OpenFOAM v4.1 | Ubuntu 17.04
OpenFOAM is now packaged for Ubuntu 17.04, codename zesty. The deb pack, openfoam4, is distributed from the OpenFOAM Foundation download repository and includes the latest bug fixes released with OpenFOAM version 4.1.
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Funding OpenFOAM in 2017
We reached our funding target of €100 k for maintenance of OpenFOAM in 2017.
Enforcing the GPL
OpenFOAM is one of the leading software applications for computational fluid dynamics . It is licensed free and open source only under the GNU General Public Licence version 3 (the “GPL”) by the OpenFOAM Foundation, the copyright holder of the software. One reason for OpenFOAM’s popularity is that its users […]
Download v4.1 | macOS
OpenFOAM 4.1 for macOS 10.10.3+ . Uses Docker to provide a self-contained environment that includes code, runtime, system tools and libraries, independent of the underlying operating system.
Download v4.1 | Linux
OpenFOAM 4.1 for 64 bit distributions of Linux including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v7+, CentOS v7+, Fedora v22+, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v12+, openSuSE v13+ and Debian 8+. Uses Docker to provide a self-contained environment that includes code, runtime, system tools and libraries, independent of the underlying operating system.
OpenFOAM v4.1 | Ubuntu 16.10
OpenFOAM is now packaged for Ubuntu 16.10, codename yakkety. The deb pack, openfoam4, is distributed from the OpenFOAM Foundation download repository and includes the latest bug fixes released with OpenFOAM version 4.1.
OpenFOAM 4.1 Released
OpenFOAM version 4.1 is a patch release of version 4.0 with approximately 50 commits that fix critical issues, improve usability and consistency in the code. As a patch release, we strongly recommend users of v4.0 upgrade to this version; users of the packaged version for Ubuntu (openfoam4) can receive 4.1 as part of a system upgrade. OpenFOAM 4.1 is supplied as:
- a packaged installation for Ubuntu Linux — the simplest installation option for OpenFOAM;
- a source pack for compilation on other Linux distributions.
Download v4.1 | Ubuntu
For Ubuntu 14.04LTS, 16.04LTS, 16.10, 17.04
Download v4.1 | Source Pack
For Compilation on GNU/Linux
OpenFOAM-dev & Scotch 6 | Ubuntu
The packaged build of OpenFOAM-dev for Ubuntu 14.04LTS and 16.04LTS now includes object libraries for Scotch 6 to support mesh redistribution when running snappyHexMesh in parallel.