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Academy Software Foundation

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.

19 projects

12,648 contributors

$538M

Academy Software Foundation (ASWF)

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.

Contributors

5,246

Organizations

906

Software value

$23M

MaterialX

MaterialX addresses the need for a common, open standard to represent the data values and relationships required to transfer the complete look of a computer graphics model from one application or rendering platform to another, including shading networks, patterns and texturing, complex nested materials and geometric assignments.

Contributors

1,883

Organizations

631

Software value

$13M

OpenImageIO

The mission of the Project is to develop software to read, write, and manipulate image files of any image file format relevant to vfx / animation via a format- agnostic API, with a feature set, scalability, and robustness needed for production.

Contributors

1,023

Organizations

314

Software value

$8.4M

OpenEXR

The goal of the OpenEXR project is to keep the format reliable and modern and to maintain its place as the preferred image format for entertainment content creation.

Contributors

992

Organizations

284

Software value

$13M

OpenVDB

OpenVDB provides an industry standard for authoring, processing and storing of high-resolution volumetric data. As such, we are committed to improving and maintaining both the hierarchical VDB data structure and the large suite of tools for its efficient traversal and manipulation.

Contributors

667

Organizations

176

Software value

$230M

OpenColorIO

The OpenColorIO project is committed to providing an industry standard solution for highly precise, performant, and consistent color management across digital content creation applications and pipelines.

Contributors

592

Organizations

207

Software value

$10M

Rez

Rez is a cross-platform package manager. Using Rez you can create runtimes configured for a given set of packages.

Contributors

433

Organizations

144

Software value

$178M

OpenTimelineIO

OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an API and interchange format for editorial cut information. You can think of it as a modern Edit Decision List (EDL) that also includes an API for reading, writing, and manipulating editorial data. It also includes a plugin system for translating to/from existing editorial formats as well as a plugin system for linking to proprietary media storage schemas.

Contributors

391

Organizations

139

Software value

$1.4M

Open Review Initiative

The Open Review Initiative is a Linux Foundation project promoting transparency and collaboration in academic publishing through open peer review processes, enhancing research integrity and accessibility across scientific communities.

Contributors

334

Organizations

87

Software value

$37M

Open Shading Language

Open Shading Language (OSL) is a small but rich language for programmable shading in advanced renderers and other applications, ideal for describing materials, lights, displacement, and pattern generation.

Contributors

331

Organizations

110

Software value

$5.3M

OpenCue

OpenCue is an open source render management system. You can use OpenCue in visual effects and animation production to break down complex jobs into individual tasks. You can submit jobs to a configurable dispatch queue that allocates the necessary computational resources.

Contributors

294

Organizations

101

Software value

$7.9M

Digital Production Example Library (DPEL)

A library of example digital production assets, workflows and documentation to support learning and demonstration of digital content creation practices

Contributors

142

Organizations

71

Software value

$155K

OpenFX

The mission of the OpenFX Project is to promote and develop an image processing plug-in standard.

Contributors

73

Organizations

29

Software value

$1.8M

rawtoaces

The rawtoaces project seeks to provide a reliable and extensible software framework for the conversion of digital camera RAW files to a high dynamic range scene referred format, along with establishing a database of camera and related data to enable this framework.

Contributors

66

Organizations

27

Software value

$571K

OpenAssetIO

The mission of the Project is to develop an open-source interoperability standard for tools and content management systems used in media production.

Contributors

61

Organizations

20

Software value

$5.7M

Continuous Integration Working Group

A Linux Foundation initiative focused on establishing best practices, tools, and standards for continuous integration processes in open source software development, enabling seamless code integration and automated testing across projects.

Contributors

60

Organizations

32

Software value

$3.3M

OpenAPV

The mission of the Project is to develop a royalty-free, open-source, open standard video codec for professional video capturing and post-production.

Contributors

60

Organizations

10

Software value

$420K

Diversity & Inclusion Working Group

A Linux Foundation initiative focused on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source communities through policy development, educational resources, and collaborative strategies to create more welcoming and accessible technology environments.

This project hasn't been onboarded to LFX Insights.

Universal Scene Description Working Group

A Linux Foundation initiative developing standardized formats and APIs for 3D scene representation, enabling interoperability across various platforms, applications, and industries in the evolving spatial computing ecosystem.

This project hasn't been onboarded to LFX Insights.
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