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CLUSTER COMPOSITING-EFFECTS-NODE · 6 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-09-15

Node-based VFX compositing apps

The cluster consists of desktop applications that use node-based graph editors for compositing, visual effects, and motion graphics. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as only three dated entries exist and two members have no source date, so the cluster likely predates the index or its members are undated. Traction leaders are OGEX and Natron, each with a 0-star activity signal.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2020: 1FEB 2022: 1AUG 2026: 2OCT 2026: 2
SEP 2020OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 4 unlabelled

Operator · 5 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 6 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01effectcraft0★9 daysliveopen sourceOpen-source video compositing and motion graphics editor that runs in the browser as a web application.
  2. 02Natron0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceNode-based compositing application for visual effects and motion graphics work, comparable in function to professional commercial compositing software.
  3. 03OGEX0★unknownliveNode-based visual studio that builds live graphics from images, 3D scenes, particles, audio, and lighting data for VJs and stage performances.
  4. 04Natron0★3 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop compositing application for visual effects and motion graphics production, offering node-based editing comparable to industry compositing software.
  5. 05Kinematic0★unknownliveopen sourceNode-based creative application for building 3D scenes, images, video, simulations, live shows, and sound.
  6. 06natron-bin0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA desktop application that uses a node-based graph editor for compositing and animating layered video and visual effects footage.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.