# rlguy/Blender-FLIP-Fluids

The FLIP Fluids addon is a tool that helps you set up, run, and render high quality liquid fluid effects all within Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite.

Repository: https://github.com/rlguy/Blender-FLIP-Fluids
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blender-flip-fluids
Homepage: https://www.blendermarket.com/products/flipfluids
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: fluid-solver, fluid-simulation, computer-graphics, blender-addon, fluid, simulator, flip-fluids, beta, simulation, fluid-engine
Last push: 2026-08-24T22:35:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3289, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 37, "gap_med": 120.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1942, forks 210 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.419353+00:00)

## What it is
A Blender addon providing a high-quality FLIP-based liquid fluid simulation engine, developed since 2016 and tightly integrated into Blender. The simulation engine is MIT-licensed while the addon code is GPL-licensed, with the full product sold on marketplaces.

## Use cases
- simulate realistic liquid effects in Blender
- render high quality water and fluid animations
- create liquid splash and pour effects for 3D scenes
- run FLIP fluid simulations inside Blender
- add professional-grade fluid dynamics to Blender projects

## When to choose
- you need high-quality liquid simulation tightly integrated with Blender
- you want a mature, actively developed fluid solver with commercial support
- you need cross-platform fluid simulation on Windows, macOS, or Linux

## When to avoid
- you need fluid simulation outside of Blender
- you want a fully free full-featured tool without purchasing a license
- you need real-time or game-engine fluid physics rather than offline rendering

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: simulation, graphics, game-engine
- domain: graphics, simulation, computer-vision
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: blender-addon, fluid-simulation, flip-solver, liquid-effects, 3d-graphics, cpp, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- rlguy/Blender-FLIP-Fluids (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.419353+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:08:04.777663+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rlguy/Blender-FLIP-Fluids (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.419353+00:00, sha 1a0fdc1c0426)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.