Post-production & VFX

OpenToonz

OpenToonz project (Dwango, with Digital Video and Studio Ghibli), Japan Desktop

Open source software for the production of 2D animation: ink and paint, colour design and digital composition from scanned drawings to final footage. Based on Toonz, the software developed by Digital Video in Italy and customised by Studio Ghibli; the project was launched by Dwango.

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What OpenToonz does

Category	Post-production & VFX
Built for	Professional and amateur animation production and school education, for commercial and non-commercial projects
Pricing	Free of charge for commercial and non-commercial projects; source code under the New BSD License (published)
Deployment	Desktop
Platforms	Windows, macOS
Vendor	OpenToonz project (Dwango, with Digital Video and Studio Ghibli), Japan
Website	opentoonz.github.io/e/

Only what OpenToonz project (Dwango, with Digital Video and Studio Ghibli) publishes itself is listed here, checked on 2026-09-19. Pricing is quoted as published; where a vendor does not publish a price, it says so. This directory is published by Tubes, which is listed in it as well, under Tubes.

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