{"id":96125,"date":"2026-03-17T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/?p=96125"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:58:25","slug":"blender-5-1-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/press\/blender-5-1-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Blender 5.1 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\"?><html><body><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blender Foundation and the online community proudly present <strong>Blender 5.1<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context='{\"imageId\":\"6ae195aa7f05e\"}' data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae195aa7f05e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/splash.webp\" alt=\"Blender 5.1 splash artwork by Blender Studio\" class=\"wp-image-95844\" style=\"width:752px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/splash.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/splash-512x256.webp 512w, https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/splash-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blender 5.1 splash artwork from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studio.blender.org\/projects\/singularity\/\">Singularity<\/a><\/strong>, the upcoming open movie by Blender Studio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"#whats-new\" class=\"is-heading-anchor\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"whats-new\">What&rsquo;s New<\/h2><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blender 5.1 focuses on refinement, bug fixes, and a few key features, improving the entire pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grease Pencil adds a new Fill workflow with support for holes, while curves and text benefit from a smarter rendering algorithm. Rendering, animation, and the viewport see major performance boosts. Geometry Nodes expand further, especially for volumes and string handling, and shading gains the powerful Raycast node, ideal for NPR workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compositing, Video Sequencer, modeling, and snapping get polish, and hundreds of bug fixes and optimizations make Blender faster, stable, and more reliable. Many libraries have been updated to align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/vfxplatform.com\/\">VFX Platform 2026<\/a>, including Python 3.13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/releases\/5-1\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/download\/releases\/5-1\/\">release notes<\/a> to see everything new!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the video summary on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=8r3xoRwwN6I\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=8r3xoRwwN6I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender&rsquo;s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube rounded wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&amp;apos;s New in Blender 5.1! Official Overview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8r3xoRwwN6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"#thank-you\" class=\"is-heading-anchor\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thank-you\">Thank you!<\/h2><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Releases are made possible thanks to the contributions of the Blender community, and the support of over 7800 individuals and 44 organizations contributing to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fund.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender Development Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Blending!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blender Team<br>March 17th, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"dev-fund\" class=\"wp-block-group is-style-box is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center text-balance\" style=\"font-size:32px\">Support the Future of Blender<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center text-balance wp-block-paragraph\">Donate to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fund.blender.org\/\">Development Fund<\/a> to support the Blender Foundation&rsquo;s work on core development, maintenance, and new releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f736bfed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div id=\"js-donation-box\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/fund.blender.org\/static\/fetch-donation-box.js?v=1.0.2\"><\/script>\n    <script>\n      fetchDonationBox({\n        jsUrl: 'https:\/\/fund.blender.org\/static\/js\/donation-box.js',\n        selector: '#js-donation-box',\n        url: 'https:\/\/fund.blender.org\/static\/donation-box.html',\n        darkMode: false,\n        bgGlossy: true\n      });\n    <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blender 5.1 focuses on refinement, bug fixes, and a few key features improving the entire pipeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[130,127],"class_list":["post-96125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press","tag-devfund","tag-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97379,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96125\/revisions\/97379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}