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An overview of both free and commercial CFD software. Here you will find short descriptions of codes along with links to resources.

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Free codes

This section lists codes that are in the public domain, and codes that are available under GPL, BSD or similar licenses.

Solvers

Solver	Mesh type(s) supported	Last known version or year
ADFC -- ADFC homepage		v3.0 / June 2013
Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Solver homepage		December 2007
arb -- arb homepage	GMSH (.msh)	N/A
CalculiX -- CalculiX homepage	internal	v2.14 April 2018
CaNS -- CaNS homepage a code for very fast massively-parallel DNS of canonical flows		July 2019
CFD2D -- a 2D-solver for incompressible Navier-Stokes homepage	Based on Triangle grid generator (see table below)
CFD2k -- CFD2k: a 2D-solver for compressible ideal gases - homepage
cfdpack -- A collection of academic codes \| 2D/3D, FV, unstr, incomp, adjoint, parallel	GMSH (.msh)
Channelflow -- Channelflow: a spectral Navier-Stokes simulator in C++ homepage
CLAWPACK -- CLAWPACK homepage A Finite Volume solver especially for phenomena governed by hyperbolic PDEs
Code_Saturne -- Code_Saturne homepage	I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM
COOLFluiD -- COOLFluiD homepage Component-based C++ platform for multi-physics (e.g. flow, plasma, radiation, chemistry, EM) simulation on heterogeneous HPC systems	GMSH, Gambit®, internal CFmesh format (ASCII or binary), TECPLOT unstructured (point-based format), GridPro
Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- DUNS homepage
Dolfyn -- dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage	GMSH (.msh), ICEM, StarCD	November 2018
Dune -- Distributed and Unified Numerics Evironment - homepage	GMSH (.msh), StarCD
Edge -- Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured and hybrid grids	.bmsh
ELMER -- ELMER homepage	.unv (also with multiple body / surface attribution)
FDS -- FDS homepage
FeatFlow -- Fortran FEM based high-performance CFD solver	FeatFlow (.tri/.prm) grid format
FEniCS -- FEniCS homepage A Python/C++ library for Finite Element Method. Requires knowledge of weak forms of governing equations	Various types - Gmsh, Abaqus, Metis, Diffpack etc
FOILincom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional inviscid steady incompressible flows (potential flows) over isolated airfoils -- FOILincom homepage	structured mesh (O-grid)	April 2018
FOILcom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional subsonic (subcritical) inviscid steady compressible flows over isolated airfoils -- FOILcom homepage	structured mesh (O-grid)	June 2018
FLUBIO-PETSc: An unstructured, parallel, finite-volume based Navier–Stokes and convection–diffusion like equations solver -- FLUBIO homepage	unstructured mesh (OpenFoam format)	december 2021
FluidSim -- FluidSim documentation Modular, object-oriented Python package for high-performance computing. It comes with a collection of pseudo-spectral solvers; however is designed to be generic and extensible as a framework.		0.3.2 (November 2019)
FreeFEM -- FreeFEM homepage A FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language	Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh)
Gerris Flow Solver -- Gerris Flow Solver homepage
HiFlow³ -- HiFlow³ homepage
IBAMR -- IBAMR homepage A C++ library for Immersed Boundary method with Adaptive Mesh Refinement.	Structured fluid mesh and unstructured mesh for immersed body.
IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) -- IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) homepage
iNavier -- iNavier Solver Home Page
ISAAC -- ISAAC Home Page
Kicksey-Winsey -- Kicksey-Winsey Home Page
KRATOS Multiphysics -- Kratos Home Page
MFIX -- Computational multiphase flow homepage
MFC -- MFC homepage 3D Finite-volume compressible code, shock-capturing, GPU accelerated, multi-phase/component.		v4.3.6 (2023)
NaSt2D-2.0 -- NaSt2D-2.0 homepage
NEK5000 -- NEK5000 homepage
Nektar++ -- Nektar++ homepage
NSC2KE -- NSC2KE homepage
NUWTUN -- NUWTUN Home Page
OneFLOW -- OneFLOW homepage	OFLOW(.ofl); convert from cgns, plot3d
OpenFlower -- OpenFlower homepage	GMSH (.msh)
OpenFOAM -- OpenFOAM homepage	Internal "foam" format; convert from ansys, cfx4, dat, fluent3d, fluentMesh, gambit, gmsh, ideasUnv, kiva, msh, netgenNeutral, plot3d, samm, star3, star4, tetgen
OpenHyperflow2D -- OpenHyperflow2D homepage
OpenLB -- OpenLB homepage
OpenFVM -- OpenFVM homepage	GMSH (.msh)
Palabos -- Palabos homepage
PETSc-FEM -- PETSc-FEM homepage	Application-specific input (.dat)
PP3D -- parpp3d++ homepage
PyFR -- PyFR homepage
QuickerSim CFD Toolbox for MATLAB® -- QuickerSim CFD homepage	GMSH, MATLAB®-PDE Toolbox format
REEF3D -- REEF3D homepage
ReFRESCO -- ReFRESCO homepage. 3D multi-phase viscous-flow code (RANS,DDES,SAS,PANS,LES) for maritime applications	Structured and unstructured grids. Cgns format. Converters for openFOAM, Icem-CFD, Ansys, Star-CCM, Gridpro, Pointwise, Hexpress.
Rheolef	1D 2D 3D finite elements, unstructured tri,quad,tet,hexa meshes (GMSH, BAMG)
Semtex -- Semtex homepage: 2D/3D spectral element/Fourier DNS	Unstructured quad meshes
SLFCFD -- SLFCFD homepage
SSIIM -- CFD at NTNU
SU2 -- Stanford University Unstructured Homepage	Internal "su2" format and cgns format
Taichi-LBM3D -- Cross-platform lattice Boltzmann method solver	binary voxels
TCLB -- Cuda-based lattice Boltzmann method solver and more	STL-files, binary voxels
Tochnog -- Tochnog homepage
TrioCFD -- homepage C++ code for 2D-3D incompressible and quasi-compressible, mono- and multiphase (Front-Tracking method) flows (RANS, LES, DNS)	Structured and unstructured tetrahedric meshes (Gmsh, ICEM, Salome)	1.7.8 (19 dec. 2018)
TYCHO -- TYCHO homepage
Typhon solver -- Typhon solver homepage
Uintah Computational Framework -- Uintah homepage	Structured
Vortexje -- Vortexje panel method code homepage	GMSH (.msh), PLY, application specific

