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The facts below are what the maker publishes about Flamenco, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Flamenco's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.

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PlanPriceWhat it gives you
Free and Open SourceFreeGPL 3.0 · every component free and open source · development supported by the Blender project

The facts

Each one read from Flamenco's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

API
Flamenco Manager exposes an OpenAPI 3 API, with generated Go, Python, and JavaScript clients used by the Worker, Blender add-on, and web frontend.checked 14 Nov 2026
Blender add-on
The Blender add-on is downloaded from the Flamenco Manager web interface after installation.checked 14 Nov 2026
Current release
The latest stable release is 3.9.3, and each download contains both Flamenco Manager and Worker.checked 14 Nov 2026
Custom job types
Job types are JavaScript compiler scripts, and custom scripts placed next to flamenco-manager can override the built-in ones.checked 14 Nov 2026
Developed for Blender Studio
Flamenco was developed on Linux for the Linux-only Blender Studio, and v3 is in active development there.checked 14 Nov 2026
Purpose
Flamenco is render-management software for running your own computers, and it is used in production at Blender Studio.checked 14 Nov 2026
Self-hosted
Flamenco runs on major operating systems, is self-hostable, and the project says your data remains yours.checked 14 Nov 2026
Sequence renders
Simple Blender Render distributes a frame range from one Blend file and can make an FFmpeg preview, but it does not render directly to video.checked 14 Nov 2026
Single-image renders
Single Image Render splits one frame into tiles for distributed rendering, supports one Render Layers node, and does not support a Denoising node.checked 14 Nov 2026
Storage limit
Flamenco needs shared storage visible immediately to the farm and does not support Syncthing, OwnCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive.checked 14 Nov 2026
Support
Questions go to the #flamenco channel on Blender Chat, and bugs are reported on the public Flamenco issue tracker.checked 14 Nov 2026
Who it is for
Flamenco is made for simplicity in small studios or at home, on your own hardware.checked 14 Nov 2026
Worker identity
Each Worker stores credentials that identify it to the Manager.checked 14 Nov 2026
Worker targeting
A job can have one tag and is then assigned only to workers that have that tag.checked 14 Nov 2026

Where it runs

Windows paths
On Windows, Flamenco only accepts drive-letter paths and does not support UNC paths such as \\SERVER\share.checked 14 Nov 2026

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