The Freedom to Create

Blender is Free and Open Source software, forever.
Ian Hubert

More than Software

Blender is a community project coordinated by the Blender Foundation, primarily funded by donations.

At its core is the Blender software, to which thousands of people have contributed, and that millions use daily.

Mission

Get the world’s best 3D CG technology in the hands of artists as free/open source software.

Vision

Everyone should be free to create 3D CG content, with free technical and creative production means and free access to markets.

Activities

As a community-driven project under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the public is empowered to make small and large changes to the code base, which leads to new features, responsive bug fixes, and better usability.

More help is always welcome! From developing and improving Blender to writing documentation, etc, there are a number of different things you can do to get involved.

Funding

How does Blender make money? Blender’s main income is via the Development Fund memberships and one-time donations.

The funds are collected by Blender Foundation, which allocates them towards activities and operations aligned with Blender’s mission and vision.

Next to that, Blender Studio offers subscription-based access to production knowledge and assets available through studio.blender.org.

Affiliations

Blender Foundation is a recognized partner for many big corporations in the technical/creative industry. This not only via the membership of the Development Fund, but especially as official member of:

License

Blender is Free Software. You are free to use Blender for any purpose, including commercially or for education. This freedom is being defined by Blender’s GNU General Public License (GPL).

Read more about the license.