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| The following is a sortable list (to change sort criteria click on the square icon next to the column title)  of software for use in materials modelling  | The following is a sortable list (to change sort criteria click on the square icon next to the column title)  of software for use in materials modelling, computer simulation and/or visualisation. ''The use of simulation software whose source code you have access to (for example,  Open Source, or GNU General Public License) is a fundamental tenet of good practice, and is highly recommended'' <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.476021  Wilfred F. van Gunsteren, and Alan E. Mark "Validation of molecular dynamics simulation", Journal of Chemical Physics '''108''' pp. 6109-6116 (1998)]</ref>. | ||
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| |[[Abalone]] | |[[Abalone]] | ||
| |[[molecular dynamics]], visualisation | |[[molecular dynamics]], visualisation | ||
| | | |biopolymers | ||
| | | |Free | ||
| |-   | |-   | ||
| |[[ACEMD]] | |[[ACEMD]] | ||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |[[molecular dynamics]] | ||
| | | |biopolymers | ||
| | | |commercial | ||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[AMBER -- Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement | AMBER]] | |[[AMBER -- Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement | AMBER]] | ||
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| |Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement | |Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement | ||
| |commercial | |commercial | ||
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| |[[Assemble!]] | |||
| |configuration preparation | |||
| |preparation of molecular dynamics simulations of polymeric systems | |||
| |[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00104655 Computer Physics Communications] library | |||
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| |[[AVOGADRO]] [http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/wiki/Main_Page] | |||
| |visualisation | |||
| |molecule editor and visualizer | |||
| |free | |||
| |- | |||
| |[[BD_BOX]] | |||
| |[[Brownian dynamics]] | |||
| |scalable (CPU/GPU) Brownian dynamics package for UNIX/LINUX platforms  | |||
| |GNU Public License | |||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[BOSS]] | |[[BOSS]] | ||
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| |Computational chemistry | |Computational chemistry | ||
| |free with [http://www.theochem.kth.se/dalton/ license] | |free with [http://www.theochem.kth.se/dalton/ license] | ||
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| |[[DeePMD-kit]] [http://www.deepmd.org/] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| | deep learning based modelling of interatomic potential energy and force field and to perform MD | |||
| | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 | |||
| |- | |||
| |[[Desmond]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| | | |||
| |commercial, free for academics | |||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[DiMol2D]] | |[[DiMol2D]] | ||
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| |Molecular simulation package | |Molecular simulation package | ||
| |free source with [http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/ccg/software/DL_POLY/Registration.shtml academic license] | |free source with [http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/ccg/software/DL_POLY/Registration.shtml academic license] | ||
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| |[[DynamO]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| |[[Event-driven molecular dynamics]] | |||
| |free source  | |||
| |- | |||
| |[[EGO VIII]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| | | |||
| |free | |||
| |- | |||
| |[[ENCAD]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| |'''En'''ergy '''Ca'''lculation and '''D'''ynamics | |||
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| |- | |- | ||
| |[[ESPResSo]] | |[[ESPResSo]] | ||
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| |development environment | |development environment | ||
| |free | |free | ||
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| |[[FOCUS]] | |||
| |molecular dynamics analysis | |||
| | | |||
| | | |||
| |- | |||
| |[[GALAMOST]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| |GPU-Accelerated Large-Scale Molecular Simulation Toolkit | |||
| |free (GNU license)  | |||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[Gaussian]] | |[[Gaussian]] | ||
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| |molecular dynamics visualisation   | |molecular dynamics visualisation   | ||
| |free (GNU license) | |free (GNU license) | ||
