awesome-blender

<div align="center"> <a href="#table"><img alt="Awesome Blender" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/awesome-gray?logo=blender&style=flat-square" /></a> <a href="https://discord.com/invite/blender"><img alt="discord" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-blender-blue?logo=discord&style=flat-square" /></a> <a href="#Contributing-"><img alt="Contributions are Welcome" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/keep-up--to--date-blue?logo=&style=flat-square" /></a> <a href="https://awesome-blender.netlify.app/"><img src="https://api.netlify.com/api/v1/badges/0fe6c176-6b03-4d27-a8fc-faf4f7c460cd/deploy-status" /></a> <p>A curated list of awesome <b>Blender</b> add-ons, tools, tutorials and resources for 3D Artists, Hobbyists, Developers, Researchers. Focused <i>mostly</i> open source and free resources. </div>

<div align="center"> <h2>Contents:</h2> <p>| <a href="#add-ons-">🔮Add-ons</a> | <a href="#resources-">🪐Resources</a> | <a href="#standalone-">📥Standalone</a> | <a href="#explore-blender-">🔍Explore Blender</a> | <a href="#tutorials-">👩🏻‍🏫Tutorials</a> | <a href="#development-">👩🏽‍💻Development</a> | <a href="#social-">🖇Social</a> |</p> </div> <details><summary><b>Show Detailed Table:</b></summary> <ul> <li><a href="#add-ons-">🔮Add-ons</a> <ul> <li><a href="#simulationphysics-">🌊Simulation/Physics</a></li> <li><a href="#generatorbuilder-">🦑Generator/Builder</a></li> <li><a href="#modeling-">🧊Modeling</a></li> <li><a href="#animation-">🌠Animation</a></li> <li><a href="#render-engine-">🗜Render Engine</a></li> <li><a href="#%ef%b8%8ftextureuv-">🗺️Texture/UV</a></li> <li><a href="#gamedev-">🎮GameDev</a></li> <li><a href="#misc-">🪀Misc</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#resources-">🪐Resources</a> <ul> <li><a href="#3d-models-">🎠3D Models</a></li> <li><a href="#%ef%b8%8fmocapanimation-">🤸🏾‍♀️Mocap/Animation</a></li> <li><a href="#textures-">🌑Textures</a></li> <li><a href="#blender-materials-">🌓Blender Materials</a></li> <li><a href="#blender-scenesfiles-">🌲Blender Scenes/Files</a></li> <li><a href="#hdris-">⛅HDRIs</a></li> <li><a href="#%ef%b8%8fartreference-">🖼️Art/Reference</a></li> <li><a href="#space-">🛰Space</a></li> <li><a href="#soundmusic-">🎧Sound/Music</a></li> <li><a href="#free-stocks-">🏞Free Stocks</a></li> <li><a href="#useful-">🌂Useful</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#standalone-">📥Standalone</a> <ul> <li><a href="#blender-builds-">Blender Builds</a></li> <li><a href="#3d-tools-">3D Tools</a></li> <li><a href="#various-tools-">Various Tools</a></li> <li><a href="#photogrammetry-">Photogrammetry</a></li> <li><a href="#texturematerial-">Texture/Material</a></li> <li><a href="#terrain-">Terrain</a></li> <li><a href="#real-world-height-maps-">Real-World Height Maps</a></li> <li><a href="#point-cloudlidar-data-">Point Cloud/LiDAR Data</a></li> <li><a href="#generator-">Generator</a></li> <li><a href="#ai-powered-">AI-Powered</a></li> <li><a href="#soundmusic--1">Sound/Music</a></li> <li><a href="#painting-">Painting</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#explore-blender-">🔍Explore Blender</a> <ul> <li><a href="#documantation-">Documantation</a></li> <li><a href="#developement-">Developement</a></li> <li><a href="#community-">Community</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#tutorials-">👩🏻‍🏫Tutorials</a> <ul> <li><a href="#beginning-">🍩Beginning</a></li> <li><a href="#modeling--1">🗿Modeling</a></li> <li><a href="#geometry-nodes-">🌌Geometry Nodes</a></li> <li><a href="#shader-nodes-">🔘Shader Nodes</a></li> <li><a href="#animation--1">🌠Animation</a></li> <li><a href="#uv-mapping-">🔲UV Mapping</a></li> <li><a href="#texture-painting-">🔳Texture Painting</a></li> <li><a href="#compositing-">📐Compositing</a></li> <li><a href="#motion-trackingcapture-">🤺Motion Tracking/Capture</a></li> <li><a href="#premium-tutorials-">Premium Tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="#fundamentals-">Fundamentals</a></li> <li><a href="#books-">📚Books</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#development-">👩🏽‍💻Development</a> <ul> <li><a href="#scriptingdeveloping-">Scripting/Developing</a></li> <li><a href="#blender-source-">Blender Source</a></li> <li><a href="#learn-python-">Learn Python</a></li> <li><a href="#learn-computer-graphics-">Learn Computer Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="#related-awesome-lists-">Related Awesome Lists</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#social-">🖇Social</a> <ul> <li><a href="#explore-artworks-">🔍Explore Artworks</a></li> <li><a href="#twitter-accounts-">🐦Twitter Accounts</a></li> <li><a href="#youtube-channels-">📢Youtube Channels</a></li> <li><a href="#blogs-">💻Blogs</a></li> <li><a href="#challenges-">🎊Challenges</a></li> <li><a href="#events-">🎉Events</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#symbols-">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="#contributing-">Contributing</a></li> </ul> </details> <br>

