Cascadeur

Cascadeur is a standalone 3D keyframe animation app for hobbyists, professional animators, studios and educators who need faster character animation with full control. It runs on Windows, Linux and Apple Silicon Macs, with a companion mobile app.

Key capabilities include:

• AI-assisted AutoPosing for humanoids, fingers and quadrupeds (quadrupeds on Pro), helping artists block natural poses by moving a few control points
• Physics-based tools (including AutoPhysics, with environment interaction on Pro) to make motion physically plausible and tune secondary motion
• Rigging and editing utilities: quick rigging tools, animation unbaking for mocap and assets, an inbetweening tool, a scene linking tool and retargeting between differently structured rigs (Pro)
• Pipeline export to CASC, FBX, DAE, USD and GLTF on paid plans (Free exports CASC only)

Pricing: Freemium. Free (non-commercial, CASC export only), Indie ($19/month, or $8/month billed annually; revenue under $100k/year), Pro ($49/month, or $33/month billed annually; unlimited commercial use), Teams (2-6 users, $49/user/month or $33/user/month billed annually), plus an Academic License for schools and universities. Yearly Indie and Pro convert to a perpetual license after the first year.

Notable for combining AI-assisted posing with physics-guided animation editing while keeping keyframes fully editable and compatible with common DCC and game-engine pipelines.