Designed by Artists, Built for Art
Bforartists is a free fork of Blender with an interface reworked for artists and creators. Every tool has an icon, and the ones you use most are one click away.
Limitless 3D Creation Your Way
Three paths through Bforartists. Pick one, the other two stay a click away.
Join the community
Artists and developers share work, answer questions and shape what comes next. Bring your renders, your questions and your ideas.
Learn the tools
The manual follows the interface, panel by panel, with an icon for every tool. Start with a first render, or bring your Blender habits along.
Support for your work
Training, pipeline help and custom tools from Trinumedia, the studio behind Bforartists. Or team up with the developers on features, add-ons and docs.
Made with Bforartists.
Renders, characters and worlds from the people who use it. Hover a piece to see who made it, click to see it full size.
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More access. More visual control. Less work.
Bforartists streamlines the entire 3D Artist pipeline your workflow so you can focus on art, laid out so you can see it.
Drag the line, or use the arrow keys. Same panel, two interfaces.
It's about Access and Details
See, not read
Every operator is illustrated with [2,500+] coloured icons you read at a glance.
Shelves and panels your way
Top-level access to customizable tool shelves, tabs. Keep only what you use.
Assets out of the box
Materials, models, HDRIs and node groups ship with it, ready to drag in even in Object mode.
Small perks, every day
One-click operators, editor toggles, and day-to-day convenience operators and power user tools.
Bforartists in [60] seconds
Free since 2015 · Open source, GPL v3 · Every release synced with Blender
Bforartists at a glance.
Full 3D pipeline
Modeling, sculpting, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, post-processing and default assets to get you started.
Designed for stylus-first visual artists
User-friendly top-level access, a customizable and intuitive interface, expanded tooltips, minimal hotkeys, maximum creativity.
100% Blender-compatible
Same tools, add-ons and ecosystem, with an alternative user experience, a polished UI and a refined workflow.
What artists say.
Give it a try. It's free.
Your Blender files and most add-ons work as they are. No account, no subscription, nothing to unlock.
Bforartists stays free because people chip in.
