Blender Launcher

Blender Launcher 2.8.1

Streamlined Blender Version Management Tool

  • By Victor-IX
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 23, 2026
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About Blender Launcher

Blender Launcher is a standalone software client that provides management for stable, daily and experimental builds of Blender 3D. It is a free open source project available for 64-bit Windows and Linux (GLIBC 2.31 and higher) operating systems.

What's new in 2.8.1

What's Changed
🛠️ Fixes:
- Fix a crash in the onboarding window on first launch
- Fix the new builds check timer overflowing when the check interval was set above 596 hours. The maximum interval is now 596 hours, and higher saved values are lowered to it automatically
- Version search query error messages are now localized

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Technical details

PublisherVictor-IX
AuthorVictor Chedeville
Version2.8.1
Release date2026-10-23
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typezip
Architecturex64
Package IDVictorIX.BlenderLauncher

Links & install command

Install Blender Launcher from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=VictorIX.BlenderLauncher -e

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Older versions

  • 2.8.0
  • 2.7.6
  • 2.7.5
  • 2.7.4
  • 2.7.3
  • 2.7.2
  • 2.7.1
  • 2.7.0
  • 2.6.1