MakeHuman
Source: https://github.com/makehumancommunity/makehuman
successor_url marks the Blender-native sibling, not a formal replacement statement.
Structured fields
{
"archived": false,
"revision": {
"ref": "master",
"pinned": false
},
"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "Open-source parametric human character generator whose bundled base mesh, targets, textures, clothes and poses are CC0 and whose exported characters carry no claim by the project. A rights-clean source of base characters for rigging and animation.",
"source_type": "repository",
"availability": "available",
"source_owner": "MakeHuman Community",
"next_check_at": "2026-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
"successor_url": "https://github.com/makehumancommunity/mpfb2",
"known_limitations": [
"Main repo last pushed Aug 2024; MPFB2 is the actively maintained Blender route (last push 2026-10-13)."
],
"upstream_updated_at": "2024-08-19T03:15:34.000Z"
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] LICENSE section B: program source released under AGPL (v3 or later); section C: bundled assets (base mesh, proxies, targets, textures, clothes, poses and expressions) released under CC0 1.0 Universal. · locator: LICENSE sections B and C source
- [sourced_fact] LICENSE section D: the project opines that output contains no program logic and makes no claim over output created from CC0 assets plus the user's input. · locator: LICENSE section D source
- [sourced_fact] Repo metadata: not archived, last push 2024-08-19; sister project MPFB2 is a Blender add-on human generator requiring Blender 4.2+. · locator: GitHub API fields; MPFB2 README source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | AGPL-3.0-or-later | permitted | restricted | restricted | unknown | AGPL v3 or later per LICENSE section B. |
| sample_assets | CC0-1.0 | permitted | permitted | permitted | unknown | Bundled assets are CC0 per section C. Community asset packs elsewhere may differ; model training not addressed. |