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| |[[GPEC]] [http://gpec.phasety.com] | |||
| |[[Binary phase diagrams]] | |||
| |'''G'''lobal '''P'''hase '''E'''quilibrium '''C'''alculations | |||
| |free | |||
| |- | |||
| |[[GPIUTMD]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| |'''G'''raphical '''P'''rocessors at '''I'''sfahan '''U'''niversity of '''T'''echnology for '''M'''any-particle '''D'''ynamics | |||
| |not free, commercial | |||
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| |[[GROMACS]] | |[[GROMACS]] | ||
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| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |[[molecular dynamics]] | ||
| |biomolecular systems | |biomolecular systems | ||
| |free for academics, fee otherwise | |||
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| |[[GULP]] | |||
| |[[lattice dynamics]] | |||
| |'''G'''eneral '''U'''tility '''L'''attice '''P'''rogram | |||
| |free for academics, fee otherwise | |free for academics, fee otherwise | ||
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| |[[iRASPA]] | |||
| |visualisation | |||
| | | |||
| |free (Mac App Store) | |||
| |-   | |-   | ||
| |[[Jmol]] | |[[Jmol]] | ||
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| |'''MAC'''romolecule '''SIMU'''lation '''S'''oftware | |'''MAC'''romolecule '''SIMU'''lation '''S'''oftware | ||
| |free | |free | ||
| |- | |||
| |[[MAPS]] | |||
| |simulation front-end, various | |||
| |'''Ma'''terials '''P'''rocesses and '''S'''imulations | |||
| |commercial | |||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[Materials Studio]] | |[[Materials Studio]] | ||
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| |molecular dynamics of mixtures | |molecular dynamics of mixtures | ||
| |free (GNU license)   | |free (GNU license)   | ||
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| |[[MOIL]]  | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
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| |Open Source | |||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[Moldy]]   | |[[Moldy]]   | ||
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| |Interactive simulations | |Interactive simulations | ||
| |free, Open Source | |free, Open Source | ||
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| |[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2016.02.025 MoRiBS-PIMC] | |||
| |[[Path integral formulation  | path-integral Monte Carlo ]] | |||
| |molecular rotors in bosonic solvents | |||
| |CPC Program Library | |||
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| |[[Moscito]] | |[[Moscito]] | ||
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| |free (General Public License) | |free (General Public License) | ||
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| |[[ms2]] | |||
| |[[Molecular dynamics]], [[Monte Carlo]], [[Green-Kubo relations | Green-Kubo]] formalism | |||
| |various classical ensembles | |||
| |CPC Program Library | |||
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| |[[Music]] | |[[Music]] | ||
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| |Computational chemistry | |Computational chemistry | ||
| |free | |||
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| |[[OCCAM]]  | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
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| |free | |free | ||
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| |free | |free | ||
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| |[https://dna.physics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/Main_Page oxDNA] | |||
| |[[Monte Carlo]] and [[brownian dynamics]] | |||
| |simulation code that implements coarse-grained models for DNA and RNA [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3552946] | |||
| |free (GNU General Public License)  | |||
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| |[[Packmol]] | |[[Packmol]] | ||
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| |creates an initial configuration for use in simulations | |creates an initial configuration for use in simulations | ||
| |free (GNU license)   | |free (GNU license)   | ||
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| |[[Peacemaker]] | |||
| |statistical thermodynamics | |||
| |Quantum cluster equilibrium calculations.  | |||
| |free (GNU GPL v3)  | |||
| |- | |- | ||
| |[[PINY_MD]]   | |[[PINY_MD]]   | ||
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| |free | |free | ||
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| |[[ | |[[PyMol]] [http://www.pymol.org/] | ||
| |visualisation | |||
| |molecular graphics | |||
| |commercial (academic: free) | |||
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| |[[Q]] [http://xray.bmc.uu.se/~aqwww/q/] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |[[molecular dynamics]] | ||
