Animanager Desktop Helper

Your computer, connected to Animanager.Only when your work needs it.

A small app for Mac and Windows. Most of Animanager needs nothing installed.

In the browser

Start today with nothing to install.

The grid, chat, review, the canvas, the timeline and file uploads and downloads all run in the browser. Producers, reviewers and clients never need the Helper.

Animanager tree grid, stage chat and feed in the browser, illustrated from the real interface with fictional demonstration data.

Blender pipeline

Open each stage with what it needs.

Get files prepares the stage on your computer with what earlier stages published. You publish from the same folder.

  1. Stage folders

    One folder per project, shot and stage.

  2. Blender in the background

    Some jobs run your own Blender without opening a window.

Animanager Get files dialog choosing the working file and its dependencies, illustrated from the real interface with fictional demonstration data.

Also on the Helper

The heavy jobs, on your own machine.

  1. Large files

    Files over 512 MB and downloads over 256 MB, with progress and retries.

  2. MCP for AI agents

    Claude or Codex can work in your productions.

  3. Blender activity

    Share your Blender session with the team.

  4. Render node and video export

    Render for your studio's farm, available on request, and export the edit to a video file.

See the MCP
A studio workstation rendering a frame of the survey robot in the greenhouse, with an external drive attached.

On your computer

One folder. Only the jobs you ask for.

  1. One work folder

    Everything goes into one Animanager folder.

  2. Not a sync client

    It never scans or uploads the rest of your computer.

  3. Your account, your access

    It only reaches the studios and files you can. It renders only if you add the computer as a node.

The Animanager Helper window: connection, local files folder, uploads in progress and the items stored on this computer, with fictional demonstration data.

Download

Install it where the work happens.

Install the Helper, choose Connect and continue in Animanager. It is not signed yet, so your computer warns you the first time. The guide shows how to open it.

An animator's desk at blue hour, with a finished frame of the survey robot on the monitor.
User guide

Open it the first time

How to install, open and connect it, step by step.

Open the guide