Software

Apollonian Sphere Fractal
Windows-based software for generating and visualizing the apollonian spheres.
http://www.geocities.com/thomas_r_bonner/fract/fract.htm

Aros Fractals
A free, high-resolution, true-color fractal program for Windows 95/NT, and Macintosh.
http://www.arosmagic.com/Fractals/

Artlandia
A Mathematica-based software for creating mathematical, and algorithmic art.
http://www.artlandia.com/

ArtMatic
Power Macintosh shareware generator that renders still and animated images.
http://www.artmatic.com/

Brazil Fractal Builder
A freeware IFS fractal program for Windows 95/NT.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1837/index_a.html

Chaoscope
Three-dimensional attractors rendering freeware for Windows. Provides 5 different rendering modes and 9 equations.
http://www.btinternet.com/~ndesprez/

ChaosPro
Freeware fractal generator. Can do 24 bit and 3D transforms, including Quaternions. Includes history of program, gallery and fractal theory information.
http://www.chaospro.de/

Chaotic Dynamic Systems
Interactive applets that show billiard dynamic system motion in various shaped tables. Addresses mathematical concept.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/chaos/index.html

Chaotic Processes Analyzer (CPA) Project
Downloadable software for calculating the correlation dimension of reconstructed attractor. Based on algorithms from the TISEAN project.
http://mekler.narod.ru/Science/CPA/eng_descr.htm

Creativity Software, Inc.
Offers generators, viewers, and merchandises. Includes images and movies.
http://www.creativitysoftware.com

Double Fractal
Freeware fractal ganerator that can export images as POVRay files.
http://www.schulers.com/fractal

Easy Fractal for Macintosh
Fractal Generator with real-time zoom and large variety of effects.
http://www.berkhan.de/easy/easyfrac.htm

Ephemera
A free screen saver for Windows 95/NT, which draws random IFS fractals, giving an ever-changing display of complex shapes.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9959/

µFrac
Distributed fractal explorer for mobile devices (phones and PDAs). Current supported platform is the J2ME, plus MIDP.
http://mu-j.com/mufrac/

Fractal Explorer
Freeware to generate fractal images and animations. Includes source codes and galleries.
http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/index.html

Fractal eXtreme
Win32 shareware program for exploration of the Mandelbrot set and other fractals.
http://www.cygnus-software.com/

The Fractal Farm
An on-line tool for viewing and breeding IFS fractal images.
http://www.davidaspitzley.org/FractalFarm/

Fractal Image Generator
Practice making fractals with this online tool. Features preview of image and dwell and frequency table.
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Frac/

Fractal Links - Amazing Seattle Fractals
Fractal art tutorials and free fractal software.
http://fractalarts.com/ASF/Fractal_Links.html

Fractal Morphing Screen Saver
Sscreensaver featuring morphing and deformation. Includes downloads, screenshots and contact.
http://www.sanapesoft.com/fractal-morphing-screen-saver.htm

Fractal Studio
Complex, quaternion and phase-plane raytracer, featuring many different lightning models. Includes mathematical background and downloads. [German, English]
http://www.fraktalstudio.de

Fractal terrain generation software
fracplanet is GPL-ed free software for generating fractal planets and terrain. It uses Qt and OpenGL.
http://www.bottlenose.demon.co.uk/share/fracplanet/index.htm

Fractalyse
Measures fractal dimension of image and curve with several methods. Includes documentation and related publications. [English, French]
http://www.fractalyse.org

Fractint
A freeware fractal generator, created for PC-compatible computers, to run under DOS and ported to Linux.
http://www.fractint.org/

FractSurf
Zoom through a library of fractals. Free download, Windows.
http://www.fractsurf.de/e_index2.html

Fracture: A fractal screensaver
Fracture is a screensaver for Mac OS X that can generate a wide variety of fractal images, including the Mandelbrot Set, Julia sets, Self-Squared Dragons, and Attraction Basin fractals.
http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Fracture.html

Fraqtive
Open source program for drawing Mandelbrot and Julia fractals using optimized navigation algorithms. Includes snapshots and features overview.
http://fraqtive.mimec.org

FUI
Functional User Interface - is a free, open-source program that allows the user to generate procedural textures, based on noise-based fractals.
http://www.geocities.com/djikster/FUI.html

Ghost Diagrams
Software for assembling sets of tiles. Includes samples and downloads.
http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/ghost-diagrams

Glito
A free explorer of 2D Iterated Function System fractals for GNU/Linux and Windows. Includes gallery and formula information.
http://emmanuel.debanne.free.fr/glito