🔮Add-ons ^

Check list of Blender's built-in add-ons documentation here.

🌊Simulation/Physics ^

FLIP Fluids : is a powerful liquid simulation plugin that gives you the ability to create high quality fluid effects all within Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite. ![market]
Molecular Script : is a particle collision addon that makes particles collide for creating certain types of simulations, effects and particles linking as well.
Jet-Fluids : Jet fluid simulator integration in blender.
projectile : An artist-friendly tool for throwing stuff around inside blender. ![][repo]
Phobos : An add-on for Blender allowing to create URDF, SDF and SMURF robot models.

🦑Generator/Builder ^

CharMorph : An open source character creation tool for Blender. It's a rewrite of MB-Lab, which is now unmaintained. ![][repo]
MPFB : MPFB2 is an open source human generator for Blender. It's complete rewrite of MakeHuman as a Blender addon. ![][repo]
FaceBuilder [$] : A Blender add-on that lets you create photorealistic 3D models of human faces and heads using a few photographs with a neutral face expression. [medium]
Tiny Eye : Tiny Eye is a FREE, fully procedural, stylised eye that works in Eevee and Cycles.
Auto-Terrainer : Automatic Blender Terrain Generator is a powerful and easy-to-use tool that lets you turn any low poly mesh into realistic and customizable terrain. You can use it to create mountains, valleys, islands, deserts, forests, and more.
Blenderesse's Generators : Blenderesse offers a few geometry nodes generators for free. Including; Electric Power Line, Melt, Bird.
Buildify : is a geometry nodes library for easy building creation.
Bricker [$] : Photoreal Lego/Minecraft Simulations.
Blender Data Visualisation : Load data into Blender and create visualisations.
BookGen : is a free book-generation addon for Blender.
Celtic Knot : Generate bezier curves, pipes and ribbons in elaborate weavings, based off of a framework mesh.
Curtis Holt's Generators : Curtis Holt offers a few geometry nodes generators for free. Including; Space Station, Mech, Weapon.
Data-FX : Loads and visualizes different types of data within Blender from .csv files.
Flex's Generators : Flex offers a few free geometry nodes generators, including; Crystal, Curtain, Engine, Lego Character, Pillow, Rope, Stair, Stingwire, Table, Tyre.
Geometry Nodes Demo : Free examples of geometry nodes including procedural buildings and a hex grid map.
Geometry Nodes Pipes : is an addon for blender which helps generating complex pipe layouts.
Industrial Geonodes : A collection of industrial themed Geometry nodes. It includes; Pipes, Vents and Catwalks.
Mesh Maze : Blender add-on to generate a maze on any mesh.
Modular Tree : This addon for blender allows the creation of realistic trees with the node editor.
Nino DefoQ's Generators : Nino DefoQ offers a few geometry nodes generators for free. Including; Hair, Braid, Cornrow, Moss, Snow.
Pleebs Generators : Pleebs offers free geometry nodes generators for creating procedural assets. Including; Bush, Wall, Cobble.
Post USSR Builder : Simple post USSR style building generator on geometry nodes. 2.93 and newer.
Procedural Slime : generates procedural slime between objects.
Random Book Generator : Book randomizing asset for Blender. Made with the new Geometry nodes.
Real Sky : This add-on can generate procedural clouds, which Blender's built-in Dynamic Sky add-on lacks.
Snow Generator : Procedural snow generator for snow effects.
Spaceship Generator : procedurally generate 3D spaceships.
Sprytile : a blender add-on for building tile based low-poly scenes with paint/map editor like tools. [more info]
Stylized Fantasy Tree Generator : Generate endless variations of stylized trees with this geometry nodes tool.
tree-gen : procedural generation of tree models in blender.
Welder : welds generator for Blender.
Environment:
- Infinigen : Infinigen is a procedural generator of 3D scenes. It can generate infinite Photorealistic Worlds using real geometry. Infinigen is optimized for computer vision research and generates diverse high-quality 3D training data. ![][repo]
- Graswald [$] : is the solution for 3D Artists who need realistic vegetation in their scenes.