Free CC0 3D models for three.js (GLB, no credit needed)
24 free CC0 models for three.js from the 351 in the paprika3d asset library (CC0), as meshopt GLB files: each with its author, license, credit line, triangles and file size, and the asset_search call that fetches it.
What the library holds
The paprika3d asset library holds 351 CC0 models among its 57,732 models. All 351 are CC0, which asks nothing of you, not even a credit.
344 of the 351 pass the library's quality checks: textured (or drawn in vertex colours, for a low-poly or voxel model), not flat, at most 15 MB, with a name, a description and a real-world height. Among those, the median model has 62,900 triangles, with the middle half between 51,500 and 112,600, and the median file is 0.61 MB, with nine in ten at most 1.3 MB. The median one stands 0.25 m tall at real size. None carries a texture over 1024 px. 4 are animated. The most common styles are scanned (204), realistic (139) and stylized (1).
CC0 models in a three.js scene
These 351 models are all CC0: no credit is required, and you may change and sell them. asset_search still writes a line to CREDITS.md with each pick, which you can keep as a courtesy or delete.
Most come from museum collections: 204 are scans and 139 realistic models of vessels, tools, insects and statues, with no rigged models and 4 animated. They are dense, with a median of 62,900 triangles, so a gallery of several should be checked with model_audit and paced with perf.
A museum piece shows well on a turntable: OrbitControls with autoRotate, an environment map for soft light, and the camera framed to the model's bounds from new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(model). The median object is 0.25 m tall, so set the camera's near plane small enough for a close look. look with target pictures one model from several sides.
Fetch one and load it
With the paprika3d plugin in Claude Code, or its MCP server in any other agent, the agent searches the library in words or picks a model by the id on its card. pick downloads the file into the project's assets/ folder (public/assets/ under vite), adds the credit line to assets/CREDITS.md and answers with the code that loads it at real size. Give cwd, the project folder, as with every paprika3d tool.
asset_search {"query": "cc0", "cwd": "."}
asset_search {"pick": "160b5a18fa994fcdb4bef96e5c1f1c4a", "cwd": "."}
Every file is a binary glTF (.glb) compressed with meshopt, so GLTFLoader needs the meshopt decoder that ships with three.js. The origin sits at the bottom centre of each model, so it stands on the floor where you place it:
import * as THREE from 'three';
import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
import { MeshoptDecoder } from 'three/addons/libs/meshopt_decoder.module.js';
const loader = new GLTFLoader().setMeshoptDecoder(MeshoptDecoder);
const gltf = await loader.loadAsync('assets/goddess-sekhmet-1320-656-bce-160b5a.glb');
scene.add(gltf.scene);
24 CC0 models to start from
Chosen from the 344 that pass the checks: the ones agents picked most through asset_search first, then the ones whose name says what they are, then lighter files, with at most 2 per author. All are CC0.
Goddess Sekhmet, 1320-656 BCE by Minneapolis Institute of Art
CC0 · 53,980 triangles · 0.539 MB · realistic · 0.5 m tallasset_search {"pick": "160b5a18fa994fcdb4bef96e5c1f1c4a"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Goddess Sekhmet, 1320-656 BCE" by Minneapolis Institute of Art (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/160b5a18fa994fcdb4bef96e5c1f1c4a) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Mikiphone pocket phonograph by Virtual Museums of Małopolska
CC0 · 77,689 triangles · 0.677 MB · realistic · 0.2 m tallasset_search {"pick": "8c621ade8ba145c888e13dc12c560701"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Mikiphone pocket phonograph" by Virtual Museums of Małopolska (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8c621ade8ba145c888e13dc12c560701) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Head of a Deva, 1181-1218 CE by Minneapolis Institute of Art
CC0 · 62,620 triangles · 0.629 MB · scanned · 0.4 m tallasset_search {"pick": "053ca510913d44cb9c9b3d4c0fc543a1"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Head of a Deva, 1181-1218 CE" by Minneapolis Institute of Art (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/053ca510913d44cb9c9b3d4c0fc543a1) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Clay bowl by Virtual Museums of Małopolska
CC0 · 45,244 triangles · 0.355 MB · scanned · 0.08 m tall · animatedasset_search {"pick": "80d295fafda644479918ad9c942bd1b7"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Clay bowl" by Virtual Museums of Małopolska (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/80d295fafda644479918ad9c942bd1b7) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Aysana Inca del norte de Chile by Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile
CC0 · 45,320 triangles · 0.339 MB · realistic · 0.2 m tallasset_search {"pick": "a03ddf2d2edd48138ea0173f47461b40"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Aysana Inca del norte de Chile" by Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/a03ddf2d2edd48138ea0173f47461b40) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Escudilla Inca local by Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile
CC0 · 38,850 triangles · 0.318 MB · realistic · 0.08 m tallasset_search {"pick": "7767812b526644fb9ef799ef0200d92b"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Escudilla Inca local" by Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/7767812b526644fb9ef799ef0200d92b) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Geochelone carbonaria by The Smithsonian Institution
CC0 · 95,494 triangles · 1.418 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tallasset_search {"pick": "0bc47e68d77243efa50a22b881970626"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Geochelone carbonaria" by The Smithsonian Institution (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0bc47e68d77243efa50a22b881970626) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Mosquito spray by Science Museum Group
CC0 · 15,814 triangles · 0.244 MB · realistic · 0.5 m tallasset_search {"pick": "191bb98ce6fe48a994d87f9d14fe34cc"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Mosquito spray" by Science Museum Group (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/191bb98ce6fe48a994d87f9d14fe34cc) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Chorthippus biguttulus by Digital Archive of Natural History (DiNArDa)