Grid generation

Generator	Mesh type(s) supported	Input filetypes supported
ChopMesh -- ChopMesh homepage	PolyMesh, .cgns, .vtk, .msh, .su2	.stl
Delaundo -- Delaundo homepage	.pts
Engrid -- Engrid homepage
GMSH -- GMSH hompage	.msh
gridgen -- gridgen homepage
IA-FEMesh -- IA-FEMesh homepage	ABAQUS
NETGEN -- NETGEN homepage	Neutral, Fepp2D, surfacemesh, solution	.stl, .iges, .csg, .step
SALOME -- SALOME homepage	MED, UNV, DAT, STL	IGES, STEP, BREP
TETGEN -- TETGEN hompage	.off, .mesh, .smesh, .ele	.node, .poly, .off, .stl, .mesh, .smesh, .ply
Triangle -- Triangle homepage	(2D only) .node, .ele, .poly, .area
TwinMesh -- Twinmesh homepage	.cfx5	.iges, .csv

Visualization

COVISE -- HLRS homepage
DISLIN -- DISLIN homepage
GMV -- GMV homepage
Gnuplot -- gnuplot homepage
GRI -- GRI homepage
Mayavi -- MayaVi homepage
OpenDX -- OpenDX homepage
ParaView -- ParaView homepage
Tioga -- Tioga homepage (link seems broken, see it on archive.org)
VAPOR -- VAPOR homepage
Vigie -- Vigie homepage
Visit -- Visit homepage
Visnow -- VisNow homepage
vtk -- vtk homepage
vtk.Net -- vtk.Net homepage

