blup 0.0.5

The Blender Version Manager
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blup

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Blender Version Manager 🦀

A CLI tool to manage Blender versions (rustup for Blender). Supports .blender-version files, context-aware execution, and script path injection.

Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Installation

macOS/Linux (Automated Install or Package Managers)

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/unclepomedev/blup/releases/latest/download/blup-installer.sh | sh
# or
brew install unclepomedev/blup/blup

Windows (PowerShell)

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/unclepomedev/blup/releases/latest/download/blup-installer.ps1 | iex"

From cargo

If you have Rust installed:

cargo install blup
# or
git clone https://github.com/unclepomedev/blup.git
cd blup
cargo install --path .

Quick Start

Basic Usage

blup install 5.0.0                   # Download & Install
blup default 5.0.0                   # Set global default
blup list                            # Check installed versions
blup run                             # Run default version
blup run -- file.blend --background  # Run with arguments

Daily Builds

blup list --remote               # List available versions (Active Stable & Daily)
blup install 4.2 --daily         # Install latest 4.2 experimental
blup install daily --daily       # Install latest main branch

Note: The remote list reflects the active build pipeline. Intermediate stable versions (e.g., 4.5.5) disappear from the list once superseded, but can still be installed directly: blup install 4.5.5.

Version Control

# Run specific version
blup run 5.0.0

# Pin version for project (Context Aware)
echo "5.0.0" > .blender-version
blup run  # Auto-detects 5.0.0 from file

For Developers

# Inject add-on scripts path (BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS)
blup run --scripts ./my_addon

You can set the BLUP_MIRROR_URL environment variable. The URL must point to the directory structure equivalent to https://download.blender.org/release.

# Linux / macOS
export BLUP_MIRROR_URL=https://mirror.example.com/blender/release
# Windows (PowerShell)
$env:BLUP_MIRROR_URL="https://mirror.example.com/blender/release"

Storage Location

  • Linux: ~/.local/share/blup/versions
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/blup/versions
  • Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\blup\versions

Uninstall

blup remove 4.2.0

License

MIT License