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React

The library for web and native user interfaces

MITsoftware/web
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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

MITsoftware/devtools
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Next.js

The React Framework

MITsoftware/web
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Supabase

Build in a weekend Scale to millions

Apache-2.0software/databases
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LangChain

🦜🔗 Build context-aware reasoning applications

MITsoftware/agentic
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n8n

Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, and 400+ integrations.

Sustainable Use Licensesoftware/marketing
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Tailwind CSS

A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development

MITsoftware/web
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Home Assistant

Awaken your home

Apache-2.0electronics/iot
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Twenty

Build your Enterprise CRM at AI Speed

AGPL-3.0software/crm
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Zed

Code at the speed of thought

GPL-3.0 / AGPL-3.0software/devtools
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Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

GPL-2.0software/devtools
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Hyperswitch

Composable, Open Source Payments Platform

Apache-2.0software/fintech
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Odoo Community

Odoo is a suite of open source business apps that cover all your company needs: CRM, eCommerce, accounting, inventory, point of sale, project management, etc.

LGPL-3.0industrial/mes
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Coolify

Self-hosting with superpowers

Apache-2.0software/hosting
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AutoGen

A programming framework for agentic AI

MITsoftware/agentic
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ClickHouse

ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

Apache-2.0software/databases
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Umami

The complete picture of your website

MITsoftware/analytics
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Payload CMS

Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework for instant, customizable backend & admin UI

MITsoftware/boilerplates
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Dokku

A mini-Heroku powered by Docker that you can deploy on any server

MITsoftware/hosting
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Refine

Build React-based CRUD applications, without constraints

MITsoftware/boilerplates
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Medusa

The open-source Shopify alternative

MITsoftware/fintech
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Plausible Analytics

Easy to use and privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

AGPL-3.0software/analytics
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CrewAI

Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work together seamlessly, tackling complex tasks.

MITsoftware/agentic
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Create T3 App

The best way to start a full-stack, typesafe Next.js app

MITsoftware/boilerplates
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PostHog

The only developer platform to build, analyze and improve your product

MITsoftware/analytics
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ERPNext

ERPNext is business management software that helps companies stay on top of their operations, whether it's tracking inventory, managing finances, handling projects, or keeping customers happy.

GPL-3.0-or-laterindustrial/mes
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FreeCAD

Your own 3D parametric modeler

LGPL-2.1-or-latermechanical/cad
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Chatwoot

Open-source customer engagement platform / Alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc.

MITsoftware/crm
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Node-RED

Low-code programming for event-driven applications

Apache-2.0electronics/iot
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Postiz

The Agentic Social Media Scheduling Platform

AGPL-3.0software/marketing
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ESP-IDF

Espressif IoT Development Framework

Apache-2.0electronics/firmware
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ThingsBoard

All-in-one IoT Platform - Device management, data collection, processing and visualization.

Apache-2.0electronics/iot
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Listmonk

Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager

AGPL-3.0software/marketing
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PostgreSQL

The World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database

PostgreSQL Licensesoftware/databases
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Marlin Firmware

Open Source 3D Printer Driver

GPL-3.0-or-laterelectronics/firmware
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EMQX

The Unified MQTT Platform for AI and IoT Data Streaming

Apache-2.0electronics/iot
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Zephyr RTOS

Build secure, connected, future-proof devices with Zephyr®

Apache-2.0electronics/embedded
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Kamal

Deploy web apps anywhere: from bare metal to cloud

MITsoftware/hosting
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statsmodels

statsmodels provides classes and functions for estimating statistical models, running hypothesis tests, and exploring data in Python.

BSD-3-Clauseindustrial/six-sigma
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Klipper

The Klipper firmware controls 3d-Printers.

GPL-3.0-or-latermechanical/3d-printing
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PrusaSlicer

G-code generator for 3D printers (RepRap, Makerbot, Ultimaker etc.)

