Blender

Free and open-source 3D creation suite

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Last commityesterday18 Oct 2026

LicenceGPL-2.0+Per the project

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Blender covers mesh modelling, sculpting, rendering, animation and simulation. It is not a parametric CAD tool, but add-ons such as CAD Sketcher and Bonsai extend it towards precise and architectural modelling.

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Runs on	Windows, macOS, Linux
Opens and saves	OBJ, PLY, STL, FBX, USD, Alembic Listed under Importing & Exporting Files in the Blender manual.
Opens	SVG
Commercial use	Allowed Open-source licence (GPL-2.0+): the Open Source Definition rules out restrictions on fields of use, including business use.

Sources: docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/files/import_export/index.html · opensource.org/osd, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs on” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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Status	Open source
Licence	GPL-2.0+
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Category	Mesh & visualisation
Website	blender.org
Source	GitHub

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