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A curated list of awesome astrophysical simulation codes

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# Awesome Astrophysical Simulation Codes [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

A curated list of awesome astrophysical simulation software

## Contents

- [Code List](#code-list)

- [Numerical Method](#numerical-method)

- [Physics](#physics)

- [High-Performance Features](#high-performance-features)

- [Additional Lists](#additional-lists)

- [Contribute](#contribute)

## Code List

| Code      | Description | Lang. | Repo | Paper |

| --------- | ----------- | ----- |----- | ----- |

| [Arepo](https://arepo-code.org/) | Massively parallel moving Voronoi mesh cosmological simulation code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=gitlab)](https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/vrs/arepo) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010MNRAS.401..791S/abstract) |

| [Athena++](https://www.athena-astro.app/) | Radiation GRMHD code and adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) framework. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp)   | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/athena) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJS..249....4S/abstract)  |

| [Castro](http://amrex-astro.github.io/Castro/) | Adaptive mesh, rad/mhd/hydro simulation code for massively parallel CPU and GPU architectures. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/AMReX-Astro/Castro) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJ...715.1221A/abstract) |

| [ChaNGa](https://faculty.washington.edu/trq/hpcc/tools/changa.html) | Charm N-body Gravity solver and SPH. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c)  | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/N-BodyShop/changa) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ascl.soft05005N/abstract) |

| [Cholla](https://github.com/cholla-hydro/cholla/wiki) | GPU-based hydro code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp)  | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/cholla-hydro/cholla) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ascl.soft07006S/abstract) |

| [Dedalus](https://dedalus-project.org/) | Flexible framework for solving PDEs with modern spectral methods. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=python) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/DedalusProject/dedalus) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PhRvR...2b3068B/abstract)  |

| [Einstein Toolkit](https://einsteintoolkit.org/) | Community computational infrastructure for relativistic astrophysics. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/EinsteinToolkit) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012CQGra..29k5001L/abstract)  |

| [Enzo](https://enzo-project.org/) | Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code for Astrophysics. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c)  | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/enzo-project/enzo-dev) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJS..211...19B/abstract) |

| [FLASH](https://flash.rochester.edu/site/flashcode/) | Adaptive Mesh Hydrodynamics Code for Modeling Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=fortran) |  | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ApJS..131..273F/abstract) |

| [Gadget](https://wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de/gadget4/) | Parallel cosmological N-body and SPH code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=gitlab)](https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/vrs/gadget4) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ascl.soft04014S/abstract) |

| [GAMER](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer/wiki) | GPU-accelerated Adaptive Mesh Refinement code for astrophysics. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/gamer-project/gamer) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJS..186..457S/abstract) |

| [Gizmo](http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~phopkins/Site/GIZMO.html) | Flexible, massively-parallel, multi-physics simulation code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=gitlab)](https://bitbucket.org/phopkins/gizmo-public/src/master/) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015MNRAS.450...53H/abstract) |

| [MAESTROeX](https://amrex-astro.github.io/MAESTROeX/) | Massively parallel low Mach number stellar hydrodynamics code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/AMReX-Astro/MAESTROeX) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...887..212F/abstract) |

| [Nyx](https://amrex-astro.github.io/Nyx/) |  Adaptive mesh, cosmological hydrodynamics simulation code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/AMReX-Astro/Nyx) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...765...39A/abstract) |

| [Pencil](http://pencil-code.nordita.org/) | High-order finite-difference code for compressible hydrodynamic flows with magnetic fields and particles. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=fortran) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/pencil-code/pencil-code) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ascl.soft10060B/abstract) |

| [PHANTOM](https://phantomsph.github.io/) | Smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=fortran) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/danieljprice/phantom) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PASA...35...31P/abstract) |

| [PLUTO](http://plutocode.ph.unito.it/) | Code targeting high Mach number flows in astrophysical fluid dynamics. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/JohannesBuchner/PLUTO) | [](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ApJS..170..228M) |

| [QUOKKA](https://quokka-astro.github.io/quokka/) | First two-moment AMR radiation hydrodynamics on GPUs for astrophysics. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=cpp) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/quokka-astro/quokka) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021ascl.soft10009W/abstract) |

| [RAMSES](https://bytebucket.org/rteyssie/ramses/wiki/ramses_ug.pdf?rev=b6b7fef09b8bfe0d1e27c7d0c9edd584ec12768e) | Code to model astrophysical systems, featuring self-gravitating, magnetized, compressible, radiative fluid flows. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=fortran) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/miried/ramses) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...385..337T/abstract) |

| [REBOUND](https://rebound.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | Open-source multi-purpose N-body code. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/hannorein/rebound) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012A%26A...537A.128R/abstract) |

| [SWIFT](https://swift.strw.leidenuniv.nl/) | Modern highly-parallel gravity and smoothed particle hydrodynamics solver for astrophysical and cosmological applications. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=c) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/SWIFTSIM/SWIFT) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230513380S/abstract) |

| [TARDIS](https://tardis-sn.github.io/) | Fast 1D spectral code for supernovae with a vibrant community focused on training. | ![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=python) | [![](https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=github)](https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis) | [](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.440..387K/abstract) |

