Blender

Blender is open-source software for 3D creation and animation. It covers the whole 3D pipeline and runs on Linux, Windows and macOS. The project is hosted publicly, licensed under the GNU GPL and owned by its contributors.

What Blender offers

• Cycles renderer — a built-in path-tracing engine with a live viewport preview, CPU and GPU rendering, PBR shaders, HDR lighting and VR rendering.
• Modelling, sculpting and UV tools — n-gon support, edge slide, inset and bridge fill, sculpting brushes, subdivision and 3D painting with masks.
• Animation and rigging — character animation tools, with ongoing work on geometry nodes and simulation.
• Motion tracking and VFX — camera and object tracking that lets users import footage, mask areas and follow camera movement.
• Video editing and game creation — further tools alongside the 3D features.
• Python scripting — custom tools and add-ons.

Who it works with

Designers, developers, engineers and artists, along with tutorial makers, add-on developers and marketplaces that form a wider community around the software.

Key facts

• Platforms: Linux, Windows and macOS
• Licence: GNU GPL
• Memberships: ASWF, Khronos, Linux Foundation and OIN
• Hardware support: AMD, Apple, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm