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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 93 29

  2. artwork artwork Public

    🎨ASWF related logos and artwork

    HTML 9 7

  3. foundation foundation Public

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

    Python 18 2

  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…

    129 27

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

    ASWF Sample Project

    CMake 14 8

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

    Repository template for a working group

    3 3

Repositories

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  • dpel-website Public

    Website for the Digital Production Example Library

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/dpel-website’s past year of commit activity
    Astro 10 CC-BY-4.0 9 1 0 Updated Mar 13, 2025
  • 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++ 620 156 38 (12 issues need help) 13 Updated Mar 12, 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
    129 Apache-2.0 27 3 1 Updated Mar 12, 2025
  • OpenColorIO Public

    A color management framework for visual effects and animation.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO’s past year of commit activity
    C++ 1,849 BSD-3-Clause 464 154 (55 issues need help) 20 Updated Mar 12, 2025
  • openapv Public

    OpenAPV

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv’s past year of commit activity
    C 63 BSD-3-Clause 10 2 1 Updated Mar 12, 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++ 2,050 Apache-2.0 613 134 (24 issues need help) 22 Updated Mar 11, 2025
  • 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++ 1,948 Apache-2.0 367 140 (14 issues need help) 31 Updated Mar 11, 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 1,676 BSD-3-Clause 636 185 (10 issues need help) 9 Updated Mar 11, 2025
  • rez Public

    An integrated package configuration, build and deployment system for software

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez’s past year of commit activity
    Python 984 Apache-2.0 340 345 (5 issues need help) 73 Updated Mar 10, 2025
  • tac Public

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

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/tac’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 93 CC-BY-4.0 29 38 2 Updated Mar 10, 2025