.epfl.ch/publications/2013/lego
LSculpt : https://code.google.com/archive/p/lsculpt
MILSgen : http://www.legoism.info/2013/12/milsgen.html


Add-ons

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

bitbeam : https://github.com/hugs/bitbeam
Funky 3D Faces : https://funky3dfaces.com


YouTube Channels

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

LEGO : https://youtube.com/user/LEGO
akiyuky : https://youtube.com/user/akiyuky
MlCHAELHlCKOXFilms : https://youtube.com/user/MlCHAELHlCKOXFilms


Books

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

laser-hacks : https://www.1000laserhacks.uni-osnabrueck.de/startseite.html
Minifigure.org : https://www.minifigure.org


Blogs

- Legoism  - Blog about LEGO.

Legoism : http://www.legoism.info


Articles

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

price-history : https://www.realityprose.com/what-happened-with-lego/
printing-bricks : https://hackaday.com/2017/09/08/ive-seen-the-future-and-its-full-of-freakin-huge-bricks/
asm : https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/11252


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 
- 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 motorized-book-stand 
- myphotonics  - Blueprints for optic and photonic equipment built with LEGO.
- Nintendo Switch experiments nintendo 
- Star Racer  - Star Wars racing game.
- Ultimate LEGO Soccer Robot ulsr  - Tech United robot
built with LEGO Mindstorms.
- Vortex Candy Launcher  - Chocolate throwing machine.

Brickit : https://brickit.app
Chocolate Carving Pantograph : https://woodgears.ca/pantograph/lego.html
domino : https://woodgears.ca/domino/
LEGO 3D Printer : https://www.instructables.com/id/LEGO-3d-Printer/
Lego Music : https://hackaday.io/project/161277-lego-music
MILS System : https://www.abellon.net/MILS/
motorized-book-stand : https://jkbrickworks.com/motorized-pop-up-book-stand/
myphotonics : https://www.ufp.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/education/myphotonics.html
nintendo : https://cargocollective.com/vimalpatel/nintendo-switch-experiments
Star Racer : https://tkelcreations.blogspot.com/2018/03/star-racer.html
ulsr : https://hackaday.com/2017/08/12/mindstorms-soccer-robot-inspired-by-real-soccer-robot/
Vortex Candy Launcher : https://jkbrickworks.com/vortex-candy-launcher/