Blender Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Blender for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Autodesk Maya. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wings 3D or Natron. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Blender and loads of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Blender are Bforartists, Armory 3D, Blockbench and Houdini.

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  1. Autodesk Maya icon
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    Professional-grade 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual FX software used in films, TV, and games, featuring advanced tools, Bifrost effects, and a visual programming environment for intricate simulations.

    64 Autodesk Maya alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Wings 3D icon
     121 likes

    Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.

    It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0.

    There is no support in Wings for doing animations.

    52 Wings 3D alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  3. Natron icon
     221 likes

    Natron is an open source, cross platform nodal compositing application. It is built around industry standard open source tech such as OpenFX, OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO. The feature set includes realtime playback/RAM cache, multi-threaded rendering, 2d tracking...

    20 Natron alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
     
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  4. Bforartists icon
     33 likes

    Bforartists is a complete 3D suite to create 3D content. It offers you the full 3D art pipeline to create game graphics, prerendered movies and stills.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
     
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  5. Armory 3D icon
     33 likes

    Armory is an open-source 3D game engine with full Blender integration, turning it into a complete game development tool. The result is a unified workflow from start to finish, making you work faster. No more jumping between different applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blender
     
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  6. Blockbench icon
     20 likes

    Blockbench is a free 3D modeling program featuring a modern and intuitive UI, plugin support and innovative features. It is the industry standard for creating custom 3D models for the Minecraft Marketplace.

    12 Blockbench alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  7. Houdini icon
     41 likes

    Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including:

    • Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs
    • Animation - Keyframed animation and raw channel manipulation (CHOPs), motion captur.
    49 Houdini alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Cinecred icon
     15 likes

    Create beautiful film credits without the pain.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  9. 3D-Coat icon
     46 likes

    3D-Coat is the one application that has all the tools you need to take your 3D idea from a block of digital clay all the way to a production ready, fully textured organic or hard surface model.

    68 3D-Coat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Autodesk Mudbox icon
     21 likes

    Autodesk Mudbox offers tools for creating detailed organic and inorganic 3D assets. It features an efficient layer workflow that allows blending, masking, and more, and has a familiar interface for sculpting and texture painting. Ideal for professional 3D modeling tasks.

    53 Autodesk Mudbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Plasticity icon
     8 likes

    Plasticity is a 3d modelling software for concept artists. Modelling in Plasticity is quick and efficient due to the unique gizmos, shortcuts, and thoughtful workflow.

    24 Plasticity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Art of Illusion icon
     30 likes

    Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with Java 5 or later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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