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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 102 29

  2. artwork artwork Public

    🎨ASWF related logos and artwork

    HTML 18 8

  3. foundation foundation Public

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

    22 6

  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…

    152 30

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

    ASWF Sample Project

    CMake 21 11

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

    Repository template for a working group

    5 2

Repositories

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  • 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 1,853 BSD-3-Clause 706 66 (18 issues need help) 12 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • openfx Public

    OpenFX effects API

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openfx's past year of commit activity
    C++ 576 BSD-3-Clause 152 18 12 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • artwork Public

    🎨ASWF related logos and artwork

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/artwork's past year of commit activity
    HTML 18 8 2 0 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • foundation Public

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

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/foundation's past year of commit activity
    22 CC-BY-4.0 6 0 1 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • tac Public

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

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/tac's past year of commit activity
    HTML 102 CC-BY-4.0 29 48 1 Updated Sep 23, 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
    152 Apache-2.0 30 2 2 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • openapv Public

    OpenAPV

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv's past year of commit activity
    C 261 BSD-3-Clause 47 4 2 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO-Config-ACES's past year of commit activity
    Python 432 BSD-3-Clause 51 19 (1 issue needs help) 3 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • openvdb Public

    OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb's past year of commit activity
    C++ 3,416 Apache-2.0 779 185 (4 issues need help) 66 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • Imath Public

    Imath is a C++ and python library of 2D and 3D vector, matrix, and math operations for computer graphics

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/Imath's past year of commit activity
    C++ 489 BSD-3-Clause 161 54 (3 issues need help) 6 Updated Sep 22, 2026