--- title: Extensions Platform Beta Release — Developer Blog description: Blender's extensions platform is now available in the development version and will be officially released in Blender 4.2 LTS. The platform allows users to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/extensions-platform-beta-release-developer-blog-rc1lboklp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Extensions Platform Beta Release — Developer Blog | daily.dev og:description: Blender's extensions platform is now available in the development version and will be officially released in Blender 4.2 LTS. The platform allows users to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/extensions-platform-beta-release-developer-blog-rc1lboklp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rc1lBOKlP.png og:image:alt: Extensions Platform Beta Release — Developer Blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Extensions Platform Beta Release — Developer Blog **[Blender](https://daily.dev/sources/blender)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Blender's extensions platform is now available in the development version and will be officially released in Blender 4.2 LTS. The platform allows users to install, enable, and update add-ons and themes directly from Blender's preferences. Extensions can be manually installed or obtained from online repositories. The platform also introduces permissions for add-ons to make users more aware of their behavior. Multiple repositories can be added, and Blender's official extensions website hosts free community-maintained extensions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/extensions-platform-beta-release-developer-blog-rc1lboklp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Extensions Platform Beta Release — Developer Blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/extensions-platform-beta-release-developer-blog-rc1lboklp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/extensions-platform-beta-release-developer-blog-rc1lboklp"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T17:54:45.637Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T17:54:44.705Z","description":"Blender's extensions platform is now available in the development version and will be officially released in Blender 4.2 LTS. The platform allows users to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/af4e0a871d82568ef970abceafd06394?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/af4e0a871d82568ef970abceafd06394?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Blender","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Blender","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/e0fa635597f94a69b4f8fde7b7ef15df","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/blender"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/extensions-platform-beta-release-developer-blog-rc1lboklp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"blender","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blender","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/blender"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Extensions Platform Beta Release — Developer Blog"}]} ```