Render Commander

Render Commander streamlines your workflow by enabling background rendering and multi-GPU management directly from Blender. It compiles your render settings into standalone scripts, giving you the flexibility to launch jobs immediately or export them for later execution.

• Multi-Process and Device-Parallel Rendering
  Cycles Render: Automate your rendering workflow by launching a separate background Blender instance for each enabled compute device. The system supports multiple frame allocation strategies and can render across different backends simultaneously.
  For EEVEE, you can optimize sequence rendering by running multiple parallel processes on a single GPU (limited by VRAM).

• Render Presets & Overrides
  Tweak resolution, samples, output paths, and more, without altering your original scene. Save and reuse presets for different project stages (draft, final, client review, etc.).

• External Blend Files
  Render scenes stored in external .blend files without opening them in Blender.
  Preview scene settings, apply overrides, and start renders directly from the add-on panel.

Advanced Options

• Desktop Notifications - Get notified when a render job finishes.

• System Power Control - Keeps your PC awake during renders and can automatically sleep or shut down once all jobs are complete.

• Custom Blender Executables - Define custom Blender paths to use different versions or builds.

• Append Python Scripts - Attach your own Python scripts to render jobs for logging, post-processing, or pipeline integration.

• Viewport Sidebar: Main add-on panel is available in the Render Commander tab.
• Topbar: Additional controls are available in the Render menu.

• Download the latest release from BlenderKit or the Releases page.
• Drag and drop the .zip into Blender to install the add-on.

The add-on is compatible with Windows and Linux.
Blender 4.2 LTS to 5.0 (Python 3.11).

Source code and bug reports available on GitHub