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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 98 29

  2. artwork artwork Public

    🎨ASWF related logos and artwork

    HTML 13 7

  3. foundation foundation Public

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

    19 4

  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…

    136 27

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

    ASWF Sample Project

    CMake 17 9

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

    Repository template for a working group

    3 2

Repositories

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  • 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++ 2,078 Apache-2.0 408 200 (32 issues need help) 37 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • 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 open source projects used for visual effects, animation, and image creation, and shows details including GitHub stars, funding or market cap, first and l…

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/aswf-landscape’s past year of commit activity
    136 Apache-2.0 27 2 1 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • 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
    19 CC-BY-4.0 4 0 0 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • Imath Public

    Imath is a C++ and python library of 2D and 3D vector, matrix, and math operations for computer graphics

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/Imath’s past year of commit activity
    C++ 449 BSD-3-Clause 143 52 (7 issues need help) 8 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • OpenShadingLanguage Public

    Advanced shading language for production GI renderers

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage’s past year of commit activity
    C++ 2,235 BSD-3-Clause 392 62 (8 issues need help) 19 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • 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 1,746 BSD-3-Clause 659 211 (11 issues need help) 16 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • OpenCue Public

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

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue’s past year of commit activity
    Python 891 Apache-2.0 233 50 (8 issues need help) 8 Updated Nov 18, 2025
  • 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++ 2,201 Apache-2.0 647 153 (33 issues need help) 21 Updated Nov 17, 2025
  • dna Public

    Dallies Note Assistant

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/dna’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 18 Apache-2.0 7 3 (2 issues need help) 1 Updated Nov 17, 2025
  • rez Public

    An integrated package configuration, build and deployment system for software

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez’s past year of commit activity
    Python 1,041 Apache-2.0 356 361 (18 issues need help) 77 Updated Nov 17, 2025