3D printing websites

Thingiverse is a website dedicated to the sharing of user-created digital design files. Providing primarily free, open-source hardware designs licensed under the GNU General Public License or Creative Commons licenses, the site allows contributors to select a user license type for the designs that they share. 3D printers, laser cutters, milling machines and many other technologies can be used to physically create the files shared by the users on Thingiverse.

Shapeways, Inc. is a global, 3D printing marketplace and service company. Users design and upload 3D printable files, from which the company prints ordered objects for them, or for others. Users can have objects printed in over 55 materials and finishes, including plastics, precious metals, brass and bronze and, as of 2025, eight additive processes.