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blender

by Blender Foundation · GPL-3.0-or-later

100/100how this is calculated

Free and Open 3D Creation Software

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Latest version
5.2.0
Package identifier
BlenderFoundation.Blender

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Blender Foundation declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Blender Foundation published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "blender-5.2.0-windows-x64.msi" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "blender-5.2.0-windows-x64.msi"

Expected output

8ba59aed79dfc35d65c5e9e0ccc828d618796499483ccdeee0b534a915140606

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Install blender silently

This installer is an MSI package, so it takes the standard Windows Installer switches. That is a property of MSI itself rather than something the publisher declared.

64-bit · machine scope · MSI convention

msiexec /i "blender-5.2.0-windows-x64.msi" /qn /norestart

ARM64 · machine scope · MSI convention

msiexec /i "blender-5.2.0-windows-arm64.msi" /qn /norestart

Run it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.

Silent install commands for every program we index · silent uninstall

Uninstall blender cleanly

Every guide on this tells you to hunt for the product code with Get-WmiObject or in the registry. You do not need to: it is published in the installer manifest, and it is printed below.

Product code · 64-bit

{72D5FB89-E923-4FC7-B2DE-14ED7C4B104F}

Uninstall, with the usual prompts

msiexec /x {72D5FB89-E923-4FC7-B2DE-14ED7C4B104F}

Silent, for deployment

msiexec /x {72D5FB89-E923-4FC7-B2DE-14ED7C4B104F} /qn /norestart

Product code · ARM64

{E6D97635-5639-4EC1-B0C5-414E65E1434B}

Uninstall, with the usual prompts

msiexec /x {E6D97635-5639-4EC1-B0C5-414E65E1434B}

Silent, for deployment

msiexec /x {E6D97635-5639-4EC1-B0C5-414E65E1434B} /qn /norestart

The product code changes with every version

The codes above belong to blender 5.2.0, the version in our index. If you have an older release installed, its code is different and this command will report that the product is not installed. In that case run Get-Package -Name "blender*" in PowerShell to read the code of what you actually have.

This removes the program as the publisher packaged it. Settings and files created after installation, typically under AppData, are deliberately left behind by the uninstaller and have to be deleted by hand if you want them gone.

Reinstalling and hitting error 1638? That is this same product code, and the command above is the fix.

Product codes for every program we index, with the msiexec switches and how to read the code off your own machine.

Download blender for Mac

The macOS build as Homebrew declares it, with the same treatment as the Windows side: the publisher's own URL and a hash to check it against.

Version on Homebrew
5.2.0
File name
blender-5.2.0-macos-arm64.dmg
Download URL
https://download.blender.org/release/Blender5.2/blender-5.2.0-macos-arm64.dmg
SHA-256
ed4d8390166dec5ea0a2813a03db6221f206ce016442be7f59f41d760972568a
Install with Homebrew
brew install --cask blender

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance2 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.35 / 35
Served over HTTPS2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Licence declaredGPL-3.0-or-laterA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Opens 1 file type

Extensions blender registers itself to handle.

Is blender safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from blender.org, which is a domain we have tied to Blender Foundation.

Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 Blender Foundation declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install blender with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id BlenderFoundation.Blender --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id BlenderFoundation.Blender

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of blender20 with hashes

The version history of blender, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

5.1.2

  • blender-5.1.2-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    7D1BB468057A3AC8FD19809E90544F6064CC215053B7732CC8A1CCC83B651AB5

  • blender-5.1.2-windows-arm64.msiARM64official URL

    126170C19E956102FC3E3D12713B9066EB3A33BDD4554612C0EF8B019051DE77

5.1.1

  • blender-5.1.1-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    9D579739A234C7652B87D42AFA55A817D967D47149615DF3FAD60C9BB43807BB

  • blender-5.1.1-windows-arm64.msiARM64official URL

    3A21A90A635FF9E88D09ACDBE17FF5D6183C37F5D4A1B1AE20ADBFD6DB3359EF

5.1.0

  • blender-5.1.0-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    221EFBDE5AA3FDF213BE699AE8C605F11D10D03BBCA4D7FBF6613CA54359052D

  • blender-5.1.0-windows-arm64.msiARM64official URL

    A7FCAF4CD48A84BEBB86BD24C869EC8CB98E060E9E24A67D8B39C2FC8D74AC92

5.0.1

  • blender-5.0.1-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    651C29A8B99BE806768D6FB949505D280543BD6904B5C4AA1367306B9D9702BC

  • blender-5.0.1-windows-arm64.msiARM64official URL

    6D82DBE42241744442AC4E27F20DB881F17D135119D879B0108B9A01988D4D59

5.0.0

  • blender-5.0.0-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    69F662F5C4ADF3BFA3FA8BA60504AD6FED723AD1D33FE22D718CDEB47EF27895

