Blender Extension Reference
Compare what each extension does, the tasks it handles, Blender compatibility, access, setup, maintenance, and saved-project behavior. Then check what your project needs before rendering.
Browse 41 researched guides or search all 1,016 entries observed in the official Blender Extensions directory. Learn which add-ons must be available while Blender renders.
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Score 89/1003D Print Toolbox
3D Print Toolbox analyzes and repairs mesh properties that matter when preparing a model for 3D printing.
Version 1.4.1Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 91/1003D Viewport Pie Menus
3D Viewport Pie Menus adds gesture-based menus and related operators for common Blender actions.
Version 1.7.6Free and open source
Blender 5.x
Score 88/100Add Camera Rigs
Add Camera Rigs creates Dolly, Crane, and 2D camera rigs with viewport controls and quick access to camera settings.
Version 1.8.2Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 87/100Amaranth
Amaranth is a collection of workflow tools for scene management, rendering, animation, and compositing in Blender.
Version 1.0.31Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 73/100Archimesh
Archimesh generates architectural room elements such as walls, doors, and windows in Blender.
Version 1.2.5Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 85/100Auto-Rig Pro
Auto-Rig Pro helps artists build, retarget, animate, and export character rigs in Blender.
Version 3.78.48Paid editions
Blender 2.93–5.2
Score 89/100AutoCam Free
AutoCam is a camera-animation tool for recording movement, creating editable paths, and driving camera rigs in Blender.
Version 2.1.1Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 88/100Bioxel Nodes
Bioxel Nodes imports medical and research volume data into Blender Geometry Nodes scenes for scientific visualization.
Version 2.0.4Free and open source
Blender 5.0 and newer
Score 89/100Blendkit
Blendkit, formerly BlenderKit, searches and places models, materials, scenes, HDRIs, and brushes from an online asset library.
Version 3.21.2-260827Free add-on with free and subscription assets
Blender 3.0 and newer
Score 89/100Bool Tool
Bool Tool speeds up the creation, management, and application of Blender Boolean modifiers and cutter objects.
Version 2.1.0Free and open source
Blender 4.5 and newer
Score 78/100Boxcutter
Boxcutter lets artists draw Boolean cuts, slices, insets, and hard-surface forms directly in the Blender viewport.
Version 26: StilettoPaid one-time license
Blender 3.5–5.2
Score 89/100Tested in BlenderCamera Shakify
Camera Shakify adds captured camera shake and wobble to Blender cameras.
Version 0.5.1Free and open source
Blender 4.4 and newer
Score 75/100Copy Attributes Menu
Copy Attributes Menu adds a Ctrl+C menu for copying supported attributes between Blender objects or selected elements.
Version 0.6.3Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 73/100Curve Tools
Curve Tools adds editing operations for Bezier and NURBS curves and surfaces.
Version 0.4.6Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 93/100engon
engon is an open-source asset browser and asset-pack manager for polygoniq and compatible Blender asset libraries.
Version 1.10.0Free add-on with separately priced asset packs
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 85/100Extra Mesh Objects
Extra Mesh Objects adds more parametric mesh primitives to Blender's Add Mesh menu.
Version 0.4.1Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 97/100Tested in BlenderFLIP Fluids
FLIP Fluids simulates liquids, splashes, foam, and other cached fluid effects in Blender.
Version 1.8.8Open-source code, free demo, and paid supported builds
Blender 4.5–5.2
Score 78/100Geo-Scatter
Geo-Scatter distributes objects, plants, and environmental detail across Blender scenes.
Version 5.6Paid individual and studio licenses
Blender 2.83–5.2
Score 89/100Grease Pencil Tools
Grease Pencil Tools adds drawing and editing utilities for Grease Pencil workflows.
Version 2.3.0Free and open source
Blender 4.3 and newer
Score 78/100Hard Ops
Hard Ops provides a non-destructive Boolean, bevel, and modifier workflow for hard-surface modeling in Blender.
Version 26: LeadPaid one-time license
Blender 3.5–5.2
Score 78/100Hard Ops & Boxcutter
This guide explains how Hard Ops and Boxcutter differ, how artists use them together, and what their saved modeling work leaves in Blender.
Paid separately or as a bundle
Blender 3.5–5.2
Score 78/100Launch Control
Launch Control rigs Blender vehicles for driving-path animation and bakeable car physics.
Version 1.9.7Paid Indie, Pro, and Studio editions
Blender 3.6–5.2
Score 61/100Lens Sim
Lens Sim creates physical-lens camera setups for Cycles and is available in Full and Lite editions.
Version 3.x (current family)Paid Lite and Full editions
Blender 4.5–5.1
Score 65/100Light Wrangler
Light Wrangler speeds up the placement, shaping, and management of lights in Blender.
Paid individual and studio licenses
Blender 4.4 and newer
Score 73/100LoopTools
LoopTools is a mesh-editing toolkit for reshaping, spacing, and connecting selected vertices and edge loops.
Version 4.7.7Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 82/100MACHIN3tools
MACHIN3tools is a modular collection of Blender modeling tools and pie menus.
Version 1.13.12Paid Prime and DeusEx editions
Blender 4.2–5.2
Score 83/100Material Utilities
Material Utilities adds a 3D View menu for common material assignment and selection tasks.
Version 2.2.3Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 83/100MeasureIt
MeasureIt adds visible measurements and annotations to Blender objects.
Version 1.8.4Free and open source
Blender 5.0 and newer
Score 89/100ND
ND is a non-destructive hard-surface modeling toolkit for Blender.
Version 2.2.1Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 73/100Node Editor Switcher
Node Editor Switcher adds a pie menu, shortcuts, and buttons for moving between Blender's node editors.
Version 1.1.0Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 85/100Noise Nodes
Noise Nodes adds a collection of custom procedural-noise nodes to Blender's Shader Editor.
Version 0.7.0Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 73/100Object Color Rules
Object Color Rules assigns object and wireframe display colors from configurable rules.
Version 0.0.2Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 89/100Per-Camera Resolution
Per-Camera Resolution stores output dimensions on each camera and updates the scene resolution when the active camera changes.
Version 2.3.2Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 59/100Photographer
Photographer provides camera, lighting, and photographic controls for Blender look development and rendering.
No longer available for purchase
Compatibility not published
Score 80/100Physical Starlight and Atmosphere
Physical Starlight and Atmosphere creates procedural sky, sunlight, fog, cloud, and star controls for Blender environments.
Version 1.9.4Paid individual and studio licenses
Blender 2.81–5.2
Score 63/100Real Snow
Real Snow generates snow geometry on selected objects; its official listing says support has stopped and links to a Geometry Nodes alternative.
Version 1.3.2Free and open source
Blender 4.2
Score 90/100Render Profiler
Render Profiler analyzes Blender render and viewport performance in a live HTML report.
Version 0.9.4Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 85/100RetopoFlow
RetopoFlow provides dedicated Blender tools for rebuilding clean mesh topology through retopology.
Version 4Open source with paid supported builds
Blender 4.2–5.2
Score 88/100Sun Position
Sun Position places and animates a Blender sun from geographic location, date, and time inputs.
Version 4.4.0Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 89/100Ucupaint
Ucupaint manages texture layers and masks for Eevee and Cycles inside a single shader node group.
Version 2.4.9Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer
Score 89/100UniV
UniV is a UV Editor toolkit for selecting, transforming, welding, and organizing UV elements.
Version 4.0.0Free and open source
Blender 4.2 and newer