Compiled by Cristóbal Vila - Latest update: August 29, 2025
NOTE: * WIN * means, pending to install/update on my Windows machine, since I usually work on a Mac, using Win just for rendering.
* UPDATE WIN TO 4.5.2 *
INSTALLED FROM EXTENSIONS.BLENDER.ORG
FREE - AT BLENDER EXTENSIONS - TO CONSIDER
NATIVE - PREINSTALLED [TOP]
These are still pre-installed in 4.x.
Copy Global Transform - Located in 3D Viewport > N-panel > Animation tab
Node Wrangler - Use the panel in Sidebar of the node editor or press Shift-W to bring up the quick access menu
INSTALLED FROM EXT.BLENDER.ORG [TOP]
Installed from Preferences (accessed online) - MAYBE ALSO DOWNLOAD THE INSTALLERS, IN CASE THEY ARE REMOVED
Align Tools - Align Tools - Blender 4.1 Manual - Align Selected Objects to Active Object
Bool Tool - Quick boolean operations and tools for mesh modeling - DOCS
BoltFactory - Add a bolt or nut
Cameraide - Saves render settings per camera, including: Resolution and frame ranges, Output paths and file names, Format settings (PNG/JPG/EXR)
Copy Attributes Menu - Copy Attributes Menu - Blender 4.1 Manual
Copy Object Name to Data - A simple operator to copy object names to object data
Curve Tools - Curve Tools - Blender 4.1 Manual - Adds some functionality for bezier/nurbs curve/surface modeling
Data-Block Utilities - Show users, merge duplicates, find similar, and more - Go to Properties ‣ Scene > Similar & Duplicates / Data-Block Users * WIN *
Distribute - Distribute selected object evenly from the first to the last on the X, Y or Z axis. It's located in the viewport's Edit tab
Edit Mesh Tools - Edit Mesh Tools - Blender 4.1 Manual - Mesh modeling toolkit. Several tools to aid modelling.
EdgeFlow - adds a set of operators which help when dealing with curved shaped meshes - Documentation
Extra Curve Objects - Add Curve Extra Objects - Blender 4.1 Manual - Add extra curve object types
Extra Mesh Objects - Add Mesh Extra Objects - Blender 4.1 Manual - Add extra mesh object types
F2 - F2 - Blender 4.1 Manual - Extends Blender native functionality of creating faces using “F” key. Quad from Vertex and Quad from Edge
Group input helper - Quick Add Split Merge Move Group Input Nodes - Quick Add Input and Output Socket
HDRI Rotator - Rotation HDR by Ctrl-Alt-RMB Drag in 3D View (both for built-in Studio Lights and/or Scene World). This works best for me than Hdr Rotation (because this didn't always rotated lights…)
Geodesic Domes - Create geodesic dome type objects and much more (grid, cylinder, parabola…)
Gizmodal Ops - Takes the Gizmo workflow from other 3D software (tap a key to show the transform, rotation or scale gizmo) and blends this seamlessly with Blender's Modal workflow (for precise transforms, rotations and scaling) - TO ENABLE OR DISABLE DEPENDING ON SITUATIONS
LoopTools - Loop Tools Manual - Mesh modelling toolkit. Several tools to aid modeling
Magic UV - Magic UV - Blender 4.1 Manual - UV Toolset - * TRY IT MORE AND MAYBE UNINSTALL? - I NEVER USE IT *
Matalogue - Displays a list of materials and other node trees right in the toolbar of the Node Editor. This makes it easier to switch materials
Material Utilities - Menu of material tools (assign, select…) in the 3D View
MeasureIt - MeasureIt - Blender 4.1 Manual - Tools for measuring objects
Mio3 UV - UV Edit Assistant Tool - Unwrap so that the selected edge loop becomes a straight line OR the boundary becomes a rectangle - Mio3 UV
Modifier Tools - Modifier Tools - Blender 4.1 Manual - Modifiers Specials Show/Hide/Apply Selected
Node Editor Switcher - Add a pie menu, quick buttons, and shortcuts for switching between the different node editors
Node Align - Align Nodes in Multiple Ways - After some time, decide if I maintain this or the Node Align by Quackers
Normalize and Resize Curve Handles - To set all selected handles to the same size
Orient and Origin to Selected - Quickly manipulate the object origin
A. Edit Mode -> Mesh -> Snap menu > Origin to Selected
B. Edit Mode -> Transform Orientations > Local > Orient to Selected
rmKit - advanced functionality for mesh editing, precision modeling, and material management - rmKit 0.1 documentationt - TO STUDY
Simplify Curves+ - To simplify curves, both in the 3D viewport and also
Sync Material Viewport Color - Automatically sets diffuse color, metallic and roughness for viewport display from assigned material (at request, from selected objects)
Synchronize Workspaces - Synchronize 3D views between workspaces
UniV - GitHub - Oxicid/UniV: Blender add-on for UV Mapping - UV Editor to cover all sorts of operators for working with UV - Simple but very powerful
World Apply - Sync viewport world (environment) settings with scene world settings
You Are Autosave - Show a red warning when you haven't saved in a while
THIRD PART - FREE [TOP]
Kushiro Tools - Collection - * WIN UPDATE *
Attach Align - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/iutJRq
Connect Face - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/connect_face
Cut Corner - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/varlxb
Even Triangulation - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/jpjox
Face Regulator - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/wfwfx
Mirror Copy - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/mirror-copy
Quad Swords - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/VNhcN
Quick Bridge - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/qignp
Quick Fillet - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/quickfillet
Resample Edges - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/resample_edges
Safe Inset - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/iruis
Shatter Cut - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/jprjug
Select Sim - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/smjsbe
Surface Inflate - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/inmas
