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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 99 29

  2. artwork artwork Public

    🎨ASWF related logos and artwork

    HTML 15 8

  3. foundation foundation Public

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

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  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…

    143 27

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

    ASWF Sample Project

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

    Repository template for a working group

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Repositories

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  • OpenRV Public

    Open source version of RV, the Sci-Tech award-winning media review and playback software.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV’s past year of commit activity
    C++ 696 203 45 (6 issues need help) 22 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • 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
    143 Apache-2.0 27 1 2 Updated Jan 26, 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 1,769 BSD-3-Clause 663 215 (11 issues need help) 23 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • tac Public

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

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/tac’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 99 CC-BY-4.0 29 40 3 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • openapv Public

    OpenAPV

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv’s past year of commit activity
    C 169 BSD-3-Clause 30 13 (1 issue needs help) 10 Updated Jan 26, 2026
  • dna Public

    Dallies Note Assistant

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/dna’s past year of commit activity
    Python 21 Apache-2.0 11 12 (7 issues need help) 2 Updated Jan 25, 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++ 2,119 Apache-2.0 408 206 (34 issues need help) 38 Updated Jan 25, 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++ 2,232 Apache-2.0 654 151 (31 issues need help) 26 Updated Jan 25, 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 903 Apache-2.0 237 54 (6 issues need help) 13 Updated Jan 24, 2026
  • OpenColorIO Public

    A color management framework for visual effects and animation.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO’s past year of commit activity
    C++ 2,000 BSD-3-Clause 485 175 (52 issues need help) 30 Updated Jan 23, 2026