Blender

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The Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software

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/ About /

Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite supporting the full pipeline from modeling, sculpting, rigging, and animation to rendering, VFX, and compositing. It is licensed under the GNU GPL and maintained as a public project by its contributors. Blender serves a broad ecosystem of artists, designers, developers, and studios across film, games, and design industries.

/ How it works /

Blender provides an integrated suite of 3D tools — including a path-tracing render engine, modeling, sculpting, rigging, animation, and VFX — all within a customizable Python-driven interface.

/ Who it's for /

3D artists, animators, VFX professionals, game developers, and designers

/ More info /

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Status
launched
Business model
open-source
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