Houdini: Plugins & Tools

Toolkits, pipeline tools, and HDAs.

• .hips. Various Houdini tools.
• AElib. Free tools by Nick Taylor (ManVsMachine).
• Axiom Paid. Sparse fluid solver by Matthew Puchala.
• CamRig Pro Paid. Camera rigging tool HDA by Shir Manor.
• cb-houdini-tools (conlen-b). Collection of Houdini utility tools and HDAs.
• EarthMesh Houdini. Real-world meshes via Google API.
• Ffmpeg. Flipbook to MP4 conversion tool (setup guide).
• Houdini Attributes Cheatsheet. Quick reference of common Houdini geometry attributes.
• Houdini Engine for Unreal (AdrianPan optimized fork). Rebuilt Houdini Engine for UE, 2x-15x faster.
• Houdini Tech Art Challenge Winners 2021. Winning tech-art tools: HPaint, Polyline Creator, Poly Slice Tool.
• Houdini-scripts (JoseZalez). Python scripts and utilities for Houdini.
• JDB Houdini Toolkit. JDB Houdini Toolkit.
• Microbot VDB Painter Paid. Interactive painting and manipulation of OpenVDB SDF volumes in Houdini.
• MOPS. Motion graphics toolkit by Toadstorm.
  See also: Learning, Community & Industry → 3D Communities & Forums
• ODTools Paid. Pipeline tools by Oliver Hotz.
• qLib. Open-source HDA library.
• Rich Lord's Tools. Tools from ex-Valve animator.
• SideFX Labs. Extended official toolset.
• Tighe Rzankowski's Tools Paid. Feather grooming.
• TrembleFX Paid. Procedural noise generator HDA by Shir Manor.
• VEX Manager Paid. VEX snippet/code manager HDA by Shir Manor.
  See also: Modeling, Sculpting & Texturing → Houdini: VEX & Coding
• VFX Fractal Toolkit. Set of tools for generating fractal and generative art.
• Wormhole Content Browser Paid. Custom Houdini UI for browsing, previewing, and importing content.
• ZENO. Node-based 3D system for cinematic physics effects. Standalone open-source Houdini alternative.