What Blender Add-ons and Tools Are Listed on Awesome Blender?

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Awesome Blender (awesome-blender.netlify.app) is a curated GitHub-style list of Blender add-ons, standalone tools, tutorials, and resources aimed at 3D artists, hobbyists, developers, and researchers. Its stated focus is mostly open source and free resources, though the list also flags some items as premium. If you want a single index to discover Blender plugins and companion tools rather than search the web piece by piece, this is what it organizes.

Add-on categories

The add-ons section is split by the part of the Blender workflow each plugin targets:

  • Simulation/Physics — physics and simulation helpers
  • Generator/Builder — procedural generators and scene builders
  • Modeling — modeling utilities
  • Animation — animation tools
  • Render Engine — alternative or supporting render engines
  • Texture/UV — texturing and UV mapping add-ons
  • GameDev — game development related add-ons
  • Misc — everything that doesn't fit the categories above

The list also points to Blender's own built-in add-ons documentation, so you can distinguish official add-ons from third-party ones.

Standalone tools

Beyond in-Blender add-ons, the list collects external software that supports a Blender pipeline:

  • 3D tools and various general tools
  • Photogrammetry
  • Texture/material tools
  • Terrain and real-world height maps
  • Point cloud / LiDAR data
  • Generators
  • AI-powered tools
  • Sound/music
  • Painting

These are separate applications, not plugins, so they're relevant when your task falls outside what Blender itself handles well — for example, turning photos into meshes or processing LiDAR scans.

How to navigate the add-ons section

  1. Open awesome-blender.netlify.app.
  2. Use the table of contents at the top; the add-ons block starts at "🔮Add-ons" and lists each subcategory as an anchor link.
  3. Jump to the subcategory matching your task (e.g., "🧊Modeling" for modeling utilities).
  4. Each entry links out to the project's own page, where you check licensing and compatibility.
  5. Note the symbols section near the bottom — the list uses license and video symbols to mark entries, so check those before assuming an item is free.

What to expect and what to verify

  • The list describes itself as focused mostly on open source and free resources, but it also has a "Premium Tutorials" section, so "free" is not universal across the page.
  • Pricing for individual add-ons and tools is not stated on the list itself — you confirm it on each linked project page.
  • The page is a curated index, not a host; downloads and installs happen at the destination links.

If your goal is to find a Blender add-on or companion tool for a specific job, start from the matching category above, then verify license and price at the source before installing.