Editing Materials modelling and computer simulation codes

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 and computer simulation. 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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! Computer program !! Focus !! class="unsortable" | Notes !! License  
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|[[Abalone]]
|[[molecular dynamics]], visualisation
|biopolimers
|Free
|- 
|[[ACEMD]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|biopolimers
|commercial
|-
|[[AMBER -- Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement | AMBER]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement
|commercial
|-
|[[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]]
|
| '''B'''iochemical and '''O'''rganic '''S'''imulation '''S'''ystem
|commercial
|-
|[[BRAHMS]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|'''B'''iomembrane '''R'''educed-'''A'''pproac'''H''' '''M'''olecular '''S'''imulator
|in development
|-
|[[CASTEP]] 
|[[density-functional theory]]
|
|commercial (free in United Kingdom)
|-
|[[CCP5 Program Library]]
|various
|program library
|free to academics
|-
|[[CHARMM]]
|
|'''C'''hemistry at '''HAR'''vard '''M'''olecular '''M'''echanics
|commercial
|-
|[[CPMD]]
|[[ab initio molecular dynamics]]
|'''C'''arr-'''P'''arrinello '''M'''olecular '''D'''ynamics 
|free with [http://www.cpmd.org/cpmd_licence.html license]
|-
|[[Dalton]]
|
|Computational chemistry
|free with [http://www.theochem.kth.se/dalton/ license]
|-
|[[DiMol2D]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|Molecular dynamics visualization
|free executable 
|-
|[[DL_MESO]]
|[[dissipative particle dynamics]]
|Mesoscale simulation package
|free source with [http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/ccg/software/DL_MESO/Registration.shtml academic license]
|-
|[[DL_POLY]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|Molecular simulation package
|free source with [http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/ccg/software/DL_POLY/Registration.shtml academic license]
|-
|[[DYNAMO]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|[[Event-driven molecular dynamics]]
|free source 
|-
|[[EGO VIII]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|
|free
|-
|[[ENCAD]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|'''En'''ergy '''Ca'''lculation and '''D'''ynamics
|
|-
|[[ESPResSo]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|'''E'''xtensible '''S'''imulation '''P'''ackage for '''Res'''earch on '''So'''ft matter
|free
|-
|[[Etomica]]
|
|development environment
|free
|-
|[[FOCUS]]
|molecular dynamics analysis
|
|
|-
|[[Gaussian]]
|electronic structure
|Computational chemistry
|commercial
|-
|[[gdpc]]
|visualisation 
|molecular dynamics visualisation 
|free (GNU license)
|-
|[[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
|-
|[[GROMACS]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|
|free source
|-
|[[GROMOS]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|biomolecular systems
|free for academics, fee otherwise
|-
|[[GULP]]
|[[lattice dynamics]]
|'''G'''eneral '''U'''tility '''L'''attice '''P'''rogram
|free for academics, fee otherwise
|-
|[[HOOMD]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|'''H'''ighly '''O'''ptimized '''O'''bject Oriented '''M'''olecular '''D'''ynamics.
|free, Open Source
|-
|[[IMD]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|
|
|- 
|[[Jmol]]
|visualisation
|
|free
|-
|[[LAMMPS]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|
|free source (GNU license)
|-
|[[MACSIMUS]] 
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|'''MAC'''romolecule '''SIMU'''lation '''S'''oftware
|free
|-
|[[MAPS]] [http://www.scienomics.com/products/molecular-modeling-platform]
|simulation front-end
|'''Ma'''terials '''P'''rocesses and '''S'''imulations
|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
|-
|[[Moscito]]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|
|free (General Public License)
|-
|[[Music]]
|
|'''Mu'''ltipurpose '''Si'''mulation '''C'''ode
|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
|-
|[[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]] [http://www.pymol.org/]
|visualisation
|molecular graphics
|commercial (academic: free)
|-
|[[Q]] [http://xray.bmc.uu.se/~aqwww/q/]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|[[Helmholtz energy function |free energy]] calculations in [[Biological systems | biomolecular systems]]
|free with [http://xray.bmc.uu.se/~aqwww/q/q_license.pdf licence]
|-
|[[QMGA]] 
|visualisation 
|molecular graphics
|free source
|-
|[[RasMol]] 
|visualisation 
|molecular graphics
|free source
|-
|[[RedMD]] 
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|'''Red'''uced '''M'''olecular '''D'''ynamics
|free, Open source
|-
|[[SageMD]]
|simulation front and back end
|
|
|-
|[[SIESTA]]
|[[ab initio molecular dynamics]]
|'''S'''panish '''I'''nitiative for '''E'''lectronic '''S'''imulations with '''T'''housands of '''A'''toms
|free for academics, fee otherwise
|-
|[[SMMP]]
|[[Monte Carlo]]
|'''S'''imple '''M'''olecular '''M'''echanics for '''P'''roteins
|free (General Public License) with restrictions
|-
|[[SYBYL]]
|various
|
|commercial
|-
|[[Tesla Bio Workbench]]
|
|GPU computing
|
|-
|[[TINKER]]
|
|Software tools for molecular design
|free source
|-
|[[UHBD]]
|[[brownian dynamics]]
|'''U'''niversity of '''H'''ouston '''B'''rownian '''D'''ynamics
|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]] [http://www.nongnu.org/xmakemol/]
|visualisation
|
|free
|-
|[[X-PLOR]]
|
|Computational structural biology
|
|-
|[[YASARA]]
|
|
|free & commercial
|-
|[[YASP]] [http://www.theo.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de/group/services/yaspdoc/yaspdoc.html]
|[[molecular dynamics]]
|
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