Soft Bevel - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/soft_bevel
Trim Mesh - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/trim_mesh
Visual Axis - https://kushiro.gumroad.com/l/visualaxis
TO ACQUIRE:
Round Inset (blender addon) - $8
Slide Edge (blender addon) - $10
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Blender Bob (replace with versions on extensions.blender.org, when (if) approved…)
Blender Pro, a series of extensions to enhance productivity - Links to all Blender Bob add-ons (and explanations)
fSpy + fSpy-Blender: Official fSpy importer for Blender - Free app + add-on combo - Open source still image camera matching
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OTHER
Analyze Mesh (1) - Check mesh topology for quads, tris, ngons and edge poles
Blender-Loom: image sequence rendering, encoding and playback - to simplify the process of rendering image sequences and specific frames - Call it using CTRL-SHIFT-F12
Blueprints - allows you to automatically setup background images for modeling - YouTube Demo
Bone Widget - for easy creation of custom Bone Shapes
Boundaries to Ngon - To fill non-intersecting edge loops with a small set of ngons - Stored version for PC and Mac-Mx / Installed special version for Mac Intel - Use with caution
Bradley-Presets-Add-on (3) (to automatically install and update Geometry Nodes by Bradley Animation - See below, at “Custom Geometry Nodes”)
CheckToolBox (1) - Highlights poles, triangles, N-gons… in real-time with colors in Edit Mode. Overview the project, for instance, object count, double count, isolated element count, etc.
Convert a curve to a mesh while preserving modifiers - It appears in the N panel, in the “Tool” tab.
Group-Edit-Tools - Tools for editing NodeGroups, including arrows to relocate inputs and more - Also added an interface so that you can edit groups from the outside
Mesh Cleaner for Blender - Identify & Remove Doubles, Convert to Quads, Fix Flipped Normals, Check & Fill Holes, Remove Loose Geometry, Quick Clean Up
Orbit: add-on for blender, add quick navigation option in 3D view - LiquideBleu
Quick Align - Easily align objects to any world space axis right from the edit mode right-click menu
Quick Origin - (2) To quickly move the origin point of an object to a selected area
QuickSnap $1 - Super useful to snapping objects - Install for free here: quicksnap: Blender add-on
RePrimitive - Change a STANDARD primitive shape at any point - Blender add-on RePrimitive - YouTube
rockjail/io_scene_lxo: This addon for blender enables import of Modo files (LXO), experimental - TO STUDY - Probably best to export pure geo, and recreate from scratch…
rouvie_cursor_axis_drawer - By Rouven Miller - Shared in Pixel Fondue Discord - To enable draw of color axis for 3D Cursor (available at N Panel > View) * WIN *
Set Attribute Button - Pixel Fondue Discord Link - Small add-on that Adds a Set Attribute button to the Attributes panel, by ImperfectLink aka Xen Wildman
Set Dimensions (DISCORD) - Special add-on from Blender for Artists, author: Jake Dube, modified by ChatGPT - Sets dimensions for selected vertices in world coordinates
Set Origin - (2) Emīls Vfx - There is another one, a little more advanced, for the same purpose.: 3DPRS Origin Box - Blender Market $3
Simple Renaming - To batch rename objects and data in Blender quickly - Overview - Documentation
SIMPLE TABS - Helps to organize your N-panel
Target, Please! - The Ultimate Targeting Add-on - A simple Shift+T instantly tracks any object in your scene
(#) Connected, relative, very similar or even redundant…
THIRD PART - PAID [TOP]
Annotate Plus - additional annotations tools - $2.63 - By Stefano Bianchini
KeKit - $20 - Kjell Emanuelsson - keKit WIKI
To update (steps): Export keKit Settings / Quit Blender / Delete the kekit add-on folder manually (Find HERE)
Do extract the new zip-file manually (replacing the deleted kekit folder)
Lens Sim - $40 > $28 (BlackFriday Offer) - To simulate camera lenses based on real-world optical data
FAQs - Documentation - Main Tutorial - Implementing Lenses Tutorial
Review: The Best Add-on for Photoreal Lens Simulation in Blender?
Support on Blender Artist Forum: Lens Sim - Coding / Released Scripts and Themes - Blender Artists Community
Motion Blur for Orthographic Cameras don't work, so here's a quick workaround
Node Align | Addon for Organizing Nodetrees - $6 - By Quackers - Tools for organizing Blender nodetrees - Align, Distribute & Evenly Space Nodes
Align Nodes in Multiple Ways - After some time, decide if I maintain this or the Node Align by W_Cloud
Nodetree Utils | Misc. Node Editor Tools - $5 - By Quackers - Normalize Node Width, Label Reroutes by Links, Set Labels, Set Node Width, Set Color
Quad Remesher - EXOSIDE - $30 - Update: “Indie (Modo) > Indie for all softwares”
Sanctus Library - Procedural Materials and Assets Library for Blender 3D - $35 (commercial) - Install the Sanctus-Library_v3.3.zip from any place in your disk
Sanctus Wood Works - $17 - Expansion for Sanctus library - CAUTION: Unzip the “Wood_Works_v1.0.2_expansion.zip”, put “Wood_Works_v1.0.2_expansion” folder side by side with Sanctus-Library folder (not inside) and add expansion from Preferences > Add-ons > Sanctus-Library > Expansions
Shaders Plus - Caustics, Thin Film, Dispersion for Cycles & Eevee (v4) - Shaders Plus v4 + Modules Bundle = $35 - Shaders Plus Docs - * PENDING INSTALL * - Allows you to achieve Real Time Caustics, Dispersion, and physically accurate Thin Film Interference Effects! * WIN *
Simple Bend Ex - $10 - By Kushiro - To bend the mesh very easily.You just need to select the faces (the bend area), then run the tool using RMB * WIN *
UVPackmaster 3 – GPU accelerated UV packing engine - $44 > $30.8 (BlackFriday Offer)
To update: UVPackmaster Setup In Blender - UVPACKMASTER 3 - Leave open Privacy & Security in Mac Preferences to force-allow open and install the separate Engine.
