Blender
3D computer graphics software (free and open-source)
Also known as Blender 3D · blender.org · blender3d.org
- Instance of
- 3D computer graphics software
- , free and open-source software(since 2002)
- , ray-tracing software
- +1 more
- Founded
- January 2, 1998
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Sources- 1.Stated in Blender“How Blender started, twenty years ago…”code.blender.org/2013/12/how-blender-started-twenty-years-ago/Retrieved 2020-08-22
- 2.Stated in Blender“Blender’s 25th birthday!”blender.org/press/blenders-25th-birthday/Retrieved 2020-08-22
- January 2, 1998
- Website
Overview
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- License
- GNU General Public License, version 3.0 applies to part: program code
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later applies to part: program code
- Operating system
- Microsoft Windows
- macOS
- Solaris
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
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Sources- 1.“blender-2.76 – 3D creation software”openbsd.su/ports/graphics/blender
- GNU/Linux
- IRIX
- Android
- Latest version
- 5.2 version type: stable version, long-term support release · released: July 14, 2026
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Sources- 1.“Blender 5.2 LTS Release”blender.org/press/blender-5-2-lts-release/Retrieved 2026-07-14
- 2.74 released: March 31, 2015
- 2.75 released: July 1, 2015
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Sources- 1.“Blender Git Tags”developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/tags/master/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.“2.75a — blender.org”blender.org/features/2-75/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.75a released: July 8, 2015
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Sources- 1.“2.75a — blender.org”blender.org/features/2-75/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.76 released: October 11, 2015
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Sources- 1.“Blender 2.76 Features”blender.org/features/2-76/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.76b released: November 3, 2015
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Sources- 1.“Blender 2.76b: Bug Fixes”wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.76/Bug_Fixes#Blender_2.76b:_Bug_FixesRetrieved 2015-12-22
- 2.77 released: March 19, 2016
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- 2.77a released: April 6, 2016 · version type: stable version
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- 2.78 released: September 30, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.78a released: October 26, 2016 · version type: stable version
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- 2.78b released: February 8, 2017 · version type: stable version
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- 2.78c released: February 28, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.79 released: September 12, 2017 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“2.79 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-79/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.73 released: January 8, 2015
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Sources- 1.“2.73 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-73/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.72 released: October 4, 2014
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Sources- 1.“2.72 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-72/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.71 released: June 25, 2014
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Sources- 1.“2.71 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-71/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.70 released: April 10, 2014
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Sources- 1.“2.70 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-70/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.69 released: October 31, 2013
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Sources- 1.“2.69 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-69/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.68 released: July 18, 2013
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Sources- 1.“2.68 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-68/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.67 released: May 7, 2013
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Sources- 1.“2.67 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-67/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.66 released: February 21, 2013
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Sources- 1.“2.66 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-66/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.60 released: October 17, 2011
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Sources- 1.“Blender Git Tags”developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/tags/master/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.50 released: November 23, 2009
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Sources- 1.“Blender Git Tags”developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/tags/master/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.40 released: December 22, 2005
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Sources- 1.“Blender Git Tags”developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/tags/master/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.30 released: October 30, 2003
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Sources- 1.“Blender Git Tags”developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/tags/master/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.25 released: October 12, 2002
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Sources- 1.“Blender Git Tags”developer.blender.org/diffusion/B/tags/master/Retrieved 2017-11-11
- 2.79a released: February 28, 2018 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“2.79 — blender.org”blender.org/features/releases/2-79/Retrieved 2018-03-01
- 2.79b version type: stable version · released: March 24, 2018
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Sources- 1.git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git/tag/refs/tags/v2.79bRetrieved 2018-03-28
- 2.80 version type: stable version · released: July 30, 2019
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Sources- 1.“Blender 2.80”blender.org/download/releases/2-80/Retrieved 2019-07-31
- 2.81 version type: stable version · released: November 21, 2019
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- 2.82 version type: stable version · released: February 14, 2020
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- 2.82a version type: stable version · released: March 12, 2020
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- 2.83 version type: long-term support release · released: June 3, 2020
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- 2.83.2 version type: long-term support release · released: July 9, 2020
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- 2.83.3 released: July 22, 2020 · version type: long-term support release
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- 2.83.5 version type: long-term support release · released: August 19, 2020
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Sources- 1.Stated in Blender“Blender LTS”blender.org/download/lts/Retrieved 2020-08-22
- 2.90 released: August 31, 2020 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.Stated in Blender“Freedom to Create”blender.org/download/releases/2-90/Retrieved 2020-08-31
- 2.83.6 version type: long-term support release · released: September 9, 2020
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Sources- 1.Stated in Blender“Blender LTS”blender.org/download/lts/Retrieved 2020-09-09
- 2.90.1 released: September 23, 2020 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Version: Blender 2.90.1 release”developer.blender.org/rB3e85bb34d0d792b49cf4923f781d98791c5a161c
