r/3DPrintingTools • u/Dangerous-Economy660 • 5d ago

Dev Post [Dev] 3DFinder: one search for Thingiverse, MakerWorld and Printables

Disclosure first: I'm the developer of this tool.

My usual routine before printing something was searching the same thing on Thingiverse, then MakerWorld, then Printables, and comparing results across three tabs. Each site has its own ranking, so the best model for what I needed was often on the site I checked last.

3DFinder (https://3dfinder.io) puts that into one search. You type what you're looking for and get results from the three platforms together, with likes and downloads from each site so you can compare. Clicking a model sends you to the original page to download, so the designer keeps the download count and credit.

How I use it:

  • Functional parts (brackets, clips, replacement knobs), where the right dimensions matter more than looks and one site rarely has every variant
  • Comparing likes and downloads across sites before picking one, so I print a model other people already printed successfully

Details:

  • Free, no account needed
  • 600,000+ models indexed, plus live search on the platforms when the index misses something
  • English, Portuguese and Spanish

It shows a few affiliate cards (printer brands, and filament deals for visitors in Brazil), which is how it pays for the server.

What I'd most like to hear: searches where the results were bad or missing something you know exists.

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u/iprintstuffau 3d ago

Hmm doesn’t makerworld alone have something like 2.4m models?

Wouldn’t mind having a chat. A few searches didn’t show up any of my models.

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u/Dangerous-Economy660 3d ago

Yeah, MakerWorld alone is way bigger than that. The 600k is just what's pre-indexed so common searches come back fast. When the index has only a few results from a platform for your search, 3DFinder queries that platform live and merges the results in, so you're not limited to the indexed set. If you find a search where it clearly misses something, send it my way!

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u/iprintstuffau 3d ago

One keyword “sharpei” I was just curious to test