## Numerical Method

| Code      | Finite Difference | Finite Volume | Finite Element | Spectral | SPH | N-body | Eulerian | ALE | Lagrangian | AMR |

| --------- | :---------------: | :-----------: | :------------: | :------: | :-: | :----: | :------: | :-: | :--------: | :-: |

| Arepo     |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     | 🟩️️️️️     |          | 🟩️️️️️  |            |     |

| Athena++  |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Castro    |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| ChaNGa    |                   |               |                |          | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️     |          |     | 🟩️️️️️         |     |

| Cholla    |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            |     |

| Dedalus   |                   |               |                | 🟩️️️️️       |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            |     |

| Einstein Toolkit | 🟩️         | 🟩️            |                | 🟩️️️️️       |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            |     |

| Enzo      |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| FLASH     |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Gadget    |                   |               |                |          | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️     |          |     | 🟩️️️️️         |     |

| GAMER     |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Gizmo     |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     | 🟩️️️️️     |          |     | 🟩️️️️️         |     |

| MAESTROeX |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Nyx       |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Pencil    | 🟩️️️️️                |               |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            |     |

| PLUTO     | 🟩️️️️️                | 🟩️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️  |

| PHANTOM   |                   |               |                |          | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️     |          |     | 🟩️️️️️         |     |

| QUOKKA    |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     |        | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | ️️️️️️️️🟩️️️️️  |

| RAMSES    |                   | 🟩️️️️️            |                |          |     | 🟩️️️️️     | 🟩️️️️️       |     |            | 🟩️️️️️  |

| REBOUND   |                   |               |                |          |     | 🟩️️️️️     |          |     |            |     |

| SWIFT     |                   |               |                |          | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️     |          |     | 🟩️️️️️         |     |

| TARDIS    |                   |               |                | 🟩️️️️️       |     |        |          |     |            |     |

## Physics

| Code      | Hydrodynamics | MHD | Radiation | Self-Gravity | General-Relativity |

| --------- | :-----------: | :-: |:--------: | :----------: | :----------------: |

| Arepo     | 🟩️️️️️            | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️        | 🟩️️️️️           |                    |

| Athena++  | 🟩️️️️️            | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️        | 🟩️️️️️           | 🟩️️️️️                 |

| Castro    | 🟩️️️️️            | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️        | 🟩️️️️️           |                    |

| ChaNGa    | 🟩️            |     |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| Cholla    | 🟩️            |     | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| Dedalus   | 🟩️            | 🟩️  |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| Einstein Toolkit | 🟩️     | 🟩️  |           | 🟩️           | 🟩️                 |

| Enzo      | 🟩️            | 🟩️  | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| FLASH     | 🟩️            | 🟩️  | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| Gadget    | 🟩️            |     |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| GAMER     | 🟩️️️️️            | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️        | 🟩️️️️️           |                    |

| Gizmo     | 🟩️            | 🟩️  | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| MAESTROeX | 🟩️            | 🟩️  | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| Nyx       | 🟩️            | 🟩️  | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| Pencil    | 🟩️            | 🟩️  |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| PLUTO     | 🟩️            | 🟩️  |           |              |                    |

| PHANTOM   | 🟩️            |     |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| QUOKKA    | 🟩️️️️️            |     | 🟩️️️️️        | 🟩️️️️️           |                    |

| RAMSES    | 🟩️            | 🟩️  | 🟩️        | 🟩️           |                    |

| REBOUND   |               |     |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| SWIFT     | 🟩️            |     |           | 🟩️           |                    |

| TARDIS    |               |     | 🟩️         |             |                    |

## High-Performance Features

| Code      | MPI | GPU |

| --------- | :-: | :-: |

| Arepo     | 🟩️️️️️  |     | 

| Athena++  | 🟩️️️️️  |     | 

| Castro    | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️  |

| ChaNGa    | 🟩️️️️️  |     | 

| Cholla    | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Dedalus   | 🟩️  |     | 

| Einstein Toolkit   | 🟩️  |     | 

| Enzo      | 🟩️  |     | 

| FLASH     | 🟩️  |     | 

| Gadget    | 🟩️  |     | 

| GAMER     | 🟩️️️️️  | 🟩️️️️️  |

| Gizmo     | 🟩️  |     | 

| MAESTROeX | 🟩️  | 🟩️  |

| Nyx       | 🟩️  | 🟩️  |

| Pencil    | 🟩️  |     | 

| PLUTO     | 🟩️️️️️  |     | 

| PHANTOM   | 🟩️  |     | 

| QUOKKA    | 🟩️  | 🟩️  |

| RAMSES    | 🟩️  |     | 

| REBOUND   | 🟩️  |     |

| SWIFT     | 🟩️  |     |

| TARDIS    |     | 🟩️  |

## Additional Lists

- [HEP-ASTRO-COSMO](https://github.com/nikosarcevic/HEP-ASTRO-COSMO/blob/main/README.md#mhd)

## Contribute

Contributions to the list are welcome! Contributing guidelines can be found in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)