AGPL-3.0mechanical/3d-printing
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PX4 Autopilot

Open Source Autopilot for Drones

BSD-3-Clauseelectronics/firmware
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PlatformIO

Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence

Apache-2.0electronics/embedded
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OctoPrint

The snappy web interface for your 3D printer.

AGPL-3.0mechanical/3d-printing
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Lago

Billing for AI products, from usage to invoice

AGPL-3.0software/fintech
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OpenSCAD

The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller

GPL-2.0-or-latermechanical/cad
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MONAI

MONAI is the domain-specific, open-source Medical AI framework that drives research breakthroughs and accelerates AI into clinical impact.

Apache-2.0bioengineering/medical-imaging
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FreeRTOS

Real-time operating system for microcontrollers and small microprocessors

MITelectronics/embedded
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GRBL

An open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino

MITmechanical/cnc
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KiCad

A Cross Platform and Open Source PCB Design Suite

GPL-3.0-or-laterelectrical/pcb
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ROS 2

The Robot Operating System, is a meta operating system for robots

Apache-2.0mechanical/robotics
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FluidX3D

The fastest and most memory efficient lattice Boltzmann CFD software, running on all GPUs and CPUs via OpenCL.

GPL-3.0aerospace/cfd
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LinuxCNC

LinuxCNC controls CNC machines.

GPL-2.0mechanical/cnc
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SimPy

SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python.

MITindustrial/simulation
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SU2

SU2, Multiphysics Simulation and Design Software

LGPL-2.1aerospace/cfd
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IfcOpenShell

IfcOpenShell is an open source software library for software developers and BIM powerusers working with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC).

LGPL-3.0-or-latercivil/bim
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LibrePCB

Create electronics the easy way.

GPL-3.0-or-laterelectrical/pcb
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CNCjs

A full-featured web-based CNC controller interface for Grbl, Marlin, Smoothieware, and TinyG

MITmechanical/cnc
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EspoCRM

Open Source CRM Application

AGPL-3.0software/crm
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Galaxy

Galaxy is an open, web-based platform for accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational biomedical research.

AFL-3.0bioengineering/genomics
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Cantera

Open-source chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport

BSD-3-Clausechemical/process
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PyPSA

Python for Power System Analysis

MITenergy/grid
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pvlib python

A set of documented functions for simulating the performance of photovoltaic energy systems.

BSD-3-Clauseenergy/solar
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OpenROAD

Foundations and Realization of Open, Accessible Design

BSD-3-Clauseelectrical/eda
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MoveIt 2

Mobile Manipulation framework for ROS 2

BSD-3-Clausemechanical/robotics
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Apache OFBiz

Apache OFBiz is a suite of business applications flexible enough to be used across any industry. A common architecture allows developers to easily extend or enhance it to create custom features.

Apache-2.0industrial/mes
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3D Slicer

A software application for visualization and analysis of medical image computing data sets.

BSD-stylebioengineering/medical-imaging
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ITK

The Insight Toolkit (ITK) is an open-source, cross-platform toolkit for N-dimensional scientific image processing, segmentation, and registration.

Apache-2.0bioengineering/medical-imaging
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Biopython

Biopython is a set of freely available tools for biological computation written in Python by an international team of developers.

BSD-3-Clausebioengineering/genomics
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SAMtools

Tools (written in C using htslib) for manipulating next-generation sequencing data

MITbioengineering/genomics
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CoolProp

CoolProp is a thermophysical property database and wrappers for a selection of programming environments.

MITchemical/process
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Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a large-eddy simulation (LES) code for low-speed flows, with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires.

Public Domainchemical/safety
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GMAT

The General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) is the world's only enterprise, multi-mission, open source software system for space mission design, optimization, and navigation.

Apache-2.0aerospace/orbital
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JSBSim

An open source flight dynamics & control software library

LGPL-2.1-or-lateraerospace/flight-sim
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poliastro

poliastro - Astrodynamics in Python

MITaerospace/orbital
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OpenVSP

OpenVSP allows the user to create a 3D model of an aircraft defined by common engineering parameters.

