blender.community

What It Is

Blender Community is a community platform built around the Blender ecosystem. Historically, it has hosted community features related to Blender Network, Blender Today, GraphicAll, and more. According to the text, the platform has now clearly announced that “all communities except Right-Click Select will be shut down,” with future efforts shifting toward building a new platform that inherits and expands on the Right-Click Select concept.

Core Capabilities

Based on the captured content, the most valuable current feature is Right-Click Select: users can propose ideas related to Blender features and discuss them by module, such as Grease Pencil, Geometry Nodes, Asset Browser, Shading and Textures, Video Sequencer, and more. Pages show proposal statuses, comments, likes or objections, and other interaction traces. There is also a community activity feed and user profiles, making it useful for observing real Blender user needs around workflows, nodes, materials, asset browsers, and other creative features.

Pricing and Licensing

The text does not mention subscriptions, paid memberships, transaction commissions, or commercial services, so it can only be inferred that its public community features do not show a paid model. Notably, the official statement says they plan to build a new platform from scratch after 2024, emphasizing that it will be “fully open source” and aligned with the Blender project, allowing anyone to contribute, curate, and review.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are its strong vertical focus and discussions closely tied to the Blender creation workflow, making it valuable for 3D designers, animators, and developers looking to understand user needs. The modular proposal format also makes it easier to focus on specific feature improvements. The drawbacks are also clear: Blender Community itself is already in the process of being discontinued, and communities other than Right-Click Select are no longer suitable as long-term dependencies. It is not a modeling, rendering, or asset management tool, so it cannot directly improve production efficiency. In addition, the captured content includes user profiles unrelated to Blender, suggesting that content moderation still needs improvement.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is suitable for advanced Blender users, plugin or feature developers, and creators interested in the evolution of open-source DCC tools. It can be used to submit requests, join discussions, and track the direction of the community. The text does not provide information on access from mainland China, so this cannot be determined; actual network testing is recommended.