Blender (software)

Blender
Original author(s)Ton Roosendaal
Developer(s)Blender Foundation, community
Initial releaseJanuary 2, 1994 (1994-01-02)[1]
Stable release
4.5.2[2]  / 20 August 2025 (20 August 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

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]

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  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference FlowOscar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).