Blender add-on · Geometry, Shader & Compositor · 4.2 – 5.x

A node group manager for Blender.

Browse, audit, and clean up Geometry, Shader, and Compositor node groups from a single sidebar panel.

See every node group in the file, filter the list in seconds, and inspect exactly where each group is used. File Health scores the file from 0–100, while Duplicate Finder consolidates matching .001 copies only after every user is remapped.

See what's inside

3node editors

10tools

0–100health score

4.2+Blender

Offlineno network calls

Interactive demo

Clean the sample file

This interactive sample mirrors the add-on's Geometry browser. It contains one duplicate copy and one orphaned group, giving the sample a score of 43 / 100. Merge the duplicate, clean the orphan, and watch the list and score update after each step.

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Preview / Browser

Showing 7/7 · Selected: 0

□☆♢▣NameGroupsNodesObj

☆Auto Smooth–1046

☆FIRE131

☆Fire GN–1501

☆Geometry Nodes–114

☆Geometry Nodes.001 DUPE–1611

☆Smooth by Angle–141

☆TEMP_probeA ORPHAN–00

▣ Active Group: Auto Smooth

▣ N:10▣ G:0▣ Obj:46↻ Version: —⌁ Changelog⌁ Dependencies

▾ Selection Tools (0)

43/100

Needs Cleanup

One duplicate copy of Geometry Nodes and one orphaned group. Start with Merge duplicates.

One system, three editors

A manager for every node workflow

Press N in the Geometry, Shader, or Compositor editor and the matching GN Manager, SN Manager, or CN Manager opens automatically. In the 3D Viewport, all three are available from one Nodes Manager tab with a selector at the top.

38-second manager walkthrough. See the browser, active-group tools, cleanup panels, and file-wide utilities working inside Blender.

Geometry Nodes

GN Manager

Columns: Name · Nodes · Groups (nested count) · Objects (users)

Filter by plain text or full regex; sort by name, users, node count, nesting, references, or complexity
Toggle filters for Unused, Orphaned, Favorites, Selected, and the active object; switch to a collapsible hierarchy Tree View
Detail card for the active group: node / link / nested / object counts, complexity score, Validate
Open, Rename, Duplicate, Batch Replace, Select Users, Quick-Assign to selected objects
Remove, or Remove + Nested with a preview of everything that goes
Version tag, Socket Descriptions, Changelog, Snapshot, and a Dependencies tree (parents and children)

Bulk: Scan Unused Sockets · Version Overview · Remove Orphaned · Remove All · Import from .blend · Export Team Manifest (JSON/CSV)

Shader Nodes

SN Manager

Columns: Name · Nodes · Groups (nested count) · Mats · Objects

Same browsing, filtering, and cleanup tools as Geometry, applied to material node groups
The extra Mats column shows how many materials use a group, alongside how many objects those materials reach — a group with 0 in either column is safe to remove

Bulk: the same set as Geometry — Scan Unused Sockets · Version Overview · Remove Orphaned · Remove All · Import

Compositor

CN Manager

Split into two halves, because compositing is scene-specific:

Scene Browser (top) — every scene in the file, with an Enable / Disable Compositor toggle, an Open Compositor button, and node counts (Total / Active / Muted)
Compositor Group Browser (bottom) — its own filterable, sortable list of compositor node groups, with a Scenes column counting direct and nested reachability
This Scene Only (on by default) narrows that list to groups actually reachable from the scene selected above — turn it off to see every compositor group in the file

Bulk: Scan Unused Sockets · Version Overview · Remove Orphaned · Remove All · Import

The managers

One familiar layout across three editors

Geometry, Shader, and Compositor share the same browse, inspect, and act pattern, while each manager surfaces the usage counts that matter to its editor.

Geometry Nodes Manager

Shader Nodes Manager

Compositor manager showing the Scene Browser and Compositor Group Browser

Compositor Nodes Manager

File-wide tools

Audit, consolidate, and reuse

Go beyond day-to-day browsing with tools that merge duplicate graphs safely, audit the entire file, and bring trusted groups in from reusable libraries.

Cleanup · New in 2.0

Duplicate Finder

Compares full graph topology instead of names alone, identifies matching .001 copies, and remaps every object, material, and parent group before removing the extras.

Audit · New in 2.0

File Health

Score the whole file from 0–100 across duplicates, orphans, broken references, unused sockets, and stray objects, with direct actions for anything that needs attention.

Reuse

Library Browser

Index a folder of .blend files, search the available groups, and import one without opening its source file. Cached results keep repeat scans fast.

Day-to-day workflow

From finding a group to shipping it

Configure the browser

Set the row count and column widths so names, nesting, node counts, and object usage remain easy to compare.

Column Widths panel with controls for Name, Groups, Nodes, Obj, and Rows

Select and act

Select one or more groups, then export them, protect them with Fake User, mark them as assets, or remove them.

Selection Tools panel with Remove, Export, Fake User, and Mark Asset controls

Run batch maintenance

Scan unused sockets, review versions, remove orphaned data, or rename multiple groups in one pass.

Cleanup and Batch panel showing Remove Orphaned and other cleanup controls

Diagnose and exchange

Resolve stray data, import groups from another file, search across libraries, or hot-swap a group in place.

Diagnostics and Import and Exchange panels with stray-object cleanup, cross-file search, hot swap, and blend import tools

Who it's for

Built for node-heavy production files

Technical artists

Managing 50+ node groups and deciding which are safe to delete.

Shader artists

Large material libraries where naming and versioning genuinely matter.

VFX artists

Multi-scene compositor setups across complex production files.

Asset creators

Auditing, cleaning, and exporting node group collections for distribution.