Skip to content
@AcademySoftwareFoundation

Academy Software Foundation

Home for technical activities hosted by the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF).

Academy Software Foundation Logo

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

Pinned Loading

  1. tac tac Public

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

    HTML 103 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

Showing 10 of 51 repositories
  • OpenCue Public

    A render management system you can deploy for visual effects and animation productions.

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue's past year of commit activity
    Python 962 Apache-2.0 263 27 (13 issues need help) 20 Updated Sep 21, 2026
  • tac Public

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

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/tac's past year of commit activity
    HTML 103 CC-BY-4.0 29 48 1 Updated Sep 21, 2026
  • dna Public

    Dallies Note Assistant

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/dna's past year of commit activity
    Python 50 Apache-2.0 41 25 (6 issues need help) 9 Updated Sep 21, 2026
  • 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++ 770 247 74 (5 issues need help) 51 Updated Sep 21, 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 21, 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 21, 2026
  • rawtoaces Public

    RAW to ACES Utility

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/rawtoaces's past year of commit activity
    C++ 194 Apache-2.0 64 12 (5 issues need help) 3 Updated Sep 21, 2026
  • aswf-docker Public

    Common container configuration

    AcademySoftwareFoundation/aswf-docker's past year of commit activity
    Python 188 Apache-2.0 43 77 5 Updated Sep 21, 2026
  • 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 1,850 BSD-3-Clause 705 63 (18 issues need help) 16 Updated Sep 21, 2026
  • 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++ 2,370 Apache-2.0 703 107 (21 issues need help) 41 Updated Sep 21, 2026