Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite, developed as a public project by the Blender Foundation and a global community. Licensed under the GNU GPL, it is free for any purpose, forever, including commercial work.
The whole 3D pipeline in one app
- Modeling, sculpting and UV mapping for characters, props and environments.
- Rigging and animation with a full character animation toolset.
- Geometry Nodes for procedural modeling and effects.
- Simulation for physics, fluids, cloth and particles.
- Rendering with Cycles (CPU/GPU path tracing) and EEVEE (real time).
- Grease Pencil for 2D animation inside a 3D space.
- VFX and video editing with camera and object tracking.
Open, extensible and community driven
Blender runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, its interface is customizable and scriptable with Python, and a huge ecosystem of add-ons and tutorials supports every workflow. The current release is Blender 5.2 LTS, and development is funded by the community through the Blender Development Fund. For students, indie creators and studios alike, Blender is the most accessible professional 3D animation generator and creation tool available.
