Blender

Free and open-source 3D creation suite

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Last commityesterday18 Oct 2026

LicenceGPL-2.0+Per the project

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Blender covers mesh modelling, sculpting, rendering, animation and simulation. It is not a parametric CAD tool, but add-ons such as CAD Sketcher and Bonsai extend it towards precise and architectural modelling.

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Status	Open source
Licence	GPL-2.0+
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Category	Mesh & visualisation
Website	blender.org
Source	GitHub

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