Gnofract 4D
Four-dimensional, inter-relational Mandelbrot and Julia set generator. Includes gallery, manuals, mathematical concepts, downloads and contact information.
http://gnofract4d.sourceforge.net/

HOP
DOS/Windows shareware fractal generator and screensaver, based on Martin (Hopalong) and Gumowski/Mira attractors.
http://www.mpeters.de/mpeweb/hop/index.htm

Into the Mystic
Software to excite the imagination and help create intriguing two and three-dimensional images. Includes news, software, FAQs, gallery and contact.
http://www.mysticfractal.com

Java Lindenmayer Systems
Java desktop program rendering two-dimensional Lindemayer sets. Includes technical background, download, installation instructions and screenshots.
http://jlsystem.sourceforge.net/

LSysEdit
Creates fractal plant images from a few bytes of text. LSysEdit edits and views Lsystems, and saves the images created by them as .bmp files. Free download.
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Graphics_Tools/LSysEdit.html

Makin' Magic Fractals
A 32-bit DOS freeware program download, as well as example galleries.
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/terabyte/966/

Mandelbrot Applet
Generator with color selection and auto-zoom feature. Uses java.
http://www.h-schmidt.net/MandelApplet/mandelapplet.html

Mandelbrot Explorer
Freeware package allowing simple, colourful, customisable exploration of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets.
http://www.mandel.org.uk

Mandelbrot Set Explorer
Applet for discovering interesting regions of the Mandelbrot set.
http://www.users.nac.net/thegangof4/blackSaturn/mandelbrot/MandelbrotSetExplorer.htm

MandelView
Freeware Windows program for exploring the Mandelbrot set.
http://www.geocities.com/mandelview/

Montagne 3D
A virtual landscape generator, based on fractal technology. After creation, the landscape can be modified by a graphic editor part of the application. Windows 95/98/NT shareware.
http://cjain.free.fr/

Online fractal generator
Tool to discover fractals and add them to a personal gallery.
http://www.fractalposter.com

PhatFractal
Freeware Windows 95/98 fractal animation generator.
http://www.phatfractal.com/

PhoneFractal
Mandelbrot explorer for mobile phones.
http://www.answer42.com.ar/index.htm

Programmer's Lair
Offers several Fractint-enhancing and original programs. Full source code is also available.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9943/c.htm#top

Quintessential Sophistry
Offers several Michael Sargent's QS-series DOS and Windows fractal generators.
http://www.uvm.edu/~msargent/

Ququqa Fractals
Interactive applets showing several types of attractors and sets.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/ququqa2/

Redecorator
Shareware wallpaper manager, and fractal image creator for Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
http://www.seraline.com/wallpaper/

Refract
Exploration tool of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets in a Java applet. Source code included.
http://www.jahkids.com/refract

Robert Inventor's Programs
Fractal music generator; animated 3D virtual flowers in compressed VRML format.
http://robertinventor.com/software/main/

SA18 Chaos Engine and Screen Saver
Virtual Basic program for exploring strange attractor images.
http://www.homestead.com/giannoni/sa18.html

Seractal Fractals Screensaver
Draws full-screen fractals, with virtually unlimited variety in its colors and images. Win32 shareware.
http://www.seraline.com/seractal.htm

Terry's Downloads
Site provides two Windows fractal programs: Fractal ViZion and Dofo-Zon.
http://www.eclectasy.com/twg/default.html

Two-dimensional L-systems
Also called Lindenmayer systems or parallel string-rewrite systems, a compact way to describe iterative graphics using a turtle analogy. Mathematica examples.
http://mathforum.org/advanced/robertd/lsys2d.html

Ultra Fractal
Shareware Windows 95/98/NT fractal plotter. A fractal consists of one or more layers, which are merged in Photoshop-like fashion. Each layer has its own fractal formula, location, and coloring algorithms.
http://www.ultrafractal.com/

Video For FRACTINT
This site describes a freeware Fractal Image Sequence Generator based on FRACTINT. It contains example videos of what can be achieved with it.
http://chabin.laurent.free.fr/vff/vff.html

Visions Of Chaos
Windows application that generates fractals, cellular automata, attractors, IFS, L-systems, music, and other related simulations. Supports 2D and 3D fractal generation and movies.
http://www.softology.com.au/

XaoS
Fast portable realtime fractal zoomer.
http://www.ucw.cz/~hubicka/XaoS

XenoDream
Generator that renders 3D IFS fractal images, and enables lighting post-processing.
http://www.xenodream.com/

Zuk
Dynamic, real-time Mandelbrot fractal viewer for DOS.
http://wizard.ae.krakow.pl/~jb/Zuk/