Gumroad Downloads (for all, add-on and engine): UVPackmaster 3 PRO for Blender
YT-Tools for Blender - $20 - By Yoshiaki Tazaki - To enhance modeling workflow, especially for users familiar with Modo - Documentation - Taz site (with feedback form) * WIN *
Zen UV - $34 - Sergey Tyapkin
To update: use the internal button, inside the Addon preferences.
Zen Sets - $14 discounted at $10.5 - Sergey Tyapkin
To update: just install new Zen Sets version, the old one will be replaced automatically, the settings will maintain.
CUSTOM GEOMETRY & SHADER NODES [TOP]
Higgsas Blender Geometry Nodes Groups Toolset Pack - $10 - Manual 0.1 documentation
IL Object Array - Free - You can array object or collection via Radial Array, Array Between, Array On Curve or Array On Grid
Blender Parametric Primitves - Free - WIP ETR VERSION - Rename inputs. Review and homogenise “Default” amounts. Investigate why GN_Torus does NOT have the protective shield and does not save settings. Continue to polish it…
Utility Nodegroup Pack - FREE - By Quackers - Collection of various helper nodegroups
Geometry Nodes Building Blocks Toolkit - $10 - By Shmuel Israel - Functionality you wouldn't get with only the built-in nodes. They will cover most basic node types to create most average node structures one step above the default.
PatternMaker $10 - “Almost” like having Substance Designer inside Blender - Docs
Blespace - FREE - GN Bevel, GN Vertex Bevel, Fix Normals, GN Mirror, GN Array, GN Remesh… and more
Bradley Free GN Presets V2.4 Release - FREE - Bradley/Mograph-Presets-of-Geometry-Nodes - Autoupdate with installed Bradley-Presets-Add-on (3) - Installation Guide
Numeric Attribute Visualizer in Geometry Nodes - Ilir Beqiri - $5 - Purchased (not installed, stored)
Blenderesse - Procedural generators and other interesting stuff - ALL FREE - Purchased (not installed, stored)
My collection of custom nodes is growing fast. Most of them are third part, other are mine. Here is my main Nodes directory folder names:
NODES FOLDER * WIN - UPDATE *
BFA
Blespace
CartesianCaramel
Eterea
Higgsas
Misc
3d_Gizmo-Valcohen.blend
Asset Geometry Node String Selection - Drumfish.blend
IL_ObjectArray_005.blend
Number Visualizer - Beqiri.blend
Primitives.blend
PatternMaker
Quackers
Shmuel
MY OWN ADD-ONS and NODES [TOP]
TO-DO: clean, unify criteria, add better comments & headers…
etr_change_selected_sds_levels
etr_create_weight_ramp
etr_frame_color_palette
etr_join_equalizing_bevels
etr_remove_subdivision_modifiers
etr_transforms_deltas
etr_set_curve_radius_to_1
etr_label_image_nodes
lunadigital/blender-addon-template: An empty template for Blender add-ons - A boilerplate template to help you organize your Blender add-on code. You can even install and enable the template as-is, even though it doesn't do anything
IMPORTANT, TO-DO: in my ETR Super Sweep, replace the use of “Set Curve Radius” by the new “Scale” parameter directly available at “Curve to Mesh” node
DOWNLOADED - NOT INSTALLED [TOP]
CR Basic Brushpack for blender texture painting - 6 customizable brushes along regular blender Brush
Point Animate by KIRI Engine - Transform your static 3D models into dynamic motion graphics and VFX point cloud animations
UNINSTALLED [TOP]
Free Viewport Display (or “Mesh Display”) - By Blender Bob - Substituted by the much better YT Tools by Taz-San * WIN *
X-Ray Selection Tools - CaptainCirno
Auto-Highlight in Outliner ($7) - This add-on helps you Find objects in the Outliner | Auto Highlight In Outliner - YouTube - Amandeep Various Add-ons - I actually already have it in KeKit and it's less intrusive.…
Modifier List - Enhanced UI layout for managing many modifiers - I like the Modifier Favorites, but too much intrusive - Loss dots to create keyframes…
Node Annotator - Easily create good documentation of your node trees.
Quickmenu: simplifies access to useful operators and adds missing functionality (uses D, search for another shortcut if enable again).
