/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender --background "scene.blend" --python-expr "
import bpy, os
export_path = 'output.glb'
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(export_path), exist_ok=True)
bpy.ops.export_scene.gltf(
    filepath=export_path,
    export_format='GLB',
    export_apply=False,
    export_animations=True,
    export_nla_strips=True,
    export_cameras=True,
    export_lights=False,
    export_draco_mesh_compression_enable=False,
)
print(f'Size: {os.path.getsize(export_path)/1024/1024:.1f} MB')
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/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender --background "$HOME/Downloads/blend 3/scene.blend" ...

import bpy, json

def extract_hierarchy(obj, depth=0):
    data = {
        "name": obj.name,
        "type": obj.type,
        "location": list(obj.location),
        "rotation": list(obj.rotation_euler),
        "scale": list(obj.scale),
        "visible": not obj.hide_viewport,
        "children": [],
    }
    if obj.type == 'MESH' and obj.data:
        data["vertices"] = len(obj.data.vertices)
        data["faces"] = len(obj.data.polygons)
        data["materials"] = [slot.material.name for slot in obj.material_slots if slot.material]
    if obj.type == 'LIGHT':
        data["light_type"] = obj.data.type
        data["energy"] = obj.data.energy
        data["color"] = list(obj.data.color)
        if obj.data.type == 'AREA':
            data["size"] = obj.data.size
            data["size_y"] = obj.data.size_y
    # Array modifiers (important for runtime replication)
    for mod in obj.modifiers:
        if mod.type == 'ARRAY':
            data.setdefault("modifiers", []).append({
                "type": "ARRAY",
                "count": mod.count,
                "offset_object": mod.offset_object.name if mod.offset_object else None,
            })
    for child in obj.children:
        data["children"].append(extract_hierarchy(child, depth + 1))
    return data

scene_data = {
    "name": bpy.context.scene.name,
    "fps": bpy.context.scene.render.fps,
    "frame_start": bpy.context.scene.frame_start,
    "frame_end": bpy.context.scene.frame_end,
    "objects": [],
}

for obj in bpy.context.scene.objects:
    if obj.parent is None:
        scene_data["objects"].append(extract_hierarchy(obj))

print(json.dumps(scene_data, indent=2))

import bpy, json

def extract_materials():
    materials = []
    for mat in bpy.data.materials:
        if not mat.use_nodes:
            continue
        info = {"name": mat.name, "nodes": []}
        for node in mat.node_tree.nodes:
            node_data = {"type": node.type, "name": node.name}
            if node.type == 'BSDF_PRINCIPLED':
                for inp in node.inputs:
                    if inp.is_linked:
                        node_data[inp.name] = "linked"
                    elif hasattr(inp, 'default_value'):
                        val = inp.default_value
                        try:
                            node_data[inp.name] = list(val)
                        except TypeError:
                            node_data[inp.name] = float(val)
            if node.type == 'TEX_IMAGE' and node.image:
                node_data["image"] = node.image.filepath
                node_data["size"] = [node.image.size[0], node.image.size[1]]
            info["nodes"].append(node_data)
        materials.append(info)
    return materials

print(json.dumps(extract_materials(), indent=2))

import bpy, json

def extract_animation(obj):
    if not obj.animation_data or not obj.animation_data.action:
        return None
    tracks = []
    for fc in obj.animation_data.action.fcurves:
        keyframes = []
        for kp in fc.keyframe_points:
            keyframes.append({
                "frame": int(kp.co[0]),
                "value": float(kp.co[1]),
                "interpolation": kp.interpolation,
            })
        tracks.append({
            "data_path": fc.data_path,
            "index": fc.array_index,
            "keyframes": keyframes,
        })
    return {"object": obj.name, "tracks": tracks}

animations = []
for obj in bpy.data.objects:
    anim = extract_animation(obj)
    if anim:
        animations.append(anim)

print(json.dumps(animations, indent=2))

Blender export (no Draco) → resize (1K max) → WebP (q90) → Draco
   ~22 MB                    ~3.7 MB           ~3.7 MB      ~1 MB