| |[[Helmholtz energy function |free energy]] calculations in [[Biological systems | biomolecular systems]] | |[[Helmholtz energy function |free energy]] calculations in [[Biological systems | biomolecular systems]] | ||
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| |[[SageMD]] | |[[SageMD]] | ||
| |simulation  | |simulation front and back end | ||
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| |'''S'''imple '''M'''olecular '''M'''echanics for '''P'''roteins | |'''S'''imple '''M'''olecular '''M'''echanics for '''P'''roteins | ||
| |free (General Public License) with restrictions | |free (General Public License) with restrictions | ||
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| |[[SSAGES]] | |||
| |[[Ensembles in thermostatistics | Ensemble]] simulations | |||
| |'''S'''oftware '''S'''uite for '''A'''dvanced '''G'''eneralized '''E'''nsemble '''S'''imulations | |||
| ||free (GNU / GitHub) | |||
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| |[[SYBYL]] | |[[SYBYL]] | ||
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| |Software tools for molecular design | |Software tools for molecular design | ||
| |free source | |free source | ||
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| |[[toyMD]] | |||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |||
| | | |||
| |free (non-commercial) | |||
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| |[[UHBD]] | |||
| |[[brownian dynamics]] | |||
| |'''U'''niversity of '''H'''ouston '''B'''rownian '''D'''ynamics | |||
| |license required | |||
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| |[[VASP]] | |[[VASP]] | ||
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| |Crystalline and molecular structure visualisation | |Crystalline and molecular structure visualisation | ||
| |free (General Public License) | |free (General Public License) | ||
| |- | |||
| |[[XMakemol]] [http://www.nongnu.org/xmakemol/] | |||
| |visualisation | |||
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| |free | |||
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| |[[X-PLOR]] | |[[X-PLOR]] | ||
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| |free & commercial | |free & commercial | ||
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| |[http://www.theo.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/group/services/yaspdoc/yaspdoc.html  | |[[YASP]] [http://www.theo.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/group/services/yaspdoc/yaspdoc.html] | ||
| |[[molecular dynamics]] | |[[molecular dynamics]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:53, 5 June 2020
The following is a sortable list (to change sort criteria click on the square icon next to the column title) of software for use in materials modelling, computer simulation and/or visualisation. The use of simulation software whose source code you have access to (for example, Open Source, or GNU General Public License) is a fundamental tenet of good practice, and is highly recommended [1].
| Computer program | Focus | Notes | License | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Abalone | molecular dynamics, visualisation | biopolymers | Free | 
| ACEMD | molecular dynamics | biopolymers | commercial | 
| AMBER | molecular dynamics | Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement | commercial | 
| Assemble! | configuration preparation | preparation of molecular dynamics simulations of polymeric systems | Computer Physics Communications library | 
| AVOGADRO [1] | visualisation | molecule editor and visualizer | free | 
| BD_BOX | Brownian dynamics | scalable (CPU/GPU) Brownian dynamics package for UNIX/LINUX platforms | GNU Public License | 
| BOSS | Biochemical and Organic Simulation System | commercial | |
| BRAHMS | molecular dynamics | Biomembrane Reduced-ApproacH Molecular Simulator | in development | 
| CASTEP | density-functional theory | commercial (free in United Kingdom) | |
| CCP5 Program Library | various | program library | free to academics | 
| CHARMM | Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics | commercial | |
| CPMD | ab initio molecular dynamics | Carr-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics | free with license | 
| Dalton | Computational chemistry | free with license | |
| DeePMD-kit [2] | molecular dynamics | deep learning based modelling of interatomic potential energy and force field and to perform MD | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 | 
| Desmond | molecular dynamics | commercial, free for academics | |
| DiMol2D | molecular dynamics | Molecular dynamics visualization | free executable | 
| DL_MESO | dissipative particle dynamics | Mesoscale simulation package | free source with academic license | 
