Open Source C++ Physics Software

SciDAVis is a user-friendly data analysis and visualization program primarily aimed at high-quality plotting of scientific data. It strives to combine an intuitive, easy-to-use graphical user interface with powerful features such as Python scriptability.

Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text.

The General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) is an open-source tool for space mission design and navigation. GMAT is developed by a team of NASA, private industry, and public and private contributors. The GMAT development team is pleased to announce the release of GMAT version R2026a. For a complete list of new features, compatibility changes, and bug fixes, see the R2026a Release Notes in the Users Guide.

Elmer is a finite element software for numerical solution of partial differential equations and multiphysical problems. It includes models of structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, electromagnetics etc. Elmer home is www.csc.fi/elmer

ToxTrac is a free Windows program optimized for tracking animals. It uses an advanced tracking algorithm and includes Preprocessing, Background subtraction, Advanced collision and occlusion management, Post-processing, and Filters. It is robust; very fast; and can handle one or several animals in one or several environments. The program provides useful statistics as output. ToxTrac can be used for fish, insects, rodents, etc. If used, please cite: Rodriguez, A., Molares-Ulloa, A., Andersson, M., and Brodin, T. (2026). ToxTrac 2026 (1.4). Universidade da Coruña. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20393895. Rodriguez, A., Zhang, H., Klaminder, J., Brodin, T., Andersson, P. L. and Andersson, M. (2018). ToxTrac: a fast and robust software for tracking organisms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(3):460-464. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12874. Contact and Support: Alvaro Rodriguez (Main Developer), a.tajes@udc.es Magnus Andersson, magnus.andersson@umu.se

MuJoCo, developed and maintained by Google DeepMind, is a high-performance physics engine designed for simulating complex, articulated systems that interact through contact. It is widely used in research fields such as robotics, biomechanics, computer graphics, animation, and machine learning, where fast and accurate physics simulations are essential. The engine provides a robust C API optimized for real-time computation, making it suitable for scientific research and advanced simulation environments. MuJoCo’s core architecture is performance-tuned and utilizes preallocated data structures created through an XML-based compiler. The platform includes built-in interactive visualization using OpenGL and a native graphical interface for analyzing and testing simulations. Additionally, it offers extensive utility functions for physics computation, Python bindings for developers, and a Unity plug-in to enable integration with game engines and visualization tools.

PreviSat is a satellite tracking software for observing purposes. Very easy to use, it shows positions of artificial satellites in real-time or manual mode. PreviSat is able to make predictions of their passes, predictions of MetOp and COSMO-SkyMed flares, transits of all satellites, predictions of Starlink satellites passes and several other calculations.

Curve fitting | Data analysis | Plotting | Matrix operations | FFT | Extensible framework | Multiple file formats | Programmable | Open source | Free for everyone NumeRe: Framework for Numerical Computation is a numerical framework written for Microsoft Windows(R) and released under the GNU GPL v3 for solving and visualizing mathematical and physical problems numerically. Keep simple things simple: You want to plot a sine function? Just enter 'plot sin(x)'. You want to load some data? Enter 'load "path/to/your/file"' or drag the file into the terminal. You need to fit a function to the data? Enter 'fit data() -with=YOURFUNCTION(x)' Need assistance? Enter 'help topic' into the terminal or simply press [F1]. Find us on Discord: https://discord.gg/s5tSjwU Follow us on Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@numeredevs Visit our page: https://www.numere.org Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/numere We've moved to GitHub: https://github.com/numere-org

GaussianBeam computes the profile propagation of a Gaussian laser beam through a set of lenses.

toxic is a modern, physically correct global illumination renderer aiming to produce photorealistic images and animations. A number of plug-ins are under development to allow using toxic with various open source and commercial 3D modeling packages.

A free, industrial quality library for simulating articulated rigid body dynamics - for example ground vehicles, legged creatures, and moving objects in VR environments. It's fast, flexible & robust. Built-in collision detection.

