YOU CAN’T LEARN BLENDER BY ASKING AI TO MAKE THINGS FOR YOU.
BlenderMentor is your learning companion, that understands the scene you're working on, listens to your queries, and explains what to do and why.
LIGHTWEIGHT BY DESIGN.
DIRECT BACKEND SCENE INSPECTION
BlenderMentor is being built to reduce unnecessary token usage as much as possible. It does not take screenshots and analyse. Instead it talks to Blender directly in the backend and understands the scene.
ZERO-COST NATIVE AUDIO ENGINES
It relies on your machine’s native ability to convert speech to text to do voice input, and your browser’s neural speech engines to generate natural voice guidance.
USE YOUR PREFERRED LLMs
You can choose free APIs like Gemini’s, powerful paid LLMs like Claude Sonnet, or your own models via Ollama on your machine.
* Note: Support for all LLMs are not available. As of now I have tested only Claude Sonnet.
BUILT AFTER WORK.
BUILT IN THE OPEN.
BlenderMentor is being built by one person vibe coding this after work on Weekends. If you're an expert coder, a writer who loves explaining things, or just a 3D artist willing to try the addon and tell me what broke, let's make this tool awesome together. It's fully open-source (GPL v3), and I'd love to have you on board!
BlenderMentor is an independent open-source hobby project. It is strictly unofficial and is in no way affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Blender Foundation or Blender Institute.
GET BLENDERMENTOR.
Download the latest compiled release ZIP, install it through Blender's Add-ons manager, and start learning with your personal in-viewport sidekick. Check our step-by-step setup guide with full video walkthrough.
GRAB THE RELEASES
Download the latest ZIP from the GitHub release. Keep it compressed.
INSTALL IN PREFERENCES
Inside Blender: Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Install... and select the ZIP file.
CONNECT YOUR MODEL
In the add-on settings, enter your API key (Claude Sonnet or Gemini) or connect locally via Ollama.
PRESS N TO ACTIVATE
Open your 3D Viewport sidebar (press N), open the BlenderMentor tab, and start creating.