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github.com/nschloe/awesome-scientific-computing ↗:sunglasses: Curated list of awesome software for numerical analysis and scientific computing
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Other libraries and tools
- accupy
Accurate sums and dot products for Python. (Python, GPL 3, GitHub)
- Chebfun
Computing with functions to about 15-digit accuracy. (MATLAB, BSD,
- cvxpy
Modeling language for convex optimization problems. (Python, Apache 2.0,
- Dedalus
Solve partial differential equations with spectral methods. (Python, GPL 3,
- FFTW
Discrete Fourier transforms in one or more dimensions, of arbitrary input size, real and complex. (C, GPL2,
- FiPy
Finite-volume PDE solver. (Python,
Basic linear algebra
- BLAS
Standard building blocks for performing basic vector and matrix operations. (Fortran, public domain,
- blaze
High-performance C++ math library for dense and sparse arithmetic. (C++, BSD, Bitbucket)
- BLIS
High-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. (C, BSD, GitHub)
- Eigen
C++ template library for linear algebra. (C++, MPL 2,
- Ginkgo
High-performance manycore linear algebra library, focus on sparse systems. (C++, BSD,
- LAPACK
Routines for solving systems of linear equations, linear least-squares, eigenvalue problems, etc. (Fortran, BSD,
Meshing
- CGALTriangular and tetrahedral meshing
Algorithms for computational geometry. (C++, mixed LGPL/GPL,
- distmeshTriangular and tetrahedral meshing
Simple generator for unstructured triangular and tetrahedral meshes. (MATLAB, GPL 3)
- dmshTriangular and tetrahedral meshing
Simple generator for unstructured triangular meshes, inspired by distmesh. (Python, proprietary, GitHub)
- fTetWildTriangular and tetrahedral meshing
Same as TetWild, but faster. (C++, MPL 2,
- GmshTriangular and tetrahedral meshing
Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with pre- and post-processing facilities. (C++, GPL,
- meshioMesh tools
I/O for various mesh formats, file conversion. (Python, MIT, GitHub)
Finite Elements
- deal.II
Software library supporting the creation of finite element codes. (C++, LGPL 2.1,
- FEniCS
Computing platform for solving PDEs in Python and C++. (C++/Python, LGPL 3,
- Firedrake
Automated system for the solution of PDEs using the finite element method. (Python, LGPL 3,
- FreeFEM
High level multiphysics-multimesh finite element language. (C++, LGPL,
- libceed
Code for Efficient Extensible Discretizations. (C, 2-clause BSD,
- libMesh
Framework for the numerical simulation of PDEs using unstructured discretizations. (C++, LGPL 2.1,
Multi-purpose toolkits
- DifferentialEquations.jl
Toolbox for solving different types of differential equations numerically. (Julia, MIT,
- DUNE Numerics
Toolbox for solving PDEs with grid-based methods. (C++, GPL 2,
- NumPy
Fundamental package needed for scientific computing with Python. (Python, BSD,
- PETSc
Parallel solution of scientific applications modeled by PDEs. (C, 2-clause BSD,
- SciPy
Python modules for statistics, optimization, integration, linear algebra, etc. (Python, mostly BSD,
Community
- Discord: Numerical Software
Discord messaging server on numerical software.
- Gabriel Peyré on Bluesky
One post a day on computational mathematics.
- Jack Dongarra's software list
List of freely available software for the solution of linear algebra problems.
- John D. Cook's blog
Feats of scientific computing.
- NA Digest
Collection of articles on topics related to numerical analysis and those who practice it.
- Nick Higham's blog
Mostly on MATLAB, general computing advice.
Visualization
- F3D
Cross-platform, fast, and minimalist 3D viewer with scientific visualization tools. (C++, BSD,
- Mayavi
3D scientific data visualization and plotting in Python. (Python, BSD,
- morphologica
Header-only, modern OpenGL code to visualize numerical simulations at runtime. (C++, Apache 2.0, GitHub)
- ParaView
Multi-platform data analysis and visualization application based on VTK. (C++, BSD,
- Polyscope
Viewer and user interface for 3D geometry processing. (C++, MIT,
- PyVista
3D plotting and mesh analysis through a streamlined interface for VTK. (Python, MIT,
Data formats
- HDF5
Data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data. (C/Fortran, BSD,
- NetCDF
Software libraries and data formats for array-oriented scientific data. (C/C++/Fortran/Java/Python,
- XDMF
eXtensible Data Model and Format for data from High Performance Computing codes. (C++,
- Zarr
Format for the storage of chunked, compressed, N-dimensional arrays. (Python, MIT,
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