Add your VOX file
Drop one or more .vox files onto the converter above, or browse for them. They load into browser memory only — nothing is uploaded, so there is no size-based pricing and no server queue.
VOX to GLTF
Converting a .vox mesh to .gltf rewrites the same triangles for a different toolchain. Free, private, and validated — the file never leaves your browser.
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Drop VOX files here
Batch files can each use a different output. Nothing uploads for local conversions.
Working inputs include camera RAW, browser-local audio/video, PDF, CBZ/CBR comics, office documents, ebooks, markup, 3D models, structured text, images, and archives.About converting MagicaVoxel model to glTF mesh
Converting a .vox mesh to .gltf rewrites the same triangles for a different toolchain. A .vox file is a compact chunked voxel model, best known as MagicaVoxel's native format. Instead of arbitrary triangle surfaces it stores occupied integer grid cells and palette indices, which a renderer turns into visible cube faces.
A .gltf file is the JSON form of Khronos glTF 2.0: it describes nodes, meshes, accessors, and buffer references in text, often pairing with external .bin buffers or embedding them as data: URIs. It is the editable, inspectable sibling of binary .glb. For this route the practical draw is human-readable scene description and same data model as GLB, so round-trips are straightforward — balanced against external buffer URIs make a lone .gltf file incomplete, which is worth knowing before you commit a large batch.
Why convert VOX to GLTF?
The practical trigger for this conversion is usually a mismatch: with .vox, not a general polygon scene format. Switching to .gltf buys you human-readable scene description, which is why it is the better fit for inspecting or hand-editing mesh package structure. Because the conversion runs locally, trying it costs nothing but a few seconds of compute on your own machine.
VOX vs GLTF at a glance
| Aspect | MagicaVoxel model (.vox) | glTF mesh (.gltf) |
|---|---|---|
| Format type | Lossless — every pixel or sample is preserved exactly | Vector — resolution-independent geometry instead of pixels |
| How it stores data | vOX begins with the four-byte VOX signature and a little-endian version number | uTF-8 JSON with required asset.version 2.0 and optional scenes, nodes, meshes, accessors, bufferViews, and buffers |
| Strongest at | opening MagicaVoxel assets in a conventional 3D workflow | inspecting or hand-editing mesh package structure |
| Weak spot | not a general polygon scene format | external buffer URIs make a lone .gltf file incomplete |
| Metadata | occupied geometry is preserved; palette colours and scene-layer metadata are flattened or omitted by geometry-only targets | copyright and generator strings sit under asset; application-specific data is commonly stored in extras |
Pick GLTF as the output
Select .gltf in the output menu next to each file. The menu only offers targets this engine can genuinely produce, so if GLTF is selectable, the route is real and validated.
Convert on your device
Press Convert. The mesh is parsed, retriangulated where needed, and rewritten locally with full validation.
Verify and download
Each result is signature-checked before the download unlocks, so a failed encode can never masquerade as a valid GLTF file. Outputs keep the original filename with the .gltf extension.
VOX to GLTF questions, answered
Will converting VOX to GLTF lose quality?
Since vox is lossless-oriented and gltf is vector-oriented, the conversion preserves the source content exactly as stored; no additional compression pass is applied beyond what .gltf itself requires.
Is it private to convert VOX files here?
Yes — the .vox file is processed inside your browser tab and never uploaded. The mesh is parsed, retriangulated where needed, and rewritten locally with full validation. Close the tab and the file is gone from memory.
Where will the GLTF file work?
The same ecosystem that reads .glb generally reads .gltf, provided referenced buffers resolve. Browser viewers, Blender, and engine importers expect either embedded data URIs or co-located .bin files.
Will the GLTF file be bigger or smaller than my VOX?
It depends on the content: uTF-8 JSON with required asset.version 2.0 and optional scenes, nodes, meshes, accessors, bufferViews, and buffers. Convert one representative file first and compare before batch-processing a large set.
What happens to the metadata in my VOX file?
In .vox, occupied geometry is preserved; palette colours and scene-layer metadata are flattened or omitted by geometry-only targets. Re-encoding through the browser pipeline does not carry embedded metadata into the output, which doubles as a privacy scrub — check the exported file if you specifically need tags preserved.