Awesome CG Pipeline

List of open-source technologies that will help in the process of building a pipeline for CG productions.

Any contribution is welcome!

Image software

2D

• The Gimp - Image editor
• Krita - Image editor
• Opentoonz - Animation production
• Storyboarder - Storyboard editor

3D Softwares

• Blender - Modeling and animation

3D realtime engines

• Babylon.js - webGL engine
• Godot - C++ based 2D/3D realtime engine (PC, console, mobile, HMTL5)
• Panda3d - Python based 3d Engine (PC)
• Three.js - webGL engine
• Unreal Engine - C++ based 2D/3D realtime engine (PC, console, mobile, HMTL5)

Photography

• Darktable - photography workflow application and raw developer

Video

• Natron - Compositing
• CasparCG - Video broadcast

Libraries

File path

• Lucidity - File path template
• Fileseq - Frame ranges and file sequences parsing

UI

• Qt.py - Qt versions abstraction
• Nodz - Node generator for Qt
• SceneGraph - Ui for scene graph
• Thonside - Python console for Qt apps
• NodeGraphQt - Node graph for Qt

CG Software API

• Cross3D - Scene and node management abstraction
• Py3dsMax - 3dsMax API in Python
• CGCmake - CMake modules for CG apps
• PyMEL - Python in Maya Done Right
• mGui - Portable pure-python GUI library for Maya
• minq - Maya query language for speeding up common scene operations
• OpenWalter - USD Plugins Arnold, Houdini, Katana, Maya and USD
• Cortex - Libraries for VFX software development
• ExoCortex for Max 2018 - ExoCortex ported to Max 2018

Geometry

• Simplex - Blendshape Solver
• CvWrap - Fast Maya wrap deformer
• Blender Addons - Helpers for Blender
• BlenderGIS - Geo data importer
• Instant Meshes - Remesher
• Rigify - Auto-rigging Addon for Blender
• QHull - Convex hull generator
• MakeHuman - Parametric human character modeling

Colors

• OpenColorIO - Unified color environment

Shaders

• OSL - Language to manipulate shaders

File formats

• Alembic - Animations
• ACES - Color management
• MaterialX - Materials and look-dev
• OpenEXRid - Object isolation
• OpenTimelineIO - Editorial timeline
• USD - Scenes

Job schedulers

• Coalition
• Cue3
• Flamenco

Package managers

• Ecosystem
• Rez
• Rez Packages

Asset managers

• Avalon
• Damas
• Gaffer
• Kabaret
• Plex

Production Managers

• Kitsu - For small to mid-size studios

Photogrammetry

• AliceVision

Content validation

• Pyblish - Test-driven content creation

Dockers

• Deadline
• Kitsu/Zou
• Maya
• Foundry RLM

Misc

• WSL Distribution Switcher - Change the distro behind Windows Subsystem
• Jean-Paul Start - Small (with Ansible-like syntax) launcher with GUI

Plugins

• AFX - Everyday compositing for Nuke.
• Wiretap - Manage Flame Wiretap database

IDE

• MayaCharm - Run and edit Maya scripts directly from PyCharm
• MayaSublime - Run and edit Maya scripts directly from SublimeText
• MariSublime - Run and edit Mari scripts directly from SublimeText
• nuke.vim - Run and edit Nuke scripts directly from vim

Databases

Graph

• ArangoDB
• Cayley
• Neo4j
• OrientDB

Relational

• MySQL
• PostgreSQL

Document-based

• MongoDB
• Cassandra

Monitoring Web Services

• ELK Stack
• Prometheus

Communities

• Tech-artists.org
• StudioSysAdmins
• Tech-artists.org
• 3DVF
• Houdini Discord
• Blender Discord (French)
• CGWire Slack

Resources / Tutorials

• Beginning Python For Maya
• Blue Sky Studios Tech Blog
• Digital Video Introduction
• Example of Python scripts for 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender
• Pipeline Patterns
• Les Fées Spéciales Studio Tech Blog
• Unit Testing in Maya