Release·Aug 27, 2025

Houdini 21

KineFX rigging goes production-ready, with built-in ML tools.

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Houdini

Houdini 21 is the current major version, which SideFX calls its largest-ever feature release. KineFX procedural character rigging and animation reaches production-readiness with a drag-and-drop Autorig Builder, an Animation Catalog, and a motion mixer. Copernicus adds 2D flow and Pyro solvers, Karma supports Gaussian Splats, and native ML tools ship built in.

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Houdini

Best for procedural environments, VFX, and tech-art pipelines.

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