Top 23 Blender Open-Source Projects

• dream-textures

  72 7,854 7.7 Python

  Stable Diffusion built-in to Blender

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• BlenderGIS

  60 7,843 4.7 Python

  Blender addons to make the bridge between Blender and geographic data

• awesome-blender

  10 4,915 3.6

  🪐 A curated list of awesome Blender addons, tools, tutorials; and 3D resources for everyone.

• cats-blender-plugin

  30 3,538 0.0 Python

  :smiley_cat: A tool designed to shorten steps needed to import and optimize models into VRChat. Compatible models are: MMD, XNALara, Mixamo, DAZ/Poser, Blender Rigify, Sims 2, Motion Builder, 3DS Max and potentially more

  Project mention: Making a VR Chat world from scratch, need advice? | /r/VRchat | 2023-12-09

  You should use Cats Blender plugin in Blender. The recommended version is Blender 3.5, which you can find in their archives. And dev branch of cats, but I like this fork because keeps the bake tool. You can use Blender 2.8 (the version the latest official release of cats uses).

• armory

  17 3,079 8.4 Python

  3D Engine with Blender Integration

  

• BlenderProc

  15 2,841 8.5 Python

  A procedural Blender pipeline for photorealistic training image generation

  

• CAD_Sketcher

  19 2,767 7.7 Python

  Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender

• retopoflow

  22 2,532 2.5 Python

  A suite of retopology tools for Blender

  

  Project mention: Mesh exceeds polycount for retopoflow? I downloaded it a few days ago and bummed that it won't work or slow down blender. Has anyone experienced this? | /r/blender | 2023-12-11

  here’s the link I saw that at. What do you think?

• animation_nodes

  1 2,293 4.6 Python

  Node based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender. (by JacquesLucke)

• appleseed

  4 2,210 1.2 C++

  A modern open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects

  

• fSpy

  43 2,255 0.0 TypeScript

  A cross platform app for quick and easy still image camera matching

• Blender-For-UnrealEngine-Addons

  5 2,045 9.6 Python

  I have created this addons for export asset from Blender to Unreal Engine 4

• freeciv-web

  8 2,015 8.8 JavaScript

  Freeciv-web is an Open Source strategy game implemented in HTML5 and WebGL, which can be played online against other players, or in single player mode against AI opponents.

  

  Project mention: A free and open-source Civilization you can play in a browser | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-11

• herebedragons

  0 1,731 7.3 C

  A basic 3D scene implemented with various engines, frameworks or APIs.

• blosm

  5 1,610 0.0

  Blosm addon for Blender. A few clicks import of Google 3D cities, OpenStreetMap, terrain. Global coverage. Source code is in the branch 'release'.

• geoblender

  22 1,561 0.0

  Tutorials for making 3D-looking maps with Blender and QGIS

• upbge

  27 1,463 10.0 C++

  UPBGE, the best integrated game engine in Blender

  

  Project mention: Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-17

  Starting with 2d games is very good advice however if the child is mostly interested in 3d, well not the most helpful advice.

  Some people here forget that children are way more tolerant of not understanding things than adults are. They just want to get a quick taste not necessary dedicate their life to the study of game development.

  I think something like RPG in a Box https://rpginabox.com/ is nice if the child likes Minecraft-style graphics. Also it is worth checking out if modding an existing games is something that might be of interest. Also blender is perfect, as it allows to focus on certain aspects on modeling first and in has an amazing game engine that can be solely driven by logic bricks: https://upbge.org/#/

  Still, I think even something like Unreal should not be ruled out if the child is dead set on making a "real" game (9 years is a bit pushing it admittedly with help it might work out). For a visually-motivated child that has access to beefy computer, Unreal is the perfect tool to get things done early and fast. Load the starter template and they have a character they can walk around with in the first minute. Grab some free-for-the-month asset packs and they can make decent looking levels in a day or two that they can show friends and be proud of. And if they get to the point of needing logic, the visual scripting language is more than enough to make complete games in it.

  Unreal is a monster of complexity but but perfect for just hacking together a quick asset-flip demo one can feel good about. They will learn about the realities of game dev soon enough, let them have some fun.

  Also, if the child is the kind to need a more focused approach, blender is a nice choice

• fake-bpy-module

  2 1,424 9.1 Python

  Fake Blender Python API module collection for the code completion.

  Project mention: how do I make a path from defined points in a CSV? | /r/blenderhelp | 2023-12-09

  You're welcome. To get auto-complete it's really odd, but seems to require an external editor. One way is to get the entire blender as a python module or just for completion the type definitions from https://github.com/nutti/fake-bpy-module.

• building_tools

  4 1,376 5.1 Python

  Building generation addon for blender

• VRM-Addon-for-Blender

  17 1,341 8.7 Python

  VRM Importer, Exporter and Utilities for Blender 2.93 to 4.2

• Screencast-Keys

  10 1,286 7.3 Python

  Blender Add-on: Screencast Keys

• fSpy-Blender

  24 1,213 0.0 Python

  Official fSpy importer for Blender

• quickmenu

  1 1,134 9.0 Python

  Blender addon that simplifies access to useful operators and adds missing functionality

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