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Although CGRU CG Tools Pack has been going on for over three years, it is gaining momentum since its latest release (2.0.7) last month. It is free, open source, and available on Windows, Mac and linux. The set of tools includes: " Afanasy " render farm manager " Rules " CG projects tracker which you can try online   " Movie Maker " scriptable image sequence encoder " Keeper " system tray icon. These are the features (from their web page) AFANASY Render Farm Manager   Flexible: JSON protocol, Python API. Farm Resources Monitoring: CPU (System,User), RAM, HDD, SWAP, I/O, Net and Custom (Python). Generic: Can do anything that can be described via commands. Statistics: SQL database and a ready Web GUI (PHP) to browse it. Multi-Task Hosts: One host can run several tasks. Multi-Host Tasks: One task can run on several hosts (master service and slaves). Software Licenses Limits. Dependences, Priorities, Services, Parsers, Wake-On-Lan...

Rajiv , a seasoned Effects Technical Director and Pipeline Developer just published version 1.0 of RenderBOX supporting Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Blender and After Effects. You can find more information here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRHr9iCMcgw Thanks for sharing, Rajiv! https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-renderbox/