Blender
More info
- Creator
- Ton Roosendaal
- Released
- Owner
- Blender Foundation
- Type
- 3D modelling, animation, rendering
- License
- GPL-2.0+
- Website
- blender.org
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Open-source 3D suite — modelling, sculpting, animation, rendering, video editing. Genuinely competes with Maya and 3ds Max now.
Bought out of bankruptcy in 2002 via the "Free Blender" campaign ($110k crowdfunded). Two renderers: Cycles (path tracing, physically correct) and Eevee (real-time rasterised). Geometry Nodes for procedural modelling. Andrew Price's Donut Tutorial is the most-watched tutorial series in history. Used in films like Next Gen and Flow (Best Animated Feature, 2025 Oscars).