# blender/blender

Official mirror of Blender

Repository: https://github.com/blender/blender
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blender
Homepage: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/contributing/using_git/#github-mirror
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: b3d, animation, 3d, modeling, computer-graphics, rendering
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:59:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2520, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19863, forks 3158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:29.329186+00:00)

## What it is
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite covering the entire 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, and video editing. This repository is the official GitHub mirror of the Blender source code, which is primarily developed on projects.blender.org.

## Use cases
- create 3d models and animations
- render photorealistic scenes
- video editing and compositing
- motion tracking for vfx
- script blender with python
- contribute to blender development
- build blender from source

## When to choose
- you need a full free 3D creation pipeline from modeling to rendering
- you want to automate or extend 3D workflows via the Python API
- you want to study or contribute to a large open-source graphics codebase

## When to avoid
- you only need lightweight 2D image editing
- you want a simple viewer rather than a full creation suite
- you intend to open pull requests here - development happens on projects.blender.org

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: graphics, animation, simulation, video-processing, image-processing, gui, plugin-system
- domain: graphics, media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, python, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: 3d-modeling, rendering, vfx, motion-tracking, compositing, video-editing, python-api, mirror-repository, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- blender/blender (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.329186+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 2026-08-29T16:59:24.853721+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blender/blender (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:29.329186+00:00, sha 1bbb333e5196)
  - homepage: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/contributing/using_git/#github-mirror (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.426963+00:00, sha 1d2b6bc49c3a)
  - site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/contributing/using_git (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.438218+00:00, sha 0cf4d4bc63c1)
  - site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.440774+00:00, sha 7dc01f242b4d)
  - site_page: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.444448+00:00, sha e33c1f942c8b)
  - site_page: https://www.blender.org/about/donations (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.447247+00:00, sha a79438135df7)
  - site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.448895+00:00, sha f577509cce04)
  - site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/features (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.450388+00:00, sha b10f2701df2a)
  - site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/compatibility (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.451916+00:00, sha 0a0a97eadeba)
  - site_page: https://www.blender.org/download/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:14.442688+00:00, sha bdc361abab2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.