Apache-2.0aerospace/flight-sim
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FlightGear

FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator.

GPL-2.0-or-lateraerospace/flight-sim
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OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM is the free, open source CFD software developed primarily by OpenCFD Ltd since 2004.

GPL-3.0aerospace/cfd
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OpenSees

The Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

BSD-3-Clausecivil/structural
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xeokit SDK

3D BIM IFC Viewer SDK for AEC engineering applications.

AGPL-3.0civil/bim
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PyBaMM

Fast and flexible physics-based battery models in Python

BSD-3-Clauseenergy/storage
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pandapower

An easy to use open source tool for power system modeling, analysis and optimization with a high degree of automation.

BSD-3-Clauseelectrical/power
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ngspice

ngspice is the open source spice simulator for electric and electronic circuits.

BSD-3-Clauseelectrical/eda
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KLayout

KLayout layout viewer and editor

GPL-2.0-or-laterelectrical/eda
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Horizon EDA

Horizon EDA is an Electronic Design Automation package for printed circuit board design.

GPL-3.0-or-laterelectrical/pcb
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CadQuery

A python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT

Apache-2.0mechanical/cad
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BRL-CAD

BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform open source solid modeling system

LGPL-2.1-or-latermechanical/cad
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Gazebo

Gazebo (formerly Ignition) - A robotics simulator

Apache-2.0mechanical/robotics
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OpenTURNS

OpenTURNS is an open-source software library for uncertainty treatment in probabilistic numerical simulations.

LGPL-3.0-or-laterindustrial/six-sigma
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Sage

Proteomics search & quantification so fast that it feels easy

AGPL-3.0bioengineering/proteomics
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OpenMS

OpenMS is an open-source software C++ library for LC-MS data management and analyses.

BSD-3-Clausebioengineering/proteomics
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RMG-Py

RMG-Py: Chemical Kinetics and Mechanism Generation

MITchemical/reaction
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ChemPy logo
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ChemPy

A package useful for chemistry written in Python

BSD-2-Clausechemical/reaction
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pykep

pykep is a scientific library providing basic tools for astrodynamics research.

MPL-2.0aerospace/orbital
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COMPAS

The COMPAS framework is an open-source, Python-based framework for computational research and collaboration in architecture, engineering, digital fabrication and construction.

MITcivil/structural
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MATPOWER

Free, open-source tools for electric power system simulation and optimization

3-clause BSDenergy/grid
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salabim

Salabim is a package for discrete event simulation in Python.

MITindustrial/simulation
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GridLAB-D

The Next-Generation Simulation Software

BSD-3-Clauseelectrical/power
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JaamSim logo
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JaamSim

JaamSim is a free, open source discrete-event simulation software

Apache-2.0industrial/simulation
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PyDOE

PyDOE is a Python package for design of experiments (DOE), enabling scientists, engineers, and statisticians to efficiently construct experimental designs.

BSD-3-Clauseindustrial/six-sigma
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Brightway

Brightway is an open-source software package for life cycle assessment (LCA) written in Python.

BSD-3-Clauseenvironmental/lca
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openair

Tools for the Analysis of Air Pollution Data

GPL-2.0-or-laterenvironmental/air-quality
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EPA SWMM

EPA's Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) is used throughout the world for decision support, emergency response, planning, analysis, and design related to stormwater, combined, and sanitary sewer systems as well as for other drainage systems.

MITenvironmental/water
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EPANET

Application for Modeling Drinking Water Distribution Systems

MITenvironmental/water
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pyteomics

Pyteomics is a collection of lightweight and handy tools for Python that help to handle various sorts of proteomics data.

