# Three.js Loaders

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-loaders/  
**Provider:** Three.js — https://apis.io/providers/threejs/  
**Documentation:** https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/loaders/Loader

Three.js Loaders is one of 6 APIs that [Three.js](https://apis.io/providers/threejs/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include 3D, Loaders, glTF, OBJ, and FBX. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

A family of asset loaders consumed via `three/addons/loaders/*` covering glTF/GLB (recommended), OBJ, FBX, Collada, STL, PLY, 3MF, USDZ, DRACO, KTX2, Basis, and HDR/EXR environment maps. Loaders read binary or text formats and produce Three.js scene graph objects ready to add to a `THREE.Scene`.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/loaders/Loader
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/tree/dev/examples/jsm/loaders
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/threejs/refs/heads/main/examples/threejs-gltf-scene-example.json

## Other Three.js APIs (5)

- [Three.js Core](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-core/)
- [Three.js Renderers (WebGL and WebGPU)](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-renderers/)
- [Three.js Controls and Helpers](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-controls/)
- [Three.js Post-Processing](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-postprocessing/)
- [Three.js Editor](https://apis.io/apis/threejs/threejs-editor/)

## Tags

3D, Loaders, glTF, OBJ, FBX, USDZ, Assets

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