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I recently discovered PureRef and think it's awesome! However, reviewing the changelog and browsing this forum, it seems like it has been pretty much abandoned. It's clear that many people use and love this software, but the last reply from the devs was about a year ago. It isn't open source either, so nobody can help it survive; the forum just fills with unanswered posts.

As a newcomer, I don't want to invest in a program that's already EOL. So I ask: does PureRef have a future? (Please say yes!)

Hey there, we are very much alive but we are a small team with limited time and we focus on development and answering support mails!

That's great to hear!! Thank you very much for your reply!

I think its clear this software is no longer being maintained, there hasn't been an update since 2020. Its best this is open sourced because the program still has issues.

Any new info from creators of software?

Any new info from creators of software?

I'm still hoping for animated gif support. Though it looks like it's been 3 years since any kind of update, so not looking hopeful :/

Sorry for the long wait, we've finally released a beta version of PureRef 2.0 that you can download on the download page if you want to give it a try! (It does support animated gifs :)

Amazing! I love the update so much

Oh my goodness, the new version went from taking 32+ gb of RAM to 157MB. Absolutely beautiful work, this is amazing!!!

Glad to hear it! :) The new steaming system adds a bit of load time and uses disk space instead by default, but gives huge wins in terms of RAM usage. It can be tweaked with the "Performance mode" setting, read more here: https://www.pureref.com/handbook/2.0/settings/#performance-mode

I am so happy that you are working on the new version 2.0.

I have been working with Pureref for some time now and absolutly love this software.

It's a wonderful, quick tool for putting together ideas and inspiration for projects.

I hope that the development continues well and wish you all the best for the project.

Hey there,

I'm a student studying at a school in Canada for 3D environment modelling and vfx for film. I discovered (or was pointed to) PureRef through Blender forums but now that I'm in school it seems your app is going to become an essential in my day-to-day life.

I just set up a forum account and paid what I could for v. 1.11.1, I'm curious if when v. 2 is released if there will be an additional licensing charge? I would like to post a link to this app in our school's discord server for other students that have not heard of you to get the tool but I wanted to make certain I could give as much info as possible along with the link to download.

Thanks for all the work .. looking forward to the full release of 2.0

@homemade_tttc: This is not really the place for those questions so if you have additional questions please make an appropriate topic or send us a contact message instead, but since we're here we'll try to answer:

Both v1 and v2 have no restrictions for personal / educational use and the terms are basically the same but we made it a bit more clear in the v2 license agreement. Check out section 3 here: https://www.pureref.com/license.php?v=2