Open source software for CAE

CAE open source simulation solvers

Basilisk	http://basilisk.fr/
Calculix	http://www.calculix.de
code_aster	https://code-aster.org
code_saturne	https://www.code-saturne.org/cms/
Coolfluid	https://github.com/andrealani/COOLFluiD
deal II	https://www.dealii.org/
Elmer	https://www.csc.fi/web/elmer
FDS	https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/
FeenoX	github.com/seamplex/feenox
FEniCS	https://fenicsproject.org
Firedrake	https://firedrakeproject.org/
Flexi	https://www.flexi-project.org/
Fluidity	https://fluidityproject.github.io/
foam-extend	https://sourceforge.net/projects/foam-extend/
GetFEM	http://getfem.org/
GetDP	https://getdp.info/
HiFiLES	https://hifiles.stanford.edu/
insightCAE	https://silentdynamics.de/en/oss-cae/
Kratos	https://github.com/KratosMultiphysics/Kratos
lethe	https://github.com/lethe-cfd/lethe
Liggghts	Liggghts
MFix	https://mfix.netl.doe.gov/
MOFEM	http://mofem.eng.gla.ac.uk/mofem/html/
Nek5000	https://nek5000.mcs.anl.gov/
Nektar++	https://www.nektar.info
NGSolve	https://ngsolve.org/
Nutils	http://www.nutils.org/en/stable/
OOFEM	http://www.oofem.org/
OpenFOAM.com	https://www.openfoam.com
OpenFOAM.org	https://www.openfoam.org
OpenModelica	https://openmodelica.org/
OpenPTV	https://www.openptv.net/
OpenSBLI	https://opensbli.github.io/
PALABOS	https://palabos.unige.ch/
PARIS Simulator	http://www.ida.upmc.fr/~zaleski/paris/
PrePoMax	https://prepomax.fs.um.si/
PyFR	http://pyfr.org/
QMesh	https://www.qmesh.org/
Semtex	Semtex
SfePy	http://sfepy.org/doc-devel/index.html
Sparselizard	http://www.sparselizard.org/
SU2	https://su2code.github.io
UCNS3D	https://ucns3d.com/
Z88	https://en.z88.de/

CAE Mesh creation

CFmesh	https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfmesh/
Construct2d	https://sourceforge.net/projects/construct2d/
ENGRID	https://github.com/enGits/engrid/wiki
GMSH	http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/
Netgen	https://sourceforge.net/projects/netgen-mesher/
snappyHexMesh (OpenFOAM)	https://www.openfoam.org
Tetgen	http://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/
Triangle	http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.html

CAD, geometry operations, preprocessing

Blender	http://www.blender.org/
FreeCAD	https://www.freecadweb.org/
MeshLab	https://www.meshlab.net
OPEN CASCADE	https://www.opencascade.com/
Salome	http://www.salome-platform.org

CAE Postprocessing

Gnuplot	http://www.gnuplot.info/
ParaView	http://www.paraview.org/
VisIt	https://visit-dav.github.io/visit-website/

Math & data analysis

GeoGebra	https://www.geogebra.org/
GNU Octave	https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
OpenTURNS	https://openturns.github.io/www/index.html
Scilab	https://www.scilab.org/

CAE Scripting

Bash	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)
Python	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)
Get into Python	https://jobtensor.com/Tutorial/Python/en/Introduction

Each piece of software has its strengths and weaknesses. Usage of any of them depends on the particular project needs and many other circumstances (physiscs, resources, skills, experience, ...).

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