Observed arrival · 2026-10-24
OxiPhys: engineering simulation you can check
Free finite-element and finite-volume software with a Rust core, Python interface, desktop app, and interactive browser examples.
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- Engineers testing finite-element and flow models
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- Its homepage runs interactive examples, including a beam whose deflection is compared with beam theory.
Field notes
The release shown is 0.9.0, with 215 automated Python tests; the page says displayed figures come from its validation suite or bundled benchmark, with settings written down. Users can run the benchmark with `python -m oxiphys.benchmark`, optionally adding `--gui`. Installation instructions list user-level setup scripts and Python 3.9+ with Tk. The macOS download is marked as coming soon, despite the page also listing three desktop systems.
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