Node Arrange - Arrange node trees with one click - NodeAlign is better
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Mesh Align Plus - Move/align mesh parts+objects based on scene geometry/metrics - mesh_align_plus Wiki
Python: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/cristobal/Library/Application Support/Blender/4.3/extensions/blender_org/mesh_mesh_align_plus/advanced_tools.py", line 384, in poll
active_item = prims[addon_data.active_list_item]
~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IndexError: bpy_prop_collection[index]: index 0 out of range, size 0
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etr_merge_separate_group_inputs - Replaced by Group input helper
etr_match_surface_viewport - Replaced by Sync Material Viewport Color
awesome-blender: A curated list of awesome Blender addons, tools, tutorials; and 3D resources for everyone - recommended by Javi Polo
Recommended Add-ons - My Top 15 Blender Add-ons - YouTube - recommended by the author of Zen UV
The Ultimate 2022 Guide to the Best Blender Add-ons - CG Cookie
Top 10 UV Add-ons For Blender in 2024 - Blender Hub
CGDive’s Blender add-on Directory - Blender Add-ons and Resources curated by CGDive - The intention is to display the add-ons (I don't know if all of them... or the ones they promote) in a well organised way.
Extensions — Blender Extensions - Free and open source add-ons and themes.
LinkedIn - Tons of great suggestions for Blender add-ons to get started in game art.
How to install Blender Add-ons - the complete guide
How to Install, Use & Update Add-ons
The Greatest geometry nodes Collection - YouTube - With links under the video
blendergpt.org - Not exactly an add-on, AFAIK. an advanced artificial intelligence program that creates 3D models from text or image prompts in ~20 seconds.
It lets you synthesize fully textured meshes, then import directly to Blender with a shortcut or download the source files for use in any compatible software
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Kushiro - Several very interesting Add-ons - BUY OR DONATE BECAUSE THEY'RE COOL
Grid Modeler - $20
Delta Quad - $10 - Killer tool to convert n-gons to quads
Round Inset - $8 - Alternate to regular inset. Inset face with 100% original round corners
And many others!
Lots are FREE:
FREE - AT BLENDER EXT - TO CONSIDER [TOP]
3D Cursors Briefcase - Store and manage multiple 3D Cursors
3D Viewport Pie Menus - Various pie menus to speed up your workflow
Add Camera Rigs - Adds a Camera Rig with UI
Aligning Horizontally Mini - align selected objects in a customizable grid. Adjust spacing on X, Y, and Z axes. Control the number of objects on X and Y axes
Amaranth - A collection of tools to improve productivity - Amaranth Toolset Manual
Archimesh - Generate rooms, doors, windows, and other architecture objects.
Auto Mirror - Super fast cutting and mirroring for mesh
Bagapie - For environmental and architectural modeling, offering 50+ tools for ivy generation, scattering, and parametric objects via GN.
Carver - Multiple tools to carve or to create objects - Example video on Instagram *Caution: it seems to freeze the Mac, for some seconds* Funtionality is now integrated on Bool Tool (already installed)
Coloraide - Enhances color picking. Available in the Image Editor, 3D Viewport, and Clip Editor.
Color Randomizer - Randomizes the color of an object, allowing you to manually select the perfect color by repeatedly pressing the button
Copy Global Transform - Copy and paste object and bone transforms. When copying, the global (World Space) transform is placed on the clipboard. This can then be pasted onto any object or bone, at the current frame or at another one.
CSV Importer - CSV file importer (read how to use the data) - DEMO: Importing String Data from CSV
Custom Templates - Allows you to use your own .blend files as template options for new projects - Application Templates - Blender 4.3 Manual
EasyWeight - focused on quality of life improvements for weight painting
Export: Adobe After Effects (.jsx) - Export cameras, images and empties to Adobe After Effects
Font Selector - allows user to dynamically visualize available fonts applied to a text object without the painful process of importing a font through filebrowser
Grease Pencil Tools - Extra tools for Grease Pencil - Includes a feature to scrub the timeline with ALT-MMB or whatever you assign it to (like this other old specific add-on)
Hot Node - Save and add nodes across files in super fast speed - Match Image / Share Nodes / Undo Redo / Customize
Material Library - will create a material library. You can save, load and categorize materials that can be shared across all your projects - DOCS
Measure and Scale - Measure between any two vertices and uniformly scale the entire object to match that measurement
Modifier List - Enhanced UI layout for managing many modifiers with handy features to make the modifier workflow faster. Includes Edit Mesh Modifier
ND - Non-Destructive Modeling Toolkit
Node Group Presets - Saves the current values of a given node group into a applicable/editable/copyable preset(s)
Node Group Utilities - Extra options and functions for node groups
Node Presets - Add node groups directly to the node editors
Noise Nodes - Advance Noise Nodes For blender
Non-Destructive Primitives - Once you're done, simply press Tab to enter Edit Mode and begin modeling! If you ever change your mind, you can enable the modifier again and continue tweaking it in Object Mode.
Place Helper - Efficient placement of objects, objects can rotate simultaneously while moving, quick copy, gravity dynamic placement… and more
PolyQuilt Retopology Tool [Fork] - To help speed up the process of manual hand retopology, similar to tools like Retopology Flow and Quad Draw
POPOTI Align Helper - More friendly alignment based on observation perspective
Procedural Tiles - a growing library of shading nodes that emulate tiles, with interfaces easy and intuitive to use just like the Voronoi or brick texture
Rectangle Tools - quickly and conveniently construct rectangular geometry, also from existing geometry, including existing edges
Remove Static FCurves - Cleans up animation channels that don't contain any animation data
Render Preset - Create Render Presets in a specific folder and apply on the fly. Also supports applying render preset through python
Simple Deform Helper - Navigate your node tree faster via more node search options
Simplify Curves+ - Simplify Curves: 3dview, Dopesheet, Graph. Distance Merge
Substance Textures Importer - looks at all the images in the chosen directory and attempts to guess the corresponding shader input to plug them into
Tissue - Tools for Computational Design
Tri-lighting - Add 3 Point Lighting to Selected / Active Object
Typst Importer - Easily render mathematical equations and code blocks
Ucupaint - Layer based painting and VDM sculpt for Eevee and Cycles
APPROVAL QUEUE
Mesh Analysis Overlay - Triangles, quads, n-gons, etc. of different color - Similar to Analyze Mesh and Check Toolbox (already installed). Maybe smarter, simpler & stronger?
