Blender (software)

Blender
Original author(s)Ton Roosendaal
Developer(s)Blender Foundation, community
Initial releaseJanuary 2, 1994 (1994-01-02)[1]
Stable release
4.4.3[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 29 April 2025 (29 April 2025)
Preview release
4.5.0 / May 2, 2025 (2025-05-02)
Repository
Written inC++, Python
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows, IRIX,[3] BSD,[4][5][6][7] Haiku[8]
Size290–397 MiB (varies by operating system)[9][10]
Available in36 languages
List of languages
Abkhaz, Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English (official), Esperanto, French, German, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kyrgyz, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Type3D computer graphics software
LicenseGPL-2.0 or later[11]
Websitewww.blender.org Edit this at Wikidata
Art by Blender Studio
Blender 4.4 splash screen

Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software tool set that runs on Windows, macOS, BSD, Haiku, IRIX and Linux. It is used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D-printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, and virtual reality. It is also used in creating video games.

Blender was used to produce the Academy Award-winning film Flow (2024).[12]

  1. ^ "Blender's 25th birthday!". blender.org. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Blender 4.4.3". 29 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Index of /release/Blender1.0//". download.blender.org. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  4. ^ "FreshPorts -- graphics/blender: 3D modeling/rendering/animation/gaming package". www.freshports.org.
  5. ^ "OpenPorts.se | The OpenBSD package collection". openports.se. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  6. ^ "pkgsrc.se | The NetBSD package collection". pkgsrc.se.
  7. ^ "The dedicated application build system for DragonFly BSD: DragonFlyBSD/DPorts". July 23, 2019 – via GitHub.
  8. ^ "GitHub - haikuports/haikuports: Software ports for the Haiku operating system". July 27, 2019 – via GitHub.
  9. ^ "Blender 4.4 Release Index". blender.org. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  10. ^ "Download — blender.org". blender.org. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  11. ^ "License - blender.org". Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference FlowOscar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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