Blender 2.7x: Latest Production-Ready Version

Git master is still being updated very frequently -- everyday, basically, but the main focus is on fixing bugs.

For users, this is the latest version that can be used for production work, since 2.8 is still in very early stages.

Learn more:

How you can participate:

Fixing bugs is a great way to help -- it's also the best way to learn about Blender's source code if you are a newcomer
Reporting problems
Testing reported issues and informing if they also happen in your machine or not

Blender 2.79

Before 2.8 there should be at least one more 2.7x maintenance release in 2017: Blender 2.79.

2.8 is the main topic of discussions right now, though, so the target list for 2.79 will only be defined later on.

Blender 2.79 "BCon" schedule:

2.79 targets

Production color profile "Filmic Blender". ✓ In Master
Cycles shadow catcher ✓ In Master
Cycles denoising, part 1 (Lukas Stockner) ✓ In Master
Cycles split kernel branch (speedup OpenCL) ✓ In Master
Cycles principled BSDF ✓ In Master
Branch & Patch migration list
Datablock ID Properties Patch ✓ In Master
Object Info node support for GLSL mode and the internal render Patch ✓ In Master
Surface deform modifier (Luca Rood) ✓ In Master

Addons Targets:
Some new addons to be announced, cleanup of code base & ui/tabs/panel code ✓ In Master
Blender 2.79 Addons Updates ✓ In Master

Suggested targets