FREE - OTHERS - TO CONSIDER [TOP]
Animation Render Time Estimator for Blender - Additionally, the add-on outputs updates in the system console, providing detailed insights into the rendering process
AutoCam - Record a first-person walkthrough, convert it to a clean curve, and generate a fully rigged camera inside Blender, in seconds
BB-UVs: A Blender Extension to manage UVs in Object mode - By Blender Bob - Details
BezierUtils: Blender Add-on with Bezier Utility Ops - Very interesting for drawing and working with bezier, more like Illustrator.
BGSpheres - Blockout Geometry Node in Blender - To quickly block out models using geometry nodes. Inspired by ZBrush ZSpheres
Bone Widget - Easy creation of custom Bone Shapes (no estoy seguro de si es el mismo que el anterior)
CAD Sketcher - A constraint-based sketcher add-on created by hlorus for Blender that allows you to create precise 2d shapes by defining CAD geometric constraints like tangents, distances, angles, equal and more. These Sketches are then converted into bezier or mesh which still stay editable through a fully non-destructive workflow i.e, Geometry nodes and modifiers.
Camera_shakify - to create camera shake - Shakify Video!
Claymate - It allows clay renders with all the fine details created by normal maps, displacement and bump map textures in the scene.
Collection2Empty - Convert Collections to Empties, all objects assigned to collection will be parented to the new generated Empty. Naming is carried over also
Copy shape key addon v2.0. It allows you to copy shape keys from many sources in one click - with or without the same topology, you can chose which shape keys you want to copy and you can even copy the animation
Differential Growth - to create organic forms - GitHub
Easy Lens Flares for Blender Compositor
Enhanced Vertex Color Tool - to streamline the process of working with vertex colors in 3D models. It offers a set of advanced tools for filling, gradient-based coloring, randomizing vertex colors, baking textures or AO - Enhanced Vertex Color Tool - DEMO VIDEO
EEVEE ekGlass Shader - This course is a free one, and it comes with a .blend file you can use to import the shader (or wine glass model)
Fast-Loop - Modo’s Loop Slice style tool for Blender - I tried this without success in my computer (error appeared) ¿Maybe it’s a Mac only issue? - Try again in some time…
Geometry Nodes Attribute Viewer - to see spreadsheet values in the 3D view, or what the concrete values of fields are on their domain positions, or what is the randomly generated value that you are plugging into other nodes, etc
IKurve - IK Rig on curve Addon - makes it easy to create armatures along any curve in Blender. Customize your bone count, set even lengths, and add an IK rig with ease - Article on 80.lv
IL Object Array - You can array object or collection via Radial Array, Array Between, Array On Curve or Array On Grid (all using Geometry Nodes)
Lens Cap - Synchronize viewport visibility with render settings, fine-tune depth-of-field with intuitive DOF controls, and select or keyframe cameras from a clear, scrollable list
Lineupnodes: Blender Add-on For Arranging Nodes of Geometry/Shader/Compositor Node Tree - Line Up Nodes - YouTube - To automatically organise trees of chaotic nodes
Link-Manager - add, remove, refresh, relocate all linked files in one simple UI. You can switch the linked file for a low res version and you have the possibility to turn on hi-res rendering so that on screen you will only have the low res version but in final render it will render the hi-res version - Description - Hopefully it will be approved by the Extension platform.
MeshKit: Geometry tools for copy/paste, point arrays, planar UV mapping, and more
Mantis Rigging Nodes - a NEW WAY TO RIG characters, props, or anything else in Blender using Geometry Nodes - See description and how to install below video
Mira Tools · mifth/mifthtools Wiki · GitHub - Similar to Linear Falloff (don't know if it will still work)
MP_Comp | Blender Compositor Presets - A collection of over 40 unique effects for Blender Compositor - Documentation - I've created over 40 effects for Blender Compositor
NijiGPen: Grease Pencil Add-on - Brings new features to Grease Pencil: Boolean, Offset/inset, Converting 2D shapes into meshes, Data exchange with other painting/designing software
NodeBooster: This is a collection of scripts that will add an extra node for blender - WIP - More info at Blender Artists Community
Normalize Unlocked - It normalizes weights only between unlocked groups, useful for when you have vertex groups for many uses in the same mesh, like for skinning, hair, modifier influences etc.
