News
Blend Swap Update: Stability Restored
by mofx · August 22, 2025 · 0 comments
We’ve got some good news, Blend Swap is back on a stable footing. Our developer has been hard at work, and the server is now running smoothly again. We’ve also taken the time to clean up the spam ...
Blend Swap is Back!
by mofx · August 17, 2025 · 0 comments
We’re excited to share that Blend Swap has returned to active development. After a long pause, work is underway to stabilize the site, clean up old code, and set the stage for future improvements. ...
New Developer Acquired!
by mofx · August 31, 2023 · 13 comments
We've been blessed to be working with Jonathan Acosta again, Jonathan as some of you may know was the original developer of Blend Swap years ago. Well, somehow he's willing to come back and help ge...
Support Blend Swap financially
by mofx · November 06, 2022 · 0 comments
Blend Swap requires a lot of time and effort to run. Please take a moment to read about how you can help Blend Swap financially if you like it and believe it's a great resource for the Blender comm...
Email server issues and solutions
by johnroper100 · December 03, 2019 · 0 comments
Hi everyone, some of you may have been getting 500 errors if you tried to reset your password, register for a new account, or use the contact form. These issues stemmed from a failure with our mail...
New Sorting Options
by johnroper100 · October 13, 2019 · 10 comments
Hi everyone! Many people have been asking for additional ways to sort blends, by Blender version, by blend license, etc. This was a feature that existed in the old version of the website but that I...
Minor update
by johnroper100 · September 28, 2019 · 1 comments
Hi everyone! I just thought I'd give a little progress report on the site development. Since the launch of the new version, I have been working to keep the site more stable. As you all know, the la...
Whats with that slow server?!
by johnroper100 · August 22, 2019 · 4 comments
Hi everyone, As you all have noticed, the Blend Swap server has had some major issues since the new update. As of today, I have switched over to a new server and I hope that this fixes the problem...
About errors and downtime
by johnroper100 · July 24, 2019 · 10 comments
Hi guys, As many of you have noticed, there has been repeated downtime and errors on the site. This downtime is required every time I make a change to fix an error that has been reported. I'm tryi...
Blend Swap V6 is finally here!
by johnroper100 · July 22, 2019 · 42 comments
 Say hello to version 6 of Blend Swap! John has been working for the last year re-writing the site from the ground up. A lot of things have changed, so lets go ove...
Blend Swap Updates In the Works
by johnroper100 · February 14, 2019 · 0 comments
Hi guys, It has been a few months since we made the announcement that Blend Swap was looking for a new developer. Since then, I have joined the team and have been working on rebuilding the website ...
Website down time
by johnroper100 · December 12, 2018 · 0 comments
As some of you may have noticed, blendswap.com was down yesterday for a short period of time. It was due to a server issue that has since been fixed. We are watching it to make sure that it doesn't...
We are in desperate need of a Developer!!
by mofx · June 19, 2018 · 1 comments
As many of you may have noticed over the past few months the site has become more and more unresponsive and unreliable. This is because our long-time developer Jonathan got an amazing opportunity f...
Community Moderation Released.
by poifox · June 13, 2016 · 0 comments
We've updated the site earlier today and released the new Community Moderation features and the counter-based monthly download limits. --- # How do you vote on pending blends? 1. To vote on a pe...
We need your input! Changes coming soon on Blend Swap.
by poifox · May 27, 2016 · 0 comments
Hello, blend swappers! Long time, no see! We bring you a couple of changes we'd like to discuss with the community before making a final call, please keep reading and leave a comment at the end of...
About bio URLs and why we might have deleted your bio today.
by poifox · December 02, 2015 · 0 comments
Blend Swap has been warned now two times by Google for containing links to spam and fraud web sites, this is because some people are making accounts and posting those links to their bios. They are ...
Requests now support blend files!
by poifox · July 07, 2015 · 0 comments
 Hello, Blend Swappers! We've just rolled out new forms for [creating](/requests/add) and editing Requests, they look and work similarly to the [new Blend for...
How to report bugs
by poifox · April 12, 2015 · 0 comments
We've been blessed with a very active community that takes the time to report any issues you experience on the site, so we the admins work them out as soon as possible. We like to make sure your ex...
Changes in 5.5
by poifox · April 10, 2015 · 0 comments
With the recent server and software update to the site we feel it's only appropriate to update you guys and girls with what's new on Blend Swap, what's still here but different and what's gone. Her...
We're moving servers again! [[[ UPDATED ]]]
by poifox · March 18, 2015 · 0 comments
### UPDATE __We moved the site to a new server on April 1st, 2015. and spent the next two weeks fixing all the errors you have reported. Please contact us as soon as possible if you notice anythin...
Calling all Blender Python Coders.
by poifox · November 17, 2014 · 0 comments
 Hello, fellow Swappers! For a very long time we've wanted to offer you a Blender Addon to upload to Blend Swap, a plugin that would prepare your blends for swappin...
We're Still Here.
by mofx · October 31, 2014 · 0 comments
So I just realized that we haven't had a news update in like 6 months. Sorry about that, as many of you know life can just get away from you at times. Rest assured we are still here plugging away, ...
The Blender Market and Blend Swap.
by mofx · May 27, 2014 · 0 comments
 As some of you may know, the guys over at CGcookie are launching the blendermarket.com soon. I think the Blender Market is a great idea, so much so, that I've jo...
Security update for Heartbleed OpenSSL bug.
by poifox · April 10, 2014 · 0 comments
We have reset all our security keys including the user password encription keys in order to recover from a terrible bug that was discovered in OpenSSL a couple days back. The Heartbleed bug affecte...
Some notes about ripped models.
by poifox · March 10, 2014 · 0 comments
Hello, dear Swappers. I'm sure you guys have noticed that in recent months the public reports concerning ripped and/or plagiarized models have gone up quite a bit. We just want to lay out our ...