Blender (software)

This article is about the 3D graphics software. For the kitchen and laboratory appliance, see Blender. For other uses, see Blender (disambiguation).
Blender
Original author(s)Ton Roosendaal
Developer(s)Blender Foundation, community
Initial releaseJanuary 2, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-02)[1]
Stable release
4.3[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 19 November 2024; 3 days ago (19 November 2024)
Preview release
4.4.0 / October 2, 2024; 51 days ago (2024-10-02)
Repository
Written inC++, Python
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows, IRIX,[3] BSD,[4][5][6][7] Haiku[8]
Size294–934 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 3.6.0 LTS 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, virtual reality, and, formerly, video games.

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