Blender Dev 0.2.0

Released: 2026-03-01

Blender Status Indicator: Added a real-time status bar widget to monitor Blender connection states (Connected, Disconnected, Not Running).
Internationalization: Comprehensive i18n support for all user-facing UI, logs, and console outputs across 11 languages (Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese).
Blender Development Project: New specialized project type for Blender extension development.
Improved Scanner: Enhanced macOS and Linux Blender detection using the which command, and improved custom path labeling.
Custom Versions: Support for manual specification of Blender executable paths and versioning.
Source Management: Option to mark project folders as Blender source directories for better organization.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Refined path handling for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Documentation: Simplified internal documentation to English-only to ensure maintainability. Moved comprehensive and localized guides to the external documentation site.
Unit Testing: Initial suite of unit tests for core plugin functionality.
Sandbox Control: New setting to toggle sandboxing for Blender instances within the New Project Wizard.

Branding: Renamed the plugin to Blender Development and updated all icons to comply with JetBrains Icon guidelines. Added standardized scaling and positioning for Blender logo icons.
Improved: Added folder icons for directories marked as Blender source folders in the project view.
Environment Setup: Automated the detection and replication of system Blender configuration subdirectories to ensure a consistent sandboxed environment.
Diagnostics: Improved logging with per-day rotation, more detailed configuration, and specific error reporting for extraction/mounting failures.
Run Configurations: Updated templates for testing, building, and validation with a dynamic UI.
- Removed redundant --app-template pycharm arguments when executing build and validate commands.
- Enhanced logic for detecting extension-specific commands.
- Standardized internal src path handling using Kotlin NIO.2 utilities for better OS reliability.
Licensing: Transitioned to GNU GPL v3 and moved license text to a standalone template.

Management UI: Reworked the Blender version and sandbox management tool window for better stability.
Manifest Formatting: Switched Manifest IDs from kebab-case to snake_case to comply with Blender’s validation requirements.
CLI Arguments: Corrected the extension command syntax in run configurations, fixing a pluralization error.
Stability: Fixed crashes in the version management tool window and resolved validation issues in the New Project Wizard.
Path Resolution: Fixed the FATAL_ERROR: Missing local "src" by utilizing absolute paths for the --source-dir argument.
Process Management: Configured the GeneralCommandLine working directory to ensure correct resolution of relative paths.
Extension Logic: Fixed a bug where --app-template was incorrectly applied to CLI-based extension operations.