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Alternatives to OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM is a free, GPL-licensed, open-source computational fluid dynamics toolbox for simulating fluid flow, heat transfer, and related physical processes. It covers pre-processing, mesh generation, multiple flow and physics solvers, and post-processing, with blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, external mesh conversion, and ParaView integration. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted setups, and provides 3D visuals and data export. The v2606 release adds GPU offloading as…

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SimFlow logo

SimFlow is desktop software for computational fluid dynamics, covering work from mesh generation through post-processing.

Free planWebLinuxmacOS
From €8,000 a year
27.7
COMSOL Multiphysics logo

COMSOL Multiphysics is desktop simulation software for designs, devices, and processes in engineering, manufacturing, and scientific research.

WebAPILinux
Price on the maker’s site
37.5

FeenoX is free, open-source computational engineering software for solving mathematical and engineering problems on one or more computers.

Free planWebAPILinux
Free plan
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    myPhysicsLab

    myPhysicsLab is a free, open-source collection of interactive physics simulations and JavaScript tools for building animated models.

    Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
    7.5Free plan
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    MPTRAC

    MPTRAC is a free Lagrangian particle dispersion model for studying atmospheric transport in the free troposphere and stratosphere.

    Free planWebLinuxSelf-hosted
    7.2Free plan
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    FEST-3D

    FEST-3D is a free, open-source computational fluid dynamics solver for aerodynamic Navier–Stokes problems on structured grids.

    Free planLinuxmacOS
    7.2Free plan
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    OpenSim

    OpenSim is a free, open-source platform for modeling and simulating movement and interaction among humans, animals, robots, and their environment.

    Free planAPILinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
  5. 8FEATool Multiphysics logo

    FEATool Multiphysics

    FEATool Multiphysics is desktop engineering software for modeling and solving physics problems.

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1
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    Physics Classroom Physics Interactives

    Physics Classroom Physics Interactives is an online collection of about 100 physics simulations, practice activities, and game-like challenges.

    AndroidiOSWeb
    7.1
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    DynamicalSystems.jl

    DynamicalSystems.jl is a free, open-source Julia library for nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear time-series analysis.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
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    Algodoo

    Algodoo is 2D simulation software for creating interactive scenes, exploring physics, building inventions, designing games, and experimenting in science classes.

    Free planiOSmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
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    PyAutoLens

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    7.1Free plan
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    Physion

    Free planWeb
    7.1From $6 a month
  11. 14SimScale logo

    SimScale

    SimScale is a web-based cloud platform for engineering simulation across structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, electromagnetics, and multiphysics.

    Web
    7.0
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    Open Source Physics

    AndroidiOSWebLinux
    7.0
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    GNU FisicaLab

    GNU FisicaLab is a free desktop learning application that solves physics problems while handling the mathematical details.

    Free planLinuxWindows
    7.0Free plan
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    FDTDX

    FDTDX is a free, open-source Python package for simulating and designing three-dimensional photonic nanostructures with the finite-difference time-domain method.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    7.0Free plan
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    Ansys Fluent

    Ansys Fluent is computational fluid dynamics software for simulating fluid-flow phenomena with advanced numerics.

    LinuxSelf-hostedWindows
    6.9
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    ngspice

    ngspice is a free, open-source simulator for electric and electronic circuits.

    Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
    6.9Free plan
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    Xcos

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.9Free plan
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    SimEvents

    SimEvents is a desktop product for modeling message-based communication and other event-driven processes.

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    6.9
  19. 22ASCEND logo

    ASCEND

    ASCEND is free desktop software for engineers and scientists who need to solve systems of equations.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.9Free plan
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    libCEED

    libCEED is a free BSD-2-Clause library for matrix-free operator representation, providing runtime selection of implementations for CPUs and GPUs.

    Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
    6.9Free plan
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    LISE++

    LISE++ is free desktop software for Linux, macOS, and Windows that calculates fragment transmission and yields in a spectrometer.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.8Free plan
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    6.8
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    Basix

    Free planLinuxmacOS
    6.8Free plan
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    Step

    Step is a free Linux desktop application for exploring physical systems through interactive simulations.

    Free planLinux
    6.7Free plan
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    SIMION

    LinuxWindows
    6.7
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    PhysSandbox

    Free planWeb
    6.7Free plan
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    The Physics Aviary

    Free planWeb
    6.7Free plan

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