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The whole shelf

Open source is the point of the site. The full list is still here, with a filter for it. Prices and Blender versions are blank unless the source stated them.

Showing 51 of 51 tools. Open source is a filter, not the only list.

Open sourceApp

Blender

The open-source 3D suite. Download page listed v5.2.2 LTS on 22 Oct 2026.

Free

Blender · GPL-2.0 · Modeling, Animation, Rendering

Open sourceApp

Inkscape

Vector drawing. Release page for 1.4.4 names Windows, macOS, and Linux. License text is GPL version 2.

Free

Inkscape · GPL-2.0 · 2D

Open sourceApp

Ardour

Recorder, editor, and mixer. Homepage says Ardour 9.8 is out, for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Free

Ardour · GPL-2.0 · Audio

Open sourceApp

Kdenlive

Video editor. Download page says latest 26.08.2. Windows and a Linux AppImage were on the page.

Free

Kdenlive · GPL-3.0 · Video

Open sourceAdd-on

engon

Free asset-browser add-on on Superhive. Price $0, license GPL, Blender 4.2–5.2.

Free

4.24.55.05.15.2

polygoniq · GPL · Assets, Pipeline

Open sourceAsset

Poly Haven

3D asset library. The license page says the assets are CC0. No paywall was on the pages we read.

Free

Poly Haven · CC0 · Assets

Open sourceAsset

ambientCG

PBR material library. The license docs say every asset is CC0 1.0 Universal.

Free

ambientCG · CC0-1.0 · Assets

Add-on

HardOps

Hard-surface add-on from TeamC. Superhive offer $20. The table said GPL and Blender 3.5–5.2.

$20.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

TeamC · GPL · Hard surface, Modeling

Add-on

BoxCutter

Boolean cutter add-on from TeamC. Superhive offer $20. The table said GPL and Blender 3.5–5.2.

$20.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

TeamC · GPL · Hard surface

Add-on

MESHmachine

Hard-surface modeling add-on from MACHIN3. The Superhive offer was $44.99.

$44.99

4.24.55.05.15.2

MACHIN3 · GPL · Hard surface, Modeling

Add-on

DECALmachine

Decal workflow add-on from MACHIN3. Superhive offer $54.99. Table said Blender 4.3–5.1.

$54.99

4.55.05.1

MACHIN3 · GPL · Hard surface

Add-on

Auto-Rig Pro

Rigging add-on from Artell. The full-version offer was $50. The page also listed Lite at $25.

$50.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

Artell · GPL · Rigging

Add-on

Faceit

Facial expressions and performance capture, from Fynn Braren. Superhive offer $78.

$78.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

Fynn Braren · GPL · Characters, Animation

Add-on

Fluent

Hard-surface add-on from CG Thoughts. Superhive offer $20. Table said Blender 3.6–5.1.

$20.00

4.24.55.05.1

CG Thoughts · GPL · Hard surface

Add-on

Geo-Scatter

Scattering add-on from bd3d. Superhive offer $99. License on the page was Royalty Free, not GPL.

$99.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

bd3d · Royalty Free · Assets

Add-on

FLIP Fluids

Fluid simulation add-on from RLGUY. Superhive offer $269. Table said Blender 4.5–5.2.

$269.00

4.55.05.15.2

RLGUY · GPL · Simulation

Add-on

KIT OPS

Kitbashing add-on from Chipp Walters. Superhive offer $35. Table said Blender 4.3–5.0.

$35.00

4.55.0

Chipp Walters · GPL · Assets, Modeling

Add-on

RetopoFlow

Retopology add-on from Orange Turbine. Superhive offer $59.99. Table said Blender 4.2–5.2.

$59.99

4.24.55.05.15.2

Orange Turbine · GPL · Modeling

Add-on

UVPackmaster

UV packing add-on from glukoz. Superhive offer $55. Table said Blender 2.93–5.2.

$55.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

glukoz · GPL · Modeling

Add-on

Zen UV

UV add-on from Sergey Tyapkin. Superhive offer $24. The title said v5.4.0. Table said Blender 4.2–5.2.

$24.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

Sergey Tyapkin · GPL · Modeling

Add-on

Physical Starlight and Atmosphere

Sky and atmosphere add-on from Physical Addons. Superhive offer $70. Table said Blender 2.81–5.2.

$70.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

Physical Addons · GPL · Rendering

Add-on

True TERRAIN

Terrain add-on from True-VFX. Superhive offer $49.99. Table said Blender 5.1–5.2.

$49.99

5.15.2

True-VFX · GPL · Rendering

Add-on

True SKY

Sky add-on from True-VFX. Superhive offer $39. Table said Blender 5.1–5.2.

$39.00

5.15.2

True-VFX · GPL · Rendering

Add-on

RBDLab

Destruction add-on from BeFX Studios. Superhive offer $74. Table said Blender 4.0–5.2.

$74.00

4.24.55.05.15.2

BeFX Studios · GPL · Simulation

Asset

Materialiq

Material library from polygoniq. Superhive offer $39.99. License on the page was Royalty Free.

