Happy birthday, Blender! 🎂 Today, your own 3D software turns 2⁵! Here's to many more years of Freedom to Create. #b3d

The Blender Survey 2025 results are here! 🎉 Thanks to the over 5,000 participants who shared their experiences and insights on how to make Blender better!

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Blender - Survey

Blender Survey is a platform to collect and display the results of Blender surveys, representing the community and providing valuable insights.

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Another small bugfix release: Flamenco 3.8.2. A few more bugs were squashed, most notably in the new web-based settings editor.

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Flamenco 3.8.1 was just released! It has a single bugfix, which could cause the database file to grow under load.

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Many fixes for the major release! 🔶 Blender 5.0.1 is out! It fixes 132 issues found in the previous release. If you’re on 5.0.0, it’s highly recommended to update. ✨Changelog

Corrective Releases - Blender Developer Documentation

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The Blender project remembers Germano Cavalcante, long-time Blender contributor. Our hearts go out to his family and friends in Brazil.

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Remembering Germano Cavalcante — Blender

The Blender Project mourns the loss of long-time contributor Germano Cavalcante.

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Flamenco v3.8 was just released! Some of the release highlights: - Settings editor in the web interface. - Multiple jobs, tasks, and workers can can be selected simultaneously, making mass-requeueing and worker management simpler. - Compatibility with Blender 5.0 - Progress bars on jobs & tasks, to show how far along they are. - ... and more!

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Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 5.0! ACES, Adaptive Subdivision, HDR, Storyboarding, Geometry Nodes, 588 bugs fixed, and so much more. 📖Changelog & Download:

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Did Blender help you this year? Help back! If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year 2026. Professional 3D software. No subscriptions. No limits. Just your support. Do your part. Donate today.

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Blender 5.0 has entered Release Candidate stage! 🚀 Please take some time to try it, test your add-ons, files (backup first!), and report any bugs you find. ⬇️ Download:

Blender Builds - blender.org

Blender Builds - blender.org

Continuous build delivery with the latest features and fixes. Use at your own risk!

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Blender 5.0 Release Notes - Blender Developer Documentation

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