Free/Open Source
| Name | Description | License | Operating System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agros2D | Multiplatform application for the solution of physical problems based on the Hermes library, developed by the group at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, written in C++ | GPL | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
| CalculiX | It is an Open Source FEA project. The solver uses a partially compatible ABAQUS file format. The pre/post-processor generates input data for many FEA and CFD applications | GNU GPL | GNU/Linux, Windows |
| Code Aster | is an Open Source software package for Civil and Structural Engineering finite element analysis and numeric simulation in structural mechanics which is written in Python and Fortran | GNU GPL | GNU/Linux, FreeBSD |
| deal.II | Comprehensive set of tools for finite element codes, scaling from laptops to clusters with 10,000+ cores. Written in C++. | QPL up to release 7.2, LGPL after that | GNU/Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows |
| DUNE | Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment, written in C++ | GPL Version 2 with Run-Time Exception | GNU/Linux, Unix, Mac OS X |
| Elmer | Open source multiphysical simulation software developed by Finnish Ministry of Education's CSC, written primarily in Fortran (written in Fortran90, C and C++) | GPL | GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| FEBio | Finite Elements for Biomechanics | Custom | GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| FEniCS Project | Software package developed by American and European researchers with the goal to enable automated solution of differential equations | LGPL | Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows |
| FiPy | Finite element package written in Python | Custom | Linux, Unix, Windows |
| FreeFem++ | Software written in C++ for rapid testing and finite element simulations. The problem is defined in terms of its variational formulation | GPL | GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris |
| GetFem++ | GetFEM++ is basically a generic C++ finite element library which offers a wide range of finite element methods and elementary matrix computations for the approximation of linear or non-linear problems. | LGPL | GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris |
| Hermes Project | Modular C/C++ library for rapid development of space- and space-time adaptive hp-FEM solvers | LGPL | Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Impact | Explicit Dynamic Finite Element Program Suite, for dynamic events like crashes, written in Java | GPL Version 2 | Linux, Windows |
| IMTEK Mathematica Supplement | The purpose of the IMS is threefold: provide additional IMTEK-developed Mathematica packages, provide IMTEK-Simulation lecture materials, provide interfaces to external programs and file formats | GPL | Linux, Windows |
| OOFEM | Object Oriented Finite EleMent solver, written in C++ | GPL Version 2 | Unix, Windows |
| OpenFOAM (Field Operation And Manipulation) | Originally for CFD only, but now includes finite element analysis through tetrahedral decomposition of arbitrary grids | GPL | Unix, Linux |
| OpenSees | is an Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation | Non Commercial | Windows |
| SfePy | Finite element package written in Python and C | BSD | Linux, Unix, Windows |
| Z88 | Finite element package written entirely in ANSI-C | GPL | Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X |
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