4.5.5

  • blender-4.5.5-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    59926028B85CC280139F18E1B9E2B150731DF801CA61E3C4E24F62F099669FCB

4.5.4

  • blender-4.5.4-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    8A9DFC6E68E6B8C3E42BF7268545F79E3AA9D1A7BA87A927D0F01EC218D55408

4.5.3

  • blender-4.5.3-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    52BFF84E577A146FADABEFA9DCFB11D977600966B7CFC9921F29A6EE9804BC7F

4.5.2

  • blender-4.5.2-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    8E113D608D627D3BD125A3668B66891A7013CE8B20CDA4519EAC91A2D21FFFEC

4.5.1

  • blender-4.5.1-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    2DC8E4BF6FE2BA93027CA752E2DEC90C761037B7578204662A564D503CCB40A1

4.5.0

  • blender-4.5.0-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    A18CD3F2863CFEF80F26EBAE4A468D4771737C69E7C1B2CB917F76AEE41495C7

4.4.3

  • blender-4.4.3-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    9EE3AA094CF4789696E914A468B93F431B9409111B1C11D2310844DC7F08157F

4.4.1

  • blender-4.4.1-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    37A2CFC8C05A9929BE35FE337683736DF05A9700D053F25373223C281A77659E

4.4.0

  • blender-4.4.0-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    D1C198B637DA213339E51D4A3E01AFD65F0AFD187D38CA8FB07F4BBDA0CA3693

4.3.2

  • blender-4.3.2-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    2C9326290887EF004FE71998D1FBB7FA6BC6F725D884F0E985E05C226F7DB53C

4.3.1

  • blender-4.3.1-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    2A4EC70D945B5169ADA08E9AE446023F0DCC5CAB126883FA407456E9486BA0ED

4.3.0

  • blender-4.3.0-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    AE0C94BA8962E97F2F039C017BFB360195A2140423868F8D03A3869E24B2B024

4.2.3

  • blender-4.2.3-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    536538B0E04CAF83D4DF071FE3A99181D9273486F5BA4CB43BBAEFD1DB4DD5BE

4.2.2

  • blender-4.2.2-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    6940114F5A7D032144E362A6B06D71B0D8850B703FA134EADF7A620F06EB06AC

4.2.1

  • blender-4.2.1-windows-x64.msi64-bitofficial URL

    E3309FBC01EAA4A6D270767A5847F192FA074499B6DDDBF2B0362973AD15ACB4

Earlier releases20 more

The file names, so you can tell what you have. Their hashes are in the hash checker and in the downloadable archive.

  • 4.2.0blender-4.2.0-windows-x64.msi
  • 4.1.1blender-4.1.1-windows-x64.msi
  • 4.1.0blender-4.1.0-windows-x64.msi
  • 4.0.2blender-4.0.2-windows-x64.msi
  • 4.0.1blender-4.0.1-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.6.5blender-3.6.5-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.6.4blender-3.6.4-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.6.3blender-3.6.3-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.6.2blender-3.6.2-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.6.1blender-3.6.1-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.6.0blender-3.6.0-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.5.1blender-3.5.1-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.5.0blender-3.5.0-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.4.1blender-3.4.1-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.4.0blender-3.4.0-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.2.2blender-3.2.2-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.2.1blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.2.0blender-3.2.0-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.1.2blender-3.1.2-windows-x64.msi
  • 3.1.1blender-3.1.1-windows-x64.msi

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record52

Every blender version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 5.2.0
  • 5.1.2
  • 5.1.1
  • 5.1.0
  • 5.0.1
  • 5.0.0
  • 4.5.5
  • 4.5.4
  • 4.5.3
  • 4.5.2
  • 4.5.1
  • 4.5.0
  • 4.4.3
  • 4.4.1
  • 4.4.0
  • 4.3.2
  • 4.3.1
  • 4.3.0
  • 4.2.3
  • 4.2.2
  • 4.2.1
  • 4.2.0
  • 4.1.1
  • 4.1.0
  • 4.0.2
  • 4.0.1
  • 3.6.5
  • 3.6.4
  • 3.6.3
  • 3.6.2
  • 3.6.1
  • 3.6.0
  • 3.5.1
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.4.1
  • 3.4.0
  • 3.2.2
  • 3.2.1
  • 3.2.0
  • 3.1.2
  • 3.1.1
  • 3.1.0
  • 3.0.1
  • 3.0.0
  • 2.92.0
  • 2.91.0
  • 2.90.1
  • 2.90.0
  • 2.82a
  • 2.80
  • 2.79b
  • 2.78c

More programs we index

Not related to blender — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/b/BlenderFoundation/Blender/5.2.0
macOS cask
formulae.brew.sh/cask/blender