Blender key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Blender Institute B.V.
- Headquarters
- Netherlands (NL)
- Ownership
- Part of Stichting Blender Foundation
- Founded
- 2002
- Data hosting
- EU (any EU region)
- Infrastructure
- Self-hosted
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Open source
- Yes
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Replaces
- Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini
About Blender
Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite based in the Netherlands. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline, including modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking. The project is coordinated by the Stichting Blender Foundation, an independent public-benefit organization, with services conducted by the Blender Institute B.V. The software is released under the GNU General Public License, ensuring it remains free for any purpose, including commercial use.
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