Blitz++ is a C++ class library for scientific computing which provides performance on par with Fortran 77/90. It uses template techniques to achieve high performance. Blitz++ provides dense arrays and vectors, random number generators, and small vectors (useful for representing multicomponent or vector fields).

QXRD is software for the acquisition and analysis of X-ray data taken with 2 dimensional detectors. The software can drive a Perkin Elmer XRD series flat panel detector and can be remote-controlled via a socket interface, or directly from SPEC

QBlade 2.0 released!!!! QBlade 2.0 released!!!! QBlade 2.0 released!!!! This project page is discontinued, you find our new webpage at: https://qblade.org/ This project page wont be updated in the future, however, everything in the "Files" section and the Forum Content will remain avaliable to everyone...

gVirtualXRay is a C++ library to simulate X-ray imaging. It is based on the Beer-Lambert law to compute the absorption of light (i.e. photons) by 3D objects (here polygon meshes). It is implemented on the graphics processing unit (GPU) using the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL). SimpleGVXR is a smaller library build on the top of gVirtualXRay. It provides wrappers to Python, R, Ruby, Tcl, C#, Java, and GNU Octave.

MCX is a GPU-accelerated, general-purpose, physically-accurate and feature-rich 3-D light transport simulator. It is one of the fastest simulators because it can use tens of thousands of GPU threads to simulate photons in parallel.

GLUI is a GLUT-based C++ user interface library which provides controls such as buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, and spinners to OpenGL applications. It is window-system independent, using GLUT or FreeGLUT.

Software for cosmic-ray propagation, gamma-rays, synchrotron. Current version (r2766) includes * accurate propagation scheme * polarized synchrotron * free-free emission and absorption * new convection models * anisotropic diffusion * primary positrons * free-escape boundary conditions * new hadronic gamma-ray production models * new injection spectral breaks * upwards compatible with latest HEALPix * improved HEALPix skymap format * full reference output for a sample run * deuterium production by pp fusion * JF12 B-field * hadronic losses Full details in the Explanatory Supplement and README. Now at https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/aws/galprop Older versions, datasets etc: http://galprop.stanford.edu. See also http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~aws/propagate.html https://sourceforge.net/projects/galplot http://sourceforge.net/projects/galpropskymapco https://sourceforge.net/projects/gcrconvert https://sourceforge.net/projects/galpropsynchrotron synchrotron routines.

GridLAB-D is a new power system simulation tool that provides valuable information to users who design and operate electric power transmission and distribution systems, and to utilities that wish to take advantage of the latest smart grid technology. It incorporates advanced modeling techniques with high-performance algorithms to deliver the latest in end-use load modeling technology integrated with three-phase unbalanced power flow, and retail market systems. Historically, the inability to effectively model and evaluate smart grid technologies has been a barrier to adoption; GridLAB-D is designed to address this problem. User documentation can be found at: http://gridlab-d.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Quick_links The source code is available from GitHub. See https://github.com/gridlab-d/gridlab-d. Issue tracking is handled by GitHub. See https://github.com/gridlab-d/gridlab-d/issues.

The DigitalSimulator is your Virtual Electronics Lab, allowing you to design, simulate and output your digital circuit board designs.

CMSSW is a collection of software used wherever CMS is needed. CMS is a particle detector that is designed to see a wide range of particles and phenomena produced in high-energy collisions in the LHC. CMSSW has one executable, cmsRun and many plug-in modules.

Library for ion optics, plasma extraction and space charge dominated ion beam transport.

Analysis and display software targeted at space physics data. Installation instructions are at the bottom of the FILES directory. See documentation at https://qsas.sourceforge.io/QSAShelp/QSAS_help_index.html See also QSAS_Intro_June2018.pptx under FILES Contact: qsassupp@gmail.com E-Mail lists: qsas-users@lists.sourceforge.net qsas-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net

A graphical interface for solving exterior ballistics problems, based on the excellent GNU exterior ballistics library. This software generates valid 3-DOF solutions to small arms trajectories, including wind and atmospheric corrections.

Hamilton Project is a software package concerning science and math in C++