Solver coupling

OpenPALM -- OpenPALM homepage
preCICE -- preCICE homepage

Miscellaneous

Engauge Digitizer (extract data points from graphs) -- Engauge Digitizer homepage
Ftnchek (Fortran 77 static analyzer) -- ftnchek homepage
g3data (extract data points from graphs) -- g3data homepage
GIFMerge (merge GIF images) -- GIFMerge homepage (link seems broken, see it on archive.org)
Gifsicle (GIF creator) -- Gifsicle homepage
ImageMagick (image processing) -- ImageMagick homepage
nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- nnbathy home page
OpenGPI (Generic Parameter Interface) -- OpenGPI homepage (link seems broken, see it on archive.org)
SimWorks (Free CFD software with an integrated GUI based on OpenFoam) -- SimWorks homepage

Commercial codes

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 ! Solver !! Mesh type(s) supported !! Last known version or year
 |- align="center"
-|- align="center"
-| align="left" |FOILincom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional inviscid steady incompressible flows (potential flows) over isolated airfoils -- [https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21727.15524 FOILincom homepage]|| structured mesh (O-grid) || April 2018
-|- align="center"
-| align="left" |FOILcom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional subsonic (subcritical) inviscid steady compressible flows over isolated airfoils -- [https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36459.64801/1 FOILcom homepage]|| structured mesh (O-grid) || June 2018
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |ADFC -- [http://adfc.sourceforge.net/index.html ADFC homepage]||   ||v3.0 / June 2013
@@ Line 21: / Line 17: @@
 | align="left" |Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- [http://www.partenovcfd.com Solver homepage]|| || December 2007
 |- align="center"
-| align="left" |arb -- [http://www.chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/daltonh/downloads/arb/ arb homepage]||GMSH (.msh) || N/A
+| align="left" |arb -- [https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/daltonh/downloads/arb/ arb homepage]||GMSH (.msh) || N/A
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |CalculiX -- [http://www.dhondt.de/ CalculiX homepage]|| internal || v2.14 April 2018
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |[[CaNS]] -- [https://github.com/p-costa/CaNS CaNS homepage] a code for very fast massively-parallel DNS of canonical flows ||  || July 2019
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |CFD2D -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cfd2d/  a 2D-solver for incompressible Navier-Stokes homepage]||Based on Triangle grid generator (see table below)
 |- align="center"
-| align="left" |CFD2k -- [http://www.cfd2k.eu/  CFD2k: a 2D-solver for compressible ideal gases - homepage]||
+| align="left" |CFD2k -- [https://sourceforge.net/projects/cfd2k/  CFD2k: a 2D-solver for compressible ideal gases - homepage]||
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[http://www.cfdpack.net/ cfdpack] -- A collection of academic codes | 2D/3D, FV, unstr, incomp, adjoint, parallel || GMSH (.msh)
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 | align="left" |Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- [http://duns.sourceforge.net DUNS homepage]||
 |- align="center"
-| align="left" |[[Dolfyn]] --   [http://www.dolfyn.net/dolfyn/index_en.html dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage]|| GMSH (.msh), ICEM, StarCD || November 2018
+| align="left" |[[Dolfyn]] --   [https://www.dolfyn.net dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage]|| GMSH (.msh), ICEM, StarCD || November 2018
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[Dune]] -- [http://www.dune-project.org Distributed and Unified Numerics Evironment - homepage]|| GMSH (.msh), StarCD
 |- align="center"
-| align="left" |[[Edge]] -- [http://www.foi.se/edge Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured  and hybrid grids]||.bmsh
+| align="left" |[[Edge]] -- [https://docs.snic.se/wiki/Edge Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured  and hybrid grids]||.bmsh
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[ELMER]] -- [http://www.csc.fi/elmer/ ELMER homepage]|| .unv (also with multiple body / surface attribution)
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 | align="left" |FEniCS -- [http://fenicsproject.org FEniCS homepage] A Python/C++ library for Finite Element Method. Requires knowledge of weak forms of governing equations || Various types - Gmsh, Abaqus, Metis, Diffpack etc
