Blender
Official mirror of Blender observed · 2026-10-17
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2568
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 4
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
20965 stars · 3387 forks observed · 2026-10-17
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-19, confidence 0.99
Blender is a free and open‑source 3D creation suite that covers the entire 3D pipeline. It provides tools for modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking and video editing.
Use cases
- Create and render photorealistic 3D scenes for films or product visualisation
- Design and animate characters for games or animated movies
- Perform physics‑based simulations such as fluid, smoke, or cloth
- Edit and composite video footage with built‑in video‑editing tools
- Develop procedural assets and geometry using node‑based workflows
When to choose
- You need a fully featured, cross‑platform 3D suite without licensing costs
- Your workflow requires both modeling and video‑editing in a single application
- You want an extensible tool with a powerful Python API for custom pipelines
- You are working on open‑source or community‑driven projects and need a permissive GPL‑v3 license
When to avoid
- You require industry‑standard proprietary formats or tight integration with commercial pipelines that only support software like Maya or 3ds Max
- You need a lightweight, command‑line only renderer without a GUI
- Your target platform is a mobile device where Blender’s desktop requirements are too heavy
Facets
application · maturity active
graphics animation simulation ui-components graphics windows cross-platform 3d-creation modeling compositing rigging physics-simulation open-source video-editing game-development animation macos linux desktop
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/blender/blender · fetched 2026-10-17 · 1bbb333e5196
- homepage: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/contributing/using_git/#github-mirror · fetched 2026-10-05 · 82bb093c8999
- site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook/contributing/using_git · fetched 2026-10-05 · f4818c088c16
- site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs · fetched 2026-10-05 · 7dc01f242b4d
- site_page: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest · fetched 2026-10-05 · e33c1f942c8b
- site_page: https://www.blender.org/about/donations · fetched 2026-10-05 · a79438135df7
- site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/handbook · fetched 2026-10-05 · f577509cce04
- site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/features · fetched 2026-10-05 · b10f2701df2a
- site_page: https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/compatibility · fetched 2026-10-05 · 897f4a8a96e3
- site_page: https://www.blender.org/download/releases · fetched 2026-10-05 · bdc361abab2e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| blender/blender | main | 77 |
| blender/blender-addons | plugin | 10 |
| blender/blender-addons-contrib | plugin | 10 |
| blender/blender-dev-tools | infra | 10 |
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