OpenScatter - Free and Open-Source Scattering - $1 - Voluntary support, $10 - FREE at GitMay3D/OpenScatter
Physics Dropper - $4 but also FREE -place all selected objects with the help of physics with just a few clicks. Basically, it's drop-it on steroids (downloaded, but not installed)
Polyhedral-splines - WIP - Converts quad-dominant meshes into B-spline patches - Introduction
Popup Vertex Group List - Shows a popup dialog with all the vertex groups of your mesh
RetopoFlow 4 alpha (free, maybe integrated in the future) - Jonathan Lampel en X: "This is huge because not only can it run right alongside all the other Blender tools, but the performance is also amazing. Here is RetopoFlow 4 alpha”
roosterMAP/rmKit - Variety of custom tools made by an ex-Modo user - There is a Falloff Transform for Move, Rotate and Scale - rmKit Documetation — rmKit 0.1 documentation
Select by size (object mode) - Downloaded and saved, but not installed
Scale Normalizer - Automatically detect objects with non-uniform scales - Process selected objects or entire scene - Useful when importing models with LOTS of non-uni-scale objects
SKBoneGen: Blender add-on for generating bones along vertices - Tweet - Read answers, with tips to improve it - Look for more complete and robust options, which almost certainly exist
Smooth Unlocked - To smooth the weights of selected vertices only for the unlocked vertex groups. Locked groups will not be affected
SurfacePsycho - WIP - Non destructive workflow based on curves and Bézier surfaces - Docs - Blender Artists Thread - Gumroad
Target, Please! — The Ultimate Targeting Add-on - A simple Shift+T instantly tracks any object in your scene from your camera, light or any object
Transfer the vertex order - To transfer the vertex, edge and face order, from mesh A to mesh B, if both of them have the same topology
UV-Rename - Extension for iterative renaming of multiple UV Maps
Viewport-presets - Adds a presets menu to the 3D viewport header which allows you to save and recall various combinations of viewport display settings
waylow/boneWidget - Making custom bone shapes. It has an editable library of shapes that make it easy to apply to any rig
wiggle-2: Rewrite of blender-wiggle with new features and physics - To manage chains of bones, to easily setups tubes, chains, collisions, etc
PAID - TO CONSIDER [TOP]
3D Tree Growing Software - The Grove 89-149 EUR - A tree simulator
Amazing terrain creator addon - $1 - Generate 3D Maps EASIER with this ONE Simple Trick
Align And Distribute v3.0 $7
autoConstraints for Blender - $10 - autoConstraints for Blender [FREE] - autoConstraints for Blender 1.3 - YouTube
B-Presets - $5 - For saving render and viewport settings to presets and quickly switching between them (next one is similar, slightly cheaper but older)
BSpheres - $20 - inspired by spheres tools by ZBrush and 3DCoat
Blob Fusion - $13.20 - Organic and hard-surface meshes creation. It can be thought as mix of ZSpheres with Metaballs/SDFs, combining best of both worlds
BatchGenie: Asset Assistant - $18 - To simplify and automate common asset-related tasks in Blender and help you build your asset library
Blender Batch Render - $10
CAD Transform - 10 EUR - Precise Move / Rotate / Scale / Align by 3 points - Precise snap from / snap to workflow - etc
Cameleon: Material Batch Rendering Tool - $7 - Rendering out hundreds of options for product. Cameleon will handle outputting every permutation of materials and camera angles.
Cell Fluids $20 - CellFluids is a Geometry Nodes powered add-on for simulating fluids. The simulation is sort of “2.5D”. It is based on the scene’s height field and simulated in 2d grid mesh with displacement applied to it.
Clean Graph - $16 - To streamline, enhance, and speed up every stage of the animation workflow (price will increase whenever author adds a new panel to the add-on)
Cloud Creator - £8 - Allows you to make any cloud and convert any mesh into a cloud! - Perfect Procedural Clouds in Blender
CURVEmachine $17.5
Decal Master - Add Decals Like Never Before $18.75 (seems the best for decals)
DECALmachine $55
Deep Paint -Blender 3D Paint tool Set - $35 - From Gaku, the Japanese man who makes beautiful “watercolours” with Grease Pencil
Easy Pivot $5 - Freely change your pivot point
FLIP Fluids - $76 - Set up, run, and render liquid simulation effects all within Blender! The custom built fluid engine is based around the popular FLIP simulation technique
Fluent 3 - Stressless modeling tool $20 - $30 - Non-destructive hard-surface modeling tool
FontBank (Adobe Fonts + Blender) - $7 - To connect the full Adobe Fonts library directly to Blender. Automatically detects fonts installed on the operating system. Supports .ttf, .otf, .woff, .woff2, and .eot
Forgotten Tools - $5 - brings various "forgotten" features into Blender
Friendly Pivot for Blender - $15 - To quickly and conveniently change the Pivot Orientation, Origin and 3D Cursor positions by pressing one key
Geo-Scatter 5.5 - $99 - The "1 scattering plugin for Blender
Haggis Tools - $15 - Optimizing workflows, reducing mundane and repetitive tasks
HairFlow - Simulate Blender's New Hair System - $20 - Nice example
Handy Weight Edit - $23 - An alternate weight painting method in Edit mode. It offers precise control where and how weight is distributed.
Hard Ops / Boxcutter Ultimate Bundle - $38
Hide Only Vertex [Lock Vertex] - Blender Market - $5 - Hide only vertices and lock edits - Protects the mesh from editing while the faces remain visible - LOTS OF SCRIPTS ON GITHUB
Instant Clean - $10 - a single click mesh clean add-on ideal when you import models
Instant Impostors v1.2 | One-click Impostor Generation (EEVEE) - $20 Lite - $50 Studio
Knitting Generator add-on - $10 - Generate wool fabric
L System - Tree and Plant Generator - Geometry Nodes $1.50
Lazy Bones $13 - Very interesting to simplify bone creation
Light Wrangler Blender Addon: Masterful Lighting Made Easy - $8.40 Non-Comercial - $17.40 Commercial - This seems FANTASTIC to create and fine tune artist-driven lighting
MACHIN3tools $5 - $15
Mesh Check GPU Edition - 2 eur - Similar to Analyze Mesh and Check Toolbox (already installed). Maybe smarter, simpler & stronger?