 |- align="center"
-| align="left" |FreeFEM -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage] A FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language || Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh)
+| align="left" |FOILincom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional inviscid steady incompressible flows (potential flows) over isolated airfoils -- [https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21727.15524 FOILincom homepage]|| structured mesh (O-grid) || April 2018
 |- align="center"
-| align="left" |[[HiFlow³]] -- [http://www.hiflow3.org HiFlow³ homepage]||
+| align="left" |FOILcom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional subsonic (subcritical) inviscid steady compressible flows over isolated airfoils -- [https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36459.64801/1 FOILcom homepage]|| structured mesh (O-grid) || June 2018
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |FLUBIO-PETSc: An unstructured, parallel, finite-volume based Navier–Stokes and convection–diffusion like equations solver -- [https://flubiopetsc.github.io/flubiopetsc/ FLUBIO homepage]|| unstructured mesh (OpenFoam format) || december 2021
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |FluidSim -- [https://fluidsim.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ FluidSim documentation] Modular, object-oriented Python package for high-performance computing. It comes with a collection of pseudo-spectral solvers; however is designed to be generic and extensible as a framework. ||  || 0.3.2 (November 2019)
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |FreeFEM -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage] A FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language || Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh)
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver homepage]||
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |[[HiFlow³]] -- [http://www.hiflow3.org HiFlow³ homepage]||
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |IBAMR -- [https://github.com/IBAMR/IBAMR IBAMR homepage] A C++ library for Immersed Boundary method with Adaptive Mesh Refinement. || Structured fluid mesh and unstructured mesh for immersed body.
@@ Line 70: / Line 76: @@
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |Kicksey-Winsey -- [http://justpmf.com/romain/kicksey_winsey/ Kicksey-Winsey Home Page]||
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |KRATOS Multiphysics -- [https://github.com/KratosMultiphysics/Kratos/wiki Kratos Home Page]||
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |MFIX -- [https://mfix.netl.doe.gov Computational multiphase flow homepage]||
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |MFC -- [https://mflowcode.github.io MFC homepage] 3D Finite-volume compressible code, shock-capturing, GPU accelerated, multi-phase/component. ||  || v4.3.6 (2023)
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[NaSt2D-2.0]] -- [http://nast2d-2.de/nast/eNaSt2D.html NaSt2D-2.0 homepage]||
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 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |NUWTUN -- [https://bitbucket.org/cpraveen/nuwtun NUWTUN Home Page]||
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" | OneFLOW -- [https://github.com/eric2003/OneFLOW OneFLOW homepage]||OFLOW(.ofl); convert from cgns, plot3d
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[OpenFlower]] -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ OpenFlower homepage]||GMSH (.msh)
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 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[SU2]] -- [http://su2.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Unstructured Homepage]|| Internal "su2" format and cgns format
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" |Taichi-LBM3D -- [https://github.com/yjhp1016/taichi_LBM3D Cross-platform lattice Boltzmann method solver] || binary voxels
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[TCLB]] -- [https://github.com/CFD-GO/TCLB Cuda-based lattice Boltzmann method solver and more]|| STL-files, binary voxels
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 |- align="center"
 ! Generator !! Mesh type(s) supported !! Input filetypes supported
+|- align="center"
+| align="left" | ChopMesh -- [http://www.voxshell.com ChopMesh homepage]|| PolyMesh, .cgns, .vtk, .msh, .su2|| .stl
