Maya Pulse

What Maya Pulse is

Maya Pulse is a free, open-source rigging framework and toolkit for Autodesk Maya, intended for building character and prop rigs. Its build actions perform rigging operations and can optionally validate action properties. A Blueprint holds the information for a full rig, bringing together one or more BlueprintModules and a config; PulseConfig loads and updates that configuration from a YAML file. The controls documentation covers setting up animation controls, defaults, and visibility. Foot controls include attribute-driven roll and tilt, while Magic Feet blends rotation pivots among the toe, heel, and ankle. Magic Hands provides individual rotation axes for posing each finger. Documentation also covers core modules, custom actions, and built-in actions. The project lists Linux, macOS, and Windows, and installation requires downloading a release and copying its contents into Maya’s modules folder. The latest release shown is v0.2.0, described as an initial alpha release. The project is in early development, and backward compatibility is not guaranteed.