$39.99

4.24.55.05.15.2

polygoniq · Royalty Free · Assets, Rendering

Asset

Poliigon

PBR library subscription. Individual Unlimited was $27 per month. Business Unlimited was listed at $59 per month.

$27.00/mo

Poliigon · see site · Assets

AssetSale

KitBash3D

Kit library. The yearly Individual plan was shown as $59 per month, was $119, $708 billed yearly.

$59.00/mo$119.00−50%

KitBash3D · see site · Assets

AI tool

Tripo

Hosted 3D generation. Pro was $20 per month, billed annually as $240 per year.

$20.00/mo

Tripo · see site · AI 3D

AI tool

Hyper3D Rodin

Hosted 3D generation. Creator was $30 per month billed monthly. Yearly was $288.

$30.00/mo

Hyper3D · see site · AI 3D

AI tool

Luma

Hosted generation. Plus was $30 per month, $300 billed yearly. Pro was also shown at $90 per month.

$30.00/mo

Luma · see site · AI 3D

Open sourceApp

Gaffer

Scene-graph tool from Image Engine, not the Blender lighting add-on of the same nickname. Release 1.7.4.1.

Free

Image Engine · BSD-3-Clause · Rendering

Open sourceAdd-on

Bonsai

Blender and IFC, from IfcOpenShell. The newest tag we read was marked unstable, published 20 Oct 2026.

Free

IfcOpenShell · GPL-3.0 · CAD, Pipeline

Open sourceApp

ComfyUI

Node graph for diffusion workflows. Repository release v0.42.1 was published 19 Oct 2026. GPL-3.0.

Free

ComfyUI · GPL-3.0 · AI 3D

Open sourceAdd-on

MPFB

Open-source human character generator for Blender. Source license GPLv3. Release v2.0.18 on 11 Oct 2026.

Free

MakeHuman · GPL-3.0 · Characters, Rigging

Open sourceApp

Krita

Painting and illustration app. The download page said 5.3.4.1, released 7 Oct 2026.

Free

Krita · GPL-3.0 · 2D

Open sourceApp

Audacity

Audio editor. Download page: current version 4.0.1. GitHub published Audacity-4.0.1 on 30 Sep 2026.

Free

Audacity · GPL-3.0 · Audio

Open sourceApp

FreeCAD

Parametric CAD. Downloads page: stable 1.1.4. GitHub published that tag on 28 Sep 2026.

Free

FreeCAD · LGPL-2.1 · CAD

Open sourceApp

Shotcut

Video editor. Download page: current version 26.9.27, for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Free

Shotcut · GPL-3.0 · Video

Open sourceAdd-on

CAD Sketcher

CAD sketching add-on for Blender. GPL-3.0. Release v0.32.1 published 28 Sep 2026.

Free

CAD Sketcher · GPL-3.0 · CAD, Modeling

Open sourceApp

InvokeAI

Open diffusion toolkit. Apache-2.0. Release v6.14.2 was published 27 Sep 2026.

Free

InvokeAI · Apache-2.0 · AI 3D

Open sourceApp

GIMP

Image editor. Downloads page: stable 3.2.6 (2026-09-10), for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Free

GIMP · GPL-3.0 · 2D

Open sourceApp

Godot

Game engine. The download page said Godot 4.7.2, 18 Aug 2026. License MIT.

Free

Godot · MIT · Games

Open sourceApp

Material Maker

Procedural textures and 3D model painting, based on Godot. MIT. Release 1.7 published 14 Jul 2026.

Free

Material Maker · MIT · Rendering

Open sourceApp

OpenToonz

2D animation. Project site names Windows and macOS. Release v1.8.0 was published 19 Jun 2026.

Free

OpenToonz · BSD-3-Clause · Animation

Open sourceApp

Synfig Studio

Vector 2D animation. Homepage news: 1.5.5 released 22 Mar 2026, for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Free

Synfig · GPL-3.0 · Animation

Open sourceApp

Pencil2D

Bitmap and vector 2D animation. Stable v0.7.2, last updated 13 Mar 2026.

Free

Pencil2D · GPL-2.0 · Animation, 2D

Open sourceAdd-on

Sverchok

Parametric node add-on for Blender. Release 1.4.0 names Blender 3.6 through 5.1.

Free

4.24.55.05.1

Sverchok · GPL-3.0 · Modeling

Open sourceApp

Stable Diffusion web UI

Browser UI for Stable Diffusion. AGPL-3.0. Release v1.10.1 was published 9 Feb 2025.

Free

AUTOMATIC1111 · AGPL-3.0 · AI 3D

Open sourceAdd-on

Dream Textures

Stable Diffusion textures inside Blender. Repository is GPL-3.0. Superhive listed it at $0 for Blender 3.1–3.3 only.

Free

Dream Textures · GPL-3.0 · AI 3D

Open sourceApp

MakeHuman

Human character generator. Source is AGPL-3.0. Release v1.3.0 was published 15 May 2024.

Free

MakeHuman · AGPL-3.0 · Characters

Open sourceApp

Natron

Compositor. The project site still calls 2.5.0, from 25 Nov 2022, the latest version.

Free

Natron · GPL-2.0 · Compositing

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