 |- align="center"
 | align="left" |[[Delaundo]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/~muller/delaundo.html Delaundo homepage]||.pts
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 *[[nnbathy]] (natural neighbor interpolation) -- [https://github.com/sakov/nn-c nnbathy home page]
 *[[OpenGPI]] (Generic Parameter Interface) -- [http://www.opengpi.org OpenGPI homepage] (link seems broken, see it on [https://web.archive.org/web/20161017205752/http://www.opengpi.org/ archive.org])
+*[[SimWorks]] (Free CFD software with an integrated GUI based on OpenFoam) -- [https://www.idealsimulations.com/simworks-free-cfd-software/ SimWorks homepage]
 == Commercial codes ==
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 *[http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Azore Azore] -- [http://www.azorecfd.com Azore CFD homepage]
 *[http://www.cfd-online.com/W/index.php?title=CFD%2B%2B CFD++] -- [http://www.metacomptech.com Metacomp Techonlogies' homepage]
-* CFD2000 -- [http://www.adaptive-research.com/ Adaptive Research's homepage]
+*BRAMBLE --[https://bramblecfd.com/ Bramble CFD homepage]
-*[[CFD-FASTRAN]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage]
+*CFD2000 -- [http://www.aertia.com/en/productos.asp?pid=167 Adaptive Research's homepage]
-* CFD-ACE -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage]
+*[[CFD-FASTRAN]] -- [https://www.esi.com.au/software/cfd-ace/fastran/ CFD-Fastran on ESI's website]
-* CFdesign -- [http://www.cfdesign.com CFdesign's homepage]
+* CFD-ACE -- [https://www.esi-group.com/products/ace-suite cfd-ace on ESI Group's website]
+* CFdesign -- [https://upfronteng.com/cfdesign/ CFDesign is now part of Autodesk]
 * CFX -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS homepage]
 * CharLES -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage]
@@ Line 221: / Line 239: @@
 * EasyCFD -- [http://www.easycfd.net EasyCFD homepage]
 * EXN/Aero -- [http://envenio.ca Envenio's homepage]
+* [[FEATool Multiphysics]] -- [https://www.featool.com FEATool MATLAB FEA & CFD toolbox homepage]
 *[[FENSAP-ICE]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com/ NTI' homepage]
 * FINE/Acoustics -- [http://www.numeca.com/en/products/finetmacoustics NUMECA product page]
@@ Line 255: / Line 274: @@
 *[[PHYSICA]] -- [http://physica.co.uk PHYSICA's homepage]
 * PowerFLOW -- [http://exa.com/ Exa Corporation's homepage]
+* PreonLab -- [https://www.fifty2.eu/ PreonLab's homepage]
 * ProLB -- [http://www.prolb-cfd.com/ ProLB's homepage]
 * PumpLinx -- [http://www.simerics.com Simerics' homepage]
@@ Line 261: / Line 281: @@
 * Range Software -- [http://www.range-software.com Range' homepage]
 *[[RheoChart]] -- [http://www.rheochart.com RheoChart Homepage]
+*[[RWIND Simulation]] -- [https://www.dlubal.com/rwind RWIND Simulation Homepage]
 * scSTREAM -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage]
 * SC/Tetra -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage]
@@ Line 294: / Line 315: @@
 *[[CFD-VISCART]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage]
 * CFDExpert-GridZ --[http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage]
+* ChopMesh -- [http://www.voxshell.com Voxshell homepage]
 * Code WAND -- [http://www.adscfd.com/ ADS CFD homepage]
 *[[Cubit]] -- [http://www.csimsoft.com/ csimsoft's homepage]
+*[[Ennova]] -- [https://ennova-cfd.com/index.html Ennova's homepage]
 *[[Gridgen]] -- [http://www.gridgen.com/ Gridgen's homepage]
 *[[ GridPro]] -- [http://www.gridpro.com/ PDC's homepage]
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 * HEXPRESS/Hybrid -- [http://www.numeca.com/en/products/automeshtm/hexpresstmhybrid NUMECA product page]
 * HyperMesh -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' homepage]
-* ICEM CFD -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage]
+* [[ICEMCFD]] -- [https://www.ansys.com/training-center/course-catalog/fluids/introduction-to-ansys-icem-cfd ICEM CFD on Ansys' website]
 * MERGE -- [http://www.essteyr.com/ ESS Engineering Software Steyr's homepage]
 *[[Pointwise]] -- [http://www.pointwise.com/ Pointwise's homepage]
@@ Line 331: / Line 354: @@
 * Flowmaster -- [http://www.flowmaster.com/index.html Flowmaster's homepage]
 * Flownex -- [http://www.flownex.com/ Flownex's homepage]
+* [https://www.idealsimulations.com/simworks-manager-professional-cfd-software/ SimWorks Manager] -- [https://www.idealsimulations.com IdealSimulations homepage]

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