- 2.83.7 version type: long-term support release · released: September 30, 2020
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- 2.83.8 version type: long-term support release · released: October 21, 2020
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- 2.83.9 version type: long-term support release · released: November 11, 2020
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Sources- 1.“LTS Release 2.83.9”blender.org/download/lts/#lts-release-2839Retrieved 2020-11-24
- 2.91 released: November 25, 2020 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Blender 2.91 Release Notes”wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.91Retrieved 2020-11-25
- 2.83.10 released: September 12, 2020 · version type: long-term support release
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Sources- 1.github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.83.10Retrieved 2021-01-26
- 2.91.2 released: January 20, 2020 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.91.2Retrieved 2021-01-26
- 2.blender.org/download/Retrieved 2021-02-13
- 2.92.0 released: February 25, 2021
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Sources- 1.“v2.92.0”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.92.0Retrieved 2021-02-26
- 2.93.0 released: June 2, 2021 · version type: long-term support release, stable version
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.0”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.0Retrieved 2021-06-03
- 2.“2.93 LTS — blender.org”blender.org/download/releases/2-93/Retrieved 2021-07-28
- 2.93.1 released: June 23, 2021 · version type: long-term support release, stable version
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.1”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.1Retrieved 2021-07-22
- 2.93.2 released: August 4, 2021 · version type: long-term support release, stable version
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.2”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.2Retrieved 2021-08-13
- 2.93.3 released: August 18, 2021 · version type: stable version, long-term support release
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.3”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.3Retrieved 2021-08-18
- 3.0.0-alpha version type: pre-release version, alpha version · released: April 16, 2021
- 2.93.4 released: September 1, 2021 · version type: stable version, long-term support release
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.4”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.4Retrieved 2021-09-01
- 2.93.5 released: October 6, 2021 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.5”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.5Retrieved 2021-10-08
- 3.0.0-beta version type: pre-release version · released: October 28, 2021
- 3.1.0-alpha version type: pre-release version, alpha version · released: October 27, 2021
- 2.93.6 released: November 17, 2021 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“v2.93.6”github.com/blender/blender/releases/tag/v2.93.6Retrieved 2021-11-18
- 3.0.0 released: December 3, 2021 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Blender 3.0, a new era for content creation”blender.org/press/blender-3-0-a-new-era-for-content-creation/Retrieved 2021-12-06
- 2.git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git/tag/refs/tags/v3.0.0Retrieved 2021-12-06
- 3.0.1 released: January 26, 2022 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git/tag/d40c6ddca379603ce8082f972a5795beee339719Retrieved 2022-01-26
- 2.download.blender.org/release/Blender3.0/Retrieved 2022-01-26
- 3.1.0-beta released: January 28, 2022 · version type: beta version, pre-release version
- 3.2.0-alpha released: January 28, 2022 · version type: alpha version, pre-release version
- 5.2 version type: stable version, long-term support release · released: July 14, 2026
- Readable file format
- Blend file
- Wavefront .obj file
- Digital Asset Exchange
- Alembic
- .3ds
- Filmbox
- Biovision Hierarchy
- Polygon File Format
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- X3D
- STL
- SVG
- Protein Data Bank
- XYZ file format
- Drawing Interchange File Format Family sourcing circumstances: not completed
- glTF
- Universal Scene Description sourcing circumstances: not completed
- Industry Foundation Classes
- Blender physics external cache
- Traces scene (old)
- OpenEXR
- Name in kana
- ブレンダー
- Released
- January 2, 1994
- Depends on software
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- Social media followers
- 1,200,000(August 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg
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- 265,526(February 13, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 745629067874017280
- 1,140,000(July 6, 2024) youtube channel id: UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg
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- 11,263(April 10, 2024) mastodon address: Blender@mastodon.social
- 11,072(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: Blender@mastodon.social
- 10,793(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: Blender@mastodon.social
- 179,745(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 745629067874017280
- 114,842(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 745629067874017280
- 1,200,000(August 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg
- Data size
- 199 megabyte platforms: Microsoft Windows · file format: ZIP · latest version: 2.92.0
- 188 megabyte platforms: Mac operating system · file format: disk image · latest version: 2.92.0
- 147 megabyte platforms: Linux · file format: tar · latest version: 2.92.0
- Hashtag
- blender3d
- b3d
On other databases
67 identifiers linking Blender across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDblender
- Arch Linux packageblender
- ArchWiki articleBlender
- AUR packageblender-git
- BIBSYS ID1037942
- Bluesky handleblender.org
- Chocolatey Community package IDblender
- Debian stable packageblender
- Debian Wiki articleBlender
- Dewey Decimal Classification006.696
- Facebook usernameYourOwn3DSoftware
- Fandom article IDlogos:Blender
- FAST ID1393538
- Fedora packageblender
- Flathub IDorg.blender.Blender
- Framalibre IDblender
- Free Software Directory entryBlender
- Freebase ID/m/0l1qq
- FreeBSD portgraphics/blender
- Gentoo packagemedia-gfx/blender
- Gentoo Wiki articleBlender
- GitHub topicblender
- GND ID4588284-8
- Golden ID (archived)Blender_(software)-D5ABW
- HowLongToBeat ID27641
- Instagram usernameblender.official
- IsThereAnyDeal IDblender
- Itch.io tag IDtag-blender
- J9U entity ID987007369493605171
- Lemmy community IDblender@lemmy.world
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn00063653
- Lutris game IDblender
- MacPorts portblender
- Mageia packageblender
- Mastodon addressBlender@mastodon.social
- Microsoft Store product ID9pp3c07gtvrh
- NetBSD package IDgraphics/blender
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDblender
- NL CR AUT IDph1149975
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1463048
- Open Hub IDblender
- Open Library subject IDblender_(computer_file)
- OpenBSD portgraphics/blender
- OpenSUSE packageblender
- OSDN projectfreshmeat_blender3d
- PeerTube channel addressblender@video.blender.org
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDblender
- PortableApps IDgraphics_pictures/blender_portable
- Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID430
- Quake Wiki IDBlender
- Quora topic IDBlender-Animation-Software
- Repology project nameblender
- SILL software ID258
- Snap packageblender
- Steam application ID365670
- SteamGridDB ID5247796
- Subredditblender
- SVKKL authority ID0242726-Blender-software
- Ubuntu packageblender
- Valve Developer Community article IDBlender
- VIAF cluster ID179004264
- Windows Package Manager Community package IDBlenderFoundation.Blender
- Wine AppDB ID1657
- X (Twitter) usernameBlender
- Yle topic ID18-164711
- YouTube channel IDUCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg
- Zhihu topic ID19710903