Modo-Me, Modo Action Centers, Smart Center and Axis Management $13 (I don't know if it's worth it…)
Motion path Pro - $10 - Update motion paths in real-time from graph editor and viewport windows at the same time - You can it as a feature of Clean Graph addon
Multi Camera Setup Addon - $14 - The setup and switching of multiple cameras are much quicker and easier
Node Preview - $19 - Displays rendered thumbnails above shader nodes, for each step (similar to what is available in Designer)
NormalMagic - $10 (Early Access) - Collection of tools designed to give you full control of mesh normals
Outliner Bookmarks - 7.64 eur - For intricate projects or to optimize scene management
PBR Mixer - $14 - Creates layers from PBR texture sets and blends them based on their height using a selection of masking methods including Paint, Procedural Noise, another layer's Height, geometry Position, and surface Normal.
Perspective Plotter - $18 - Match a camera to an image with Perspective Plotter. Useful for creating 3D models from 2D sketches, matching a 3D scene to a 2D photo.
Photographer 5 $24 - Physical Camera properties, Bokeh textures, Camera and Lens Post FX, Physical Lights with photometric units, Gobos and IES
Pie Menu Editor $12 (before buying contact you, because it says compatible up to 3.0)
POMegranate $10 - Parallax Occlusion Mapping (I think 4.2 incorporates some of this, but I don't know if it is the same or not....)
Procedural Dynamic Paint - $7 - Control the dynamic paint with nodes
Procedural Foam - $15 - To generate realistic foam on the surface of objects. As it uses volumetric texturing, it will only work on Cycles, but you can preview it with Eevee
Procedural Fluid Simulators - $39 - Simulate the fluid on any surface with full control - Mixing Colors with Procedural Fluid Simulators - Tutorial
Quad Maker - $18 - manual retopology tool - Recommended by Henning Sanden
QuickCinema - $15 - Real Time Viewport Compositing: Lens Softening, Sharpening, Aberration / Bloom / Vignette / Color & Contrast & Fog
Resample Mesh - $25 - Allows you to reshape geometry by interpolating ( to create smoother transitions or reduce polygon count ) selected points. It also includes operators for smoothing, mesh optimization, and connecting edge loops.
Serpens 3 - Visual Scripting Addon Creator - $14.40 - a node-based scripting addon for blender. It allows you to create real, installable python addons without touching a single line of code.
Smart Light Tool - $5 - To create and position lights based on their reflection points from the camera view, by calculating the reflection angles between the camera and scene objects
SpeedSculpt - $20 - Enhance your sculpting efficiency in Blender with SpeedSculpt, an intuitive add-on designed to streamline the creation and management of complex models
Split - Interactive real-time comparison addon - $6 - Compare a stored compositing state with the current state in a dynamic and visually interactive way
Stamp It! - No Shrinkwrap & Extra Geometry $17.75
Stylized Cloud Generator - 7.50 EUR - Creating beautiful, stylized clouds in Blender, designed mainly with NPR/stylized renders in mind, this tool lets you craft stunning skies effortlessly
SUPER BUMP $12 - Super Bump for Eevee brings the power of material displacement to the Real-time engine!
ToOptimize Tools - $15 - To optimize your scene in a simple way. The addon will show you what is making your scene heavier, comparing each object, collection, texture, and material in your scene
Trees - $25 - A procedural trees generator system based on Geometry Nodes
UDON Custom Node Builder [beta] - $20 - making your own custom nodes (real nodes) - i don't like this: “UDON is required both for creating as well as using the custom nodes. Custom nodes only work with UDON enabled”
uvProject for Blender - $7 (early access) - A kind of automatic UVs for architectural-kind of geometry
Viewport presets for Blender - $3.6 - For creating, storing and loading custom 3d view presets (previous one seems newer)
Weight Paint Tools - $11 - Tools for simplifying workflow in blender weight paint mode
Woolly Tools & Shaders (v2) $35 - Transform your models into needle felt plushies instantly (lana, fibras, etc)
XDECAL™ - Blender Decals-Manager $35
Zen Cage - $9 - Intuitive control over object transformations using a bounding box cage with interactive handles. Align, Fit, Distribute, Clamp, Array, Rotate, and Scale
MARK KINGSNORTH AKA CONFIGURATE (and has others, also interesting)
Conform Object - $12 - To project smaller objects onto a larger object surface in one direction.
Flowify for Blender - $15 - To bend object to a surface that has evenly spaced 4 sided faces and 4 corners. A simple flat reference grid is used to guide the deformation
Mesh Materializer - $15 - To wrap an object onto the surface of another object like a material, using a UV texture map as a guide
Curves To Mesh - $25 - Create and configure mesh surfaces from Bezier curves in Blender - Los GN de Highass tienen una tool para esto…
GAFFER - Light & Hdri Manager
GitHub - gregzaal/Gaffer: A light-manager add-on for Blender (trial, free, no limits, to try it out)
Gaffer - Light & HDRI Manager - Blender Market ($20, if I am convinced and want to pay)
Gaffer update adds HDRI Favorites | Blender Secrets - YouTube (to see how it works)
CUSTOM NODES - TO CONSIDER [TOP]
COLLECTIONS
Erindale Toolkit - Advanced Geometry Nodes Groups (UPDATED FOR FIELDS) - Blender Market $17 - Seems good
Geonodes Modifiers Mograph - IL - $17 - Seems good
Extra Nodes for Geometry Nodes - $10 - BUY IT!!!, it doesn't matter if they replicate or match the previous ones or the ones I already have, because they're all inexpensive.
