List of PC cubing software

Description

A very popular category of Rubik's cube software is the playable 3D Rubik's Cube (animated cube), often implemented as a Java applet, which has a long history. The first version of which many current programs are derived was made by Michael Shubart. After that, Karl Hornell made modifications in his version, which again was used by Lars Petrus on his website. Probably the most widely used is RubikPlayer by Werner Randelshofer.

Standalone Timers

• RubikTimer - (Windows)
• JNetCube - (Java)
• JTimer - New version of JNetCube (Java)
• CubeTimer - Timer with animation
• CALCubeTimer 0.2 - Interfaces with a stackmat through the microphone port
• iMolecule Soft DarkCube - Timer in Thai and English under CC By-NC-SA 3.0 license

Solvers

• ACube - Fast solver written by Josef Jelinek, and is able to ignore pieces and specify different metrics upon loading. (Java, freeware, command-line based)
• Cube Explorer - Fast solver written by Kociemba with his algorithm (Windows, freeware, graphical)
• Cubie - Solver with animation (Java, freeware)
• Rubik's Cube Solver by Eric Dietz - (Windows/Linux, GPL)
• ksolve - A general puzzle solver by Kare Krig. Uses a written definition file and scramble file, and is much slower than dedicated solvers. (Windows, freeware, command-line based)
• Learn to Solve Rubik's Cube with 3 Simple Tricks - Step-by-step interactive animated solution (Java)
• Rubik's Solution Hints Booklet Step Animation - Step-by-step interactive animated solution based on official booklet (Java)

Cube Simulators

• Ultimate Magic Cube - (Windows). Megaminx, pyraminx and much more
• Gabbasoft - (Windows) A collection of NxNxN puzzles 2-20, and with supercubes
• GlidingCube - (Windows) A virtual cube puzzle. Intriguing but cannot be built physically.
• IsoCubeSim - (Java) A cube puzzle simulator which supports not only NxNxN puzzles (of any size), but arbitrary cuboids as well.
• 4D Cube - (Java)
• 5D Cube - (Windows)
• RubikSim - (Windows)
• QBASIC Rubik's Cube - (DOS/Windows) At 26,375 bytes (25.7 KB), the smallest Rubik's cube on PC
• Hungarian HexaHedron - (Windows) It is amazing for FMC. Records your solution as you go.