Blender is Free and Open Source Software. Free to use for any purpose, forever.

Google Summer of Code

Blender Foundation has been selected to take part in the Summer of Code, providing grants for students to work 3 months on Blender.

Submissions closed. Evaluation is now in progress.


Development Fund

Consider donating each month to enable full-time developers to work on Blender.

Currently we can support 3 people (near) full time!


Blender 2016 Workflow project

Webby Award

Blender (Institute) is nominated for a Webby Award, in the “online video, animation” category. The award is considered to be “The Internet’s Highest Honor” (NYT). Vote for us!

The Art of Open Source

A great introduction to Blender for a wider audience. Written for Linux Format magazine by Jim Thacker.

Get Involved

Blender is being made by 100s of people from around the world; by studios and individual artists, professionals and hobbyists, scientists, students, VFX experts, animators, game artists, modders, and the list goes on.

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