Blender Development

Blender Development is a PyCharm plugin for creating, configuring, running, and debugging Blender add-ons and extensions.

Documentation map

Contributor setup — build and run the plugin from source.
Create a Blender project — configure an add-on or extension through PyCharm’s project wizard.
Run and debug in Blender — launch Blender, attach the debugger, and use runtime commands.
Configuration reference — understand project and application settings.
Troubleshooting — diagnose installation discovery, launch, debug, and reload problems.
Architecture overview — learn how the plugin’s services, state, and bundled runtime fit together.
Publish a Codeberg snapshot — validate and publish a tagged pre-release.