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Blender Addon Manifest

Schema for a Blender addon extension manifest (blender_manifest.toml equivalent in JSON)

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
schema_version	string	Manifest schema version
id	string	Unique addon ID (lowercase, underscores)
name	string	Human-readable addon display name
version	string	Addon version (semver)
tagline	string	Short one-line description
maintainer	string	Maintainer name and email
type	string	Extension type
tags	array	Category tags for the Extensions Platform
blender_version_min	string	Minimum supported Blender version
blender_version_max	string	Maximum tested Blender version
license	array	SPDX license identifiers
website	string

View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/blender/main/json-schema/blender-addon-manifest-schema.json",
  "title": "Blender Addon Manifest",
  "description": "Schema for a Blender addon extension manifest (blender_manifest.toml equivalent in JSON)",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "schema_version": { "type": "string", "description": "Manifest schema version", "example": "1.0.0" },
    "id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique addon ID (lowercase, underscores)", "pattern": "^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$" },
    "name": { "type": "string", "description": "Human-readable addon display name" },
    "version": { "type": "string", "description": "Addon version (semver)", "example": "1.2.0" },
    "tagline": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 64, "description": "Short one-line description" },
    "maintainer": { "type": "string", "description": "Maintainer name and email" },
    "type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["add-on", "theme"], "description": "Extension type" },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "description": "Category tags for the Extensions Platform"
    },
    "blender_version_min": { "type": "string", "description": "Minimum supported Blender version", "example": "4.0.0" },
    "blender_version_max": { "type": "string", "description": "Maximum tested Blender version" },
    "license": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "SPDX license identifiers" },
    "website": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }
  },
  "required": ["schema_version", "id", "name", "version", "type", "blender_version_min"]
}