Apache-2.0bioengineering/proteomics
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DWSIM

DWSIM - Open Source Process Simulator

GPL-3.0chemical/process
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pycalphad

pycalphad is a Python library for computational thermodynamics using the CALPHAD method.

MITmaterials/alloys
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wflow

wflow is Deltares’ hydrological modelling solution for simulating catchment processes, allowing users to account for precipitation, interception, snow accumulation and melt, evapotranspiration, soil water, surface water and groundwater recharge in a fully distributed model.

MITenvironmental/water
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Activity Browser

The Activity Browser is a tool that allows you to perform Brightway life-cycle assessment calculations using a visual interface.

BSD-3-Clauseenvironmental/lca
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GeoEq

Geotechnical engineering, solved in Python.

Apache-2.0civil/geotech
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geolysis

An open-source library for geotechnical engineering analysis and modeling.

MITcivil/geotech
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pygef

The pygef library is a library to read your cpts and boreholes files and use them in a digital version.

MITcivil/geotech
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MASTODON

MASTODON is a highly-parallelizable, finite-element analysis code capable of three-dimensional nonlinear soil-structure analysis including the simulation of source-to-site wave propagation.

LGPL-2.1-or-latercivil/structural
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liionpack

The lithium-ion battery pack simulator powered by PyBaMM.

MITenergy/storage
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SolarPILOT

Solar Power tower Integrated Layout and Optimization Tool

BSD-3-Clauseenergy/solar
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pyJMAK

An Open-Source Python Toolkit for Modeling Microstructure Evolution

BSD-3-Clausematerials/heat-treatment
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openLCA

openLCA is a fast, reliable, high-performance, modular tool for sustainability assessment & life cycle modelling.

Free / open-source components; check edition termsenvironmental/lca
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OpenAQ

Fighting air inequality through open data.

MIT / varies by componentenvironmental/air-quality
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AERMOD Modeling System

A steady-state plume model that incorporates air dispersion based on planetary boundary layer turbulence structure and scaling concepts, including treatment of both surface and elevated sources, and both simple and complex terrain.

Public Domain / U.S. Government modelenvironmental/air-quality
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ALOHA

ALOHA (Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) is a modeling program that estimates hazard zones associated with accidental chemical releases.

Freewarechemical/safety
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OSHA Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals

Public Domain / U.S. Government regulationchemical/safety
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NIST Materials Data Repository

NIST Materials Data Repository

Public Domain / varies by datasetmaterials/alloys
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AWS A3.0M/A3.0:2025 — Standard Welding Terms and Definitions

Standard Welding Terms and Definitions Including Terms for Additive Manufacturing, Adhesive Bonding, Brazing, Soldering, Thermal Cutting, Thermal Spraying, and Nondestructive Examination

Standardmaterials/welding
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NASA Materials and Processes Technical Information System (MAPTIS)

The Materials Selection List Database provides material and test data on over 32,000 metals and non-metals.

Public Domain / U.S. Government resourcematerials/alloys
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NASA Materials Database

Materials Database

Public Domain / U.S. Government resourcematerials/composites
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Composite Material Property Database Using Smooth Specimens to Generate Design Allowables with Uncertainty Estimation logo
Composite Material Property Database Using Smooth Specimens to Generate Design Allowables with Uncertainty Estimation

Composite Material Property Database Using Smooth Specimens to Generate Design Allowables with Uncertainty Estimation

Public Domain / research publicationmaterials/composites
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ASM Handbook, Volume 4: Heat Treating logo
ASM Handbook, Volume 4: Heat Treating

ASM Handbook, Volume 4: Heat Treating

Standardmaterials/heat-treatment
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ASM Handbook, Volume 6: Welding, Brazing and Soldering logo
ASM Handbook, Volume 6: Welding, Brazing and Soldering

ASM Handbook Volume 6: Welding, Brazing, and Soldering

Standardmaterials/welding
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OpenDSS

Open Distribution System Simulator (OpenDSS)

BSD-3-Clauseelectrical/power
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