Lots of use-case examples here: 3D Singh VFX - YouTube
And also, interesting: Curve Growth Motion Graphics with Extra Nodes
Also: Strips Motion Graphics Series with Extra Nodes
Flipbook Texture Shader Node - FREE - This shader node group plays flipbooks by offsetting the UV map.
Procedural Curve Shapes - $8 - Interesting, to use directly and also to learn how to create procedural splines, seeing how they are made.
Geometry Nodes Nuts, Bolts and screws - $6
Geometry nodes Cog generator - $10
Studio Roel Deden Store Front - Several procedural collections from the same study
DJH Geometry Node Assets - $25 - 65 modifiers/nodes - DJH Nodes
Strands: A DJH GeoNodes Library - $25 - To do ropes, chains, wires, or other long thin and flexible objects to your scenes
Node-it - $20 - Node groups that solve common shader challenges. It provides building blocks to create, customize, and fix shaders with ease. A great solution for shader creation
NodeBooster - FREE - camerainfo, isrenderedview, mathexpression, nexinterpreter, pythonapi, pythonscript, sequencervolume
Blender Bevel Node - $10 - This node, while not as robust as blender's bevel modifier, will handle most of bevel needs. Scenarios not supported are listed.
MolecularNodes: Toolbox for molecular animations in Blender, powered by Geometry Nodes - FREE
Adaptive Curve - $0 - $3 - Tangent adaptive curves
UV Stretch preview in 3d - FREE - Already downloaded, but not installed - Preview UV Stretch with this #Geometrynodes Setup in Blender - YouTube
Free GN Presets V2.3 - FREE - Bradley Animation - YouTube
Shrinkwrap Multiple - $3 -Lets you shrinkwrap an object to another object or a whole collection, like a bunch of object inside an elastic bag
CUSTOM TOOLS or SCENES
Blender Geo Nodes: Platform Generator - FREE demo - 5 eur full (more to see how it is made, than to see how it is useful...)
Index Viewer for Blender 3.0+ (Geometry Nodes Fields) - FREE
Wrap Master - Blender Market - $12 Wrap bandages, ropes, chains or fabric around your models.
Johnny Matthews - Some interesting collections, and many FREE: Spiral nodes - Coil on curve - Tile Generators - Blender Pick Node (?) - Multiplex Nodes - Circular Instance Array…
Alex Martinelli - FREE - GREAT Procedural Assets for Blender - Procedural Crystal, L-Systems, Phyllotaxis, Differential Groth, Spiderwebs, Cellular Automata, Camera control & Animation, Recursive Subdivision, Flock Simulation
OTHER ASSETS & TOOLS [TOP]
Cartesian Caramel en Gumroad - Lots of interesting GN. Several things for free or very cheap. Very good
Ultimate Blender Procedural Material Pack - $48,75
COLLECTIONS of nodes
Tile Factory - Procedural Tile Generators for Blender - $45
ASSETS
Cleverpoly's Tools & Resources | Textify Callouts And titles Animation - Procedural Re-usable assets for product animators
Tree Library Botaniq Trees+Plants - $2 Starter - $49 Lite - $129 Full - library of optimized & realistic 3D vegetation. It features a variety of Trees, Palms, Succulents, Shrubs, Plants, and Pots
PROCEDURAL MATERIALS
Simon Thommes - Procedural shaders (Textile, Bricks, Procedural Noises, Scatter, etc)
BlenderKit | FREE 3D models, textures and other Blender assets
Procedural Clouds Shader - FREE
Sanctus Wood Works - $17
Procedural Metal Materials Bundle - $13
Richard Yot - Assets, specially materials and lighting - A bit expensive but good quality. Free “Light Tent Rig”
Carvature - Procedural Wood Texture - $24 - These wood textures look great. Specially useful for block-wood object, where waves and knots should match between sides.
MATCAPS
Huge library of matcap PNG textures organized by color - Visual gallery > MatCaps / mgherkins's Workspace | Observable
BRUSHES FOR GREASE PENCIL
FREE - Blender Grease Pencil Brush Pack - UPDATE Oct 8, 2024: This brush pack is intended for Grease Pencil 2, not Grease Pencil 3 which was released with Blender 4.3 BETA. Please do not expect these to work in Blender 4.3, I am in the process of learning how to mark them as assets to be able to share them so they behave as intended.
UV Checker Map Maker - Custom UV Textures - VINZI - A free web application that lets you create custom checker maps. You can customize grid size, numbering conventions, and colors, then download the maps at resolutions up to 8K
Dima Desktop - All the Blender icons as svg
NON-BLENDER TOOLS
Flowframes - Fast Video Interpolation for any GPU - Flowframes is a simple but powerful app that utilizes advanced AI frameworks to interpolate videos in order to increase their framerate in the most natural looking way possible.
UDIM GLOBE - FREE - a toolkit for turning high-res planet textures into UDIM tiles—perfect for 3D animation and VFX.
FOR PHOTOSHOP
Exr-IO free Photoshop OpenEXR plug-in | OpenEXR Free plugin for Adobe Photoshop