| DL_POLY | molecular dynamics | Molecular simulation package | free source with academic license | 
| DynamO | molecular dynamics | Event-driven molecular dynamics | free source | 
| EGO VIII | molecular dynamics | free | |
| ENCAD | molecular dynamics | Energy Calculation and Dynamics | |
| ESPResSo | molecular dynamics | Extensible Simulation Package for Research on Soft matter | free | 
| Etomica | development environment | free | |
| FOCUS | molecular dynamics analysis | ||
| GALAMOST | molecular dynamics | GPU-Accelerated Large-Scale Molecular Simulation Toolkit | free (GNU license) | 
| Gaussian | electronic structure | Computational chemistry | commercial | 
| gdpc | visualisation | molecular dynamics visualisation | free (GNU license) | 
| GPEC [3] | Binary phase diagrams | Global Phase Equilibrium Calculations | free | 
| GPIUTMD | molecular dynamics | Graphical Processors at Isfahan University of Technology for Many-particle Dynamics | not free, commercial | 
| GROMACS | molecular dynamics | free source | |
| GROMOS | molecular dynamics | biomolecular systems | free for academics, fee otherwise | 
| GULP | lattice dynamics | General Utility Lattice Program | free for academics, fee otherwise | 
| HOOMD | molecular dynamics | Highly Optimized Object Oriented Molecular Dynamics. | free, Open Source | 
| IMD | molecular dynamics | ||
| iRASPA | visualisation | free (Mac App Store) | |
| Jmol | visualisation | free | |
| LAMMPS | molecular dynamics | free source (GNU license) | |
| MACSIMUS | molecular dynamics | MACromolecule SIMUlation Software | free | 
| MAPS | simulation front-end, various | Materials Processes and Simulations | commercial | 
| Materials Studio | various | commercial | |
| MCCCS Towhee | Monte Carlo | free source | |
| MCPRO | Monte Carlo | peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids in solution | commercial | 
| MDynaMix | molecular dynamics | molecular dynamics of mixtures | free (GNU license) | 
| MOIL | molecular dynamics | Open Source | |
| Moldy | molecular dynamics | free | |
| Molecular Workbench | Interactive simulations | free, Open Source | |
| MoRiBS-PIMC | path-integral Monte Carlo | molecular rotors in bosonic solvents | CPC Program Library | 
| Moscito | molecular dynamics | free (General Public License) | |
| ms2 | Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, Green-Kubo formalism | various classical ensembles | CPC Program Library | 
| Music | Multipurpose Simulation Code | free (General Public License) | |
| NAMD | molecular dynamics | free | |
| NWChem | Computational chemistry | free | |
| OCCAM | molecular dynamics | free | |
| OpenMD | molecular dynamics | free - Open Source | |
| ORAC | molecular dynamics | free | |
| oxDNA | Monte Carlo and brownian dynamics | simulation code that implements coarse-grained models for DNA and RNA [4] | free (GNU General Public License) | 
| Packmol | molecular dynamics | creates an initial configuration for use in simulations | free (GNU license) | 
| Peacemaker | statistical thermodynamics | Quantum cluster equilibrium calculations. | free (GNU GPL v3) | 
| PINY_MD | molecular dynamics | free | |
| Protein Explorer | visualisation | molecular graphics | free | 
| PyMol [5] | visualisation | molecular graphics | commercial (academic: free) | 
| Q [6] | molecular dynamics | free energy calculations in biomolecular systems | free with licence | 
| QMGA | visualisation | molecular graphics | free source | 
| RasMol | visualisation | molecular graphics | free source | 
| RedMD | molecular dynamics | Reduced Molecular Dynamics | free, Open source | 
| SageMD | simulation front and back end | ||
| SIESTA | ab initio molecular dynamics | Spanish Initiative for Electronic Simulations with Thousands of Atoms | free for academics, fee otherwise | 
| SMMP | Monte Carlo | Simple Molecular Mechanics for Proteins | free (General Public License) with restrictions | 
| SSAGES | Ensemble simulations | Software Suite for Advanced Generalized Ensemble Simulations | free (GNU / GitHub) | 
| SYBYL | various | commercial | |
| Tesla Bio Workbench | GPU computing | ||
| TINKER | Software tools for molecular design | free source | |
| toyMD | molecular dynamics | free (non-commercial) | |
| UHBD | brownian dynamics | University of Houston Brownian Dynamics | license required | 
| VASP | ab initio molecular dynamics | ||
| VMD | visualisation | Molecular dynamics visualisation in 3-dimensions | free | 
| WIEN2K | Electronic structure calculation in solids | commercial | |
| XCrysDen | visualisation | Crystalline and molecular structure visualisation | free (General Public License) | 
| XMakemol [7] | visualisation | free | |
| X-PLOR | Computational structural biology | ||
| YASARA | free & commercial | ||
| YASP [8] | molecular dynamics |