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Academy Software Foundation

Home for technical activities hosted by the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF).

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The mission of the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) is to increase the quality and quantity of contributions to the content creation industry’s open source software base; to provide a neutral forum to coordinate cross-project efforts; to provide a common build and test infrastructure; and to provide individuals and organizations a clear path to participation in advancing our open source ecosystem.

This organization contains the repositories for the core Academy Software Foundation and many of the hosted projects and working groups. Below is the list of core Academy Software Foundation repositories hosted here.

  • foundation, which contains materials on the Academy Software Foundation itself including the charter, policies, overview decks, and program materials.
  • tac is the home of the TAC processes, policies, programs, and meeting minutes. You can most easily view these materials at tac.aswf.io.
  • artwork contains artwork for the Academy Software Foundation, its hosted projects and working groups, and other programs hosted. You can most easily view these assets at artwork.aswf.io.
  • aswf-landscape is the source for the Academy Software Foundation Landscape and where you can suggest changes and new entries. You can view the landscape at landscape.aswf.io
  • aswf-sample-project is a template for using when starting a new project at the Academy Software Foundation.
  • aswf-sample-wg is a template for using when starting a new working group at the Academy Software Foundation.

Learn about all the hosted projects and working groups and how to get involved at tac.aswf.io/engagement

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  1. tac tac Public

    Materials and meeting notes for the ASWF Technical Advisory Council (TAC)

    HTML 103 29

  2. artwork artwork Public

    🎨ASWF related logos and artwork

    HTML 18 8

  3. foundation foundation Public

    Academy Software Foundation foundation level resources, such as the charter, FAQ about the project, and other public assets

    22 6

  4. aswf-landscape aswf-landscape Public

    🌄Landscape for popular open source projects used in the motion picture industry. This interactive landscape similar to that of the CNCF Landscape (https://l.cncf.io/) that sorts through popular ope…

    152 30

  5. aswf-sample-project aswf-sample-project Public template

    ASWF Sample Project

    CMake 21 11

  6. aswf-sample-wg aswf-sample-wg Public template

    Repository template for a working group

    5 2

Repositories

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  • openvdb Public

    OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb's past year of commit activity
    C++ 3,408 Apache-2.0 774 182 (4 issues need help) 60 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • tac Public

    Materials and meeting notes for the ASWF Technical Advisory Council (TAC)

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/tac's past year of commit activity
    HTML 103 CC-BY-4.0 29 46 1 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • xstudio Public

    xSTUDIO is a modern, high performance and feature rich playback and review application designed for organisations and individuals in the post production, VFX and Animation industries.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/xstudio's past year of commit activity
    C++ 772 Apache-2.0 129 90 16 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • OpenCue Public

    A render management system you can deploy for visual effects and animation productions.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue's past year of commit activity
    Python 960 Apache-2.0 259 17 (2 issues need help) 12 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • openfx Public

    OpenFX effects API

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openfx's past year of commit activity
    C++ 572 BSD-3-Clause 152 18 13 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • MaterialX Public

    MaterialX is an open standard for the exchange of rich material and look-development content across applications and renderers.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/MaterialX's past year of commit activity
    C++ 2,260 Apache-2.0 458 235 (44 issues need help) 92 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • openexr Public

    The OpenEXR project provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, the professional-grade image storage format of the motion picture industry.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr's past year of commit activity
    C 1,847 BSD-3-Clause 702 73 (22 issues need help) 13 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • OpenImageIO Public

    Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO's past year of commit activity
    C++ 2,366 Apache-2.0 699 110 (23 issues need help) 46 Updated Sep 17, 2026
  • foundation Public

    Academy Software Foundation foundation level resources, such as the charter, FAQ about the project, and other public assets

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/foundation's past year of commit activity
    22 CC-BY-4.0 6 0 1 Updated Sep 16, 2026
  • openvdb-website Public

    The source code behind https://www.openvdb.org

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb-website's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 18 CC-BY-4.0 12 0 0 Updated Sep 16, 2026