CC0 · 65,725 triangles · 0.461 MB · scanned · 0.02 m tallasset_search {"pick": "c6477f41cdea42e89acd2b9352562c42"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Chorthippus biguttulus" by Digital Archive of Natural History (DiNArDa) (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c6477f41cdea42e89acd2b9352562c42) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Gastropod: Patella sp. (PRI 76781) by Digital Atlas of Ancient Life
CC0 · 99,256 triangles · 0.589 MB · scanned · 0.05 m tallasset_search {"pick": "8a4fa265227e46489bca9739d71e8542"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Gastropod: Patella sp. (PRI 76781)" by Digital Atlas of Ancient Life (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8a4fa265227e46489bca9739d71e8542) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Green glazed pot by The Hunt Museum
CC0 · 54,499 triangles · 0.445 MB · realistic · 0.2 m tallasset_search {"pick": "e4be46fed8634b35a3d4af8d881e5436"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Green glazed pot" by The Hunt Museum (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e4be46fed8634b35a3d4af8d881e5436) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Side Chair by The Smithsonian Institution
CC0 · 96,674 triangles · 1.384 MB · stylized · 0.95 m tallasset_search {"pick": "9c7f1f712edc4b3196e8dcca39a9a537"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Side Chair" by The Smithsonian Institution (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9c7f1f712edc4b3196e8dcca39a9a537) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Jug by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
CC0 · 74,274 triangles · 0.578 MB · realistic · 0.25 m tallasset_search {"pick": "d1fe37e659c84bacbbfeb54ab2fbbd6e"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Jug" by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d1fe37e659c84bacbbfeb54ab2fbbd6e) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Figure of a Girl (Egyptian) by The Hunt Museum
CC0 · 39,786 triangles · 0.381 MB · realistic · 0.4 m tallasset_search {"pick": "bb121208ee9a489ca44d1b60c080f8ec"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Figure of a Girl (Egyptian)" by The Hunt Museum (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/bb121208ee9a489ca44d1b60c080f8ec) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Türkise Schale mit Blume by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
CC0 · 62,912 triangles · 0.408 MB · realistic · 0.09 m tallasset_search {"pick": "71b77cbc60ef41279f142d3b7be6bf90"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Türkise Schale mit Blume" by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/71b77cbc60ef41279f142d3b7be6bf90) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
2012.32 Vessel with Battle Scene by Cleveland Museum of Art
CC0 · 23,032 triangles · 0.312 MB · realistic · 0.15 m tallasset_search {"pick": "f8f40b8fc1bd45e187ca475e423620b8"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "2012.32 Vessel with Battle Scene" by Cleveland Museum of Art (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/f8f40b8fc1bd45e187ca475e423620b8) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Safety Flame Lamp from the Shale Oil Museum by Scottish Maritime Museum
CC0 · 24,854 triangles · 0.469 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tallasset_search {"pick": "643da293172e4d84b504d3d99f8e0df8"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Safety Flame Lamp from the Shale Oil Museum" by Scottish Maritime Museum (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/643da293172e4d84b504d3d99f8e0df8) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse by Scottish Maritime Museum
CC0 · 37,036 triangles · 0.484 MB · scanned · 0.25 m tallasset_search {"pick": "8063692b097e48329a7f78069557f92c"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse" by Scottish Maritime Museum (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8063692b097e48329a7f78069557f92c) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Aureus de Caligula by Musée Saint-Raymond
CC0 · 398 triangles · 0.493 MB · realistic · 0.002 m tallasset_search {"pick": "d484dc681b8a46b0969287f5e89b488d"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Aureus de Caligula" by Musée Saint-Raymond (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d484dc681b8a46b0969287f5e89b488d) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Pine cone 2 by Digital Archive of Natural History (DiNArDa)
CC0 · 85,640 triangles · 0.623 MB · scanned · 0.1 m tallasset_search {"pick": "7982178a74c24bfcbfa51af8cc726494"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Pine cone 2" by Digital Archive of Natural History (DiNArDa) (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/7982178a74c24bfcbfa51af8cc726494) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Teapot by Världskulturmuseerna
CC0 · 93,230 triangles · 0.611 MB · realistic · 0.2 m tallasset_search {"pick": "d9dba4e568cc4f6786febf6dc1fef91d"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Teapot" by Världskulturmuseerna (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/d9dba4e568cc4f6786febf6dc1fef91d) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Pressure Tap by The Cable Center
CC0 · 49,708 triangles · 0.344 MB · realistic · 0.1 m tallasset_search {"pick": "8746a243213e4b0ca1657d198a7b645d"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Pressure Tap" by The Cable Center (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/8746a243213e4b0ca1657d198a7b645d) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Голубь римский белый | Dove Roman white by darwinmuseum.ru
CC0 · 41,974 triangles · 0.421 MB · scanned · 0.3 m tallasset_search {"pick": "cc36e7c5445a4270b301f7ef938e671a"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Голубь римский белый | Dove Roman white" by darwinmuseum.ru (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/cc36e7c5445a4270b301f7ef938e671a) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
Lion Statue - optimized by Thomas Flynn
CC0 · 28,304 triangles · 0.562 MB · realistic · 1.5 m tallasset_search {"pick": "62662d27c94d4994b2479b8de3a66ca7"}
CC0, no credit needed. Optional credit: "Lion Statue - optimized" by Thomas Flynn (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/62662d27c94d4994b2479b8de3a66ca7) is licensed under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
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Counts from the library's catalog on 2026-10-28. The models are their authors' work under the license on each card; paprika3d converted them for the web.