Dev:Doc/Projects

Projects

Bleeding Edge

Blender 2.8 - The Workflow Release

The next major version!

• Code repository at developer.blender.org
• Articles at the developer blog
• The Blender 2.8 Project Hub

Other 2.8 projects:

• Cycles Roadmap

Main Projects

• Workspaces
• Assets Integration
• Dependency Graph
• Layers and Collections
• OpenGL Upgrade (2.1 -> 3.3)
• Viewport

Branches

Non trivial features are usually developed in their own new branches. When finished, they may be approved and merged back into the master branch.

The same happens with special versions of Blender, like the ones used (upgraded and adapted) in Blender Institute movie productions.

Scripts

Python scripting is a very powerful feature in Blender, both for key functionality (the User Interface, for example) and for plugins that can greatly extend the program's capabilities.

• Scripts & Pipeline

Google Summer of Code

• GSoC 2017 Page with information about projects, developers & mentors and current status
• List of GSoC project pages by year

Stable

Blender 2.7x - Latest Production-Ready Version

Recommended for most user

• Latest release: Blender 2.7x (download)
• Code repository at developer.blender.org

Planning and targets for 2.7x

Blender 2.7

• Next 2.7x release (2017)
• Focus on bug fixes and stability
• Release Cycle
• Suggested targets

Archive

• Game Engine Projects
• Finished projects
• Inactive Projects
• Blend4Web real-time proposals

Known TODOs

Issues for (new) developers to work on are collected in wiki. It's known todo items, features or fixes that already have been approved to be worked on:

• Blender: known issues/todo list

Design Documents

Projects that have reached step 3 of the development process.

• Blender 360 Effects