Linux Softwares to Simulation

Discover Linux Softwares to Simulation.

Realistic physics simulations for cloth, fluids, smoke, fire, rigid bodies, and soft bodies.

Best Linux Softwares to Simulation

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Circuit Simulator

Circuit Simulator

Open Source

Circuit Simulator is a free, browser-based electron circuit simulator ideal for education and quick prototyping.

Highly accessible via web browser
Browser based
Education & Reference
CorsixTH

CorsixTH

Open Source

CorsixTH is an ambitious open-source re-creation of the classic hospital simulation game, Theme Hospital.

Faithful recreation of Theme Hospital.
Gaming
Games
ScrumbleShip

ScrumbleShip

Commercial

ScrumbleShip is an open-world, massively multiplayer online space flight simulation game where players construct and fly their own spacecraft using building blocks, engaging in survival, trade, and fleet management within a vast sci-fi universe.

Unparalleled freedom in spacecraft design through block-based construction.
Portable
Games
TrackMania (series)

TrackMania is a popular series of arcade racing games with a strong emphasis on user-generated content, offering players the ability to build, race on, and share custom tracks. Known for its fast-paced gameplay and creative freedom, it provides both competitive multiplayer experiences and engaging single-player challenges.

Vast number of free, user-created tracks available.
Free to play
Games
RimWorld

RimWorld

Commercial

RimWorld is a story generator driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. It simulates a sci-fi colony, challenging players to survive on a distant planet by managing colonists, building a base, researching technology, and defending against various threats.

Procedurally generated worlds and events ensure high replayability.
Sandbox Game
Games
Freemat

Freemat

Open Source

FreeMat is a free and open-source environment designed for engineering and scientific prototyping, data analysis, and numeric computation. It provides a MATLAB-like environment for users working with mathematical and scientific data, focusing on ease of use and powerful analytical capabilities.

Free and open-source alternative to commercial software.
Portable
Education & Reference
TORCS

TORCS

Open Source

TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator) is a free and open-source 3D car racing simulator offering a realistic driving experience with various car models, tracks, and gameplay modes.

Highly realistic and detailed physics simulation.
Arcade
Games
Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program is a unique and challenging simulation game where players build and launch rockets to explore the vastness of space. Master orbital mechanics, design complex spacecraft, and achieve ambitious missions, from simple suborbital flights to interplanetary voyages.

Highly realistic and engaging spaceflight simulation.
Gaming
Education & Reference Games
DataCracker

DataCracker

Freemium

DataCracker is a web-based platform designed for comprehensive survey data analysis. It empowers users to effortlessly transform raw survey responses into actionable insights through intuitive tools for visualization, statistical analysis, and reporting. Ideal for market researchers, academics, and businesses seeking to understand their data better.

Intuitive and user-friendly interface, easy to learn.
Support for Android Things
Online Services
Houdini

Houdini

Commercial

Houdini is a powerful 3D software suite for visual effects, animation, and game development. It provides artists with a node-based procedural workflow for creating complex simulations, models, and animations.

Industry-leading procedural workflow for flexibility and iteration.
3d animation
Photos & Graphics
MODO

MODO

Commercial

MODO is a robust 3D content creation platform offering powerful modeling, sculpting, painting, animation, and rendering tools. It empowers artists with a flexible workflow for creative exploration.

Exceptional polygonal and procedural modeling tools.
3D modelling
Photos & Graphics
Vulkan

Vulkan

Open Source

Vulkan is a modern, low-overhead, cross-platform graphics and compute API that provides developers with explicit control over GPU hardware for optimal performance in demanding 3D applications, gaming, and simulations.

Significantly reduces CPU overhead, leading to higher performance.
OPENGL
Development
Scilab

Scilab

Open Source

Scilab is an open-source, cross-platform software for numerical computation, offering a high-level, numerically oriented programming language and large collection of functionalities. It is widely used in scientific and engineering applications.

Free and open-source
ANOVA test
Education & Reference
OpenGL

OpenGL

Open Source

OpenGL is the industry standard API for developing high-performance, cross-platform 2D and 3D graphics applications, widely utilized in gaming, simulation, CAD, and visualization.

Cross-platform compatibility across various operating systems and hardware.
Cross-platform
Development Photos & Graphics
Stellarium

Stellarium

Open Source

Stellarium is a free and open-source planetarium software that allows users to explore the night sky from the comfort of their computer. It displays a realistic 3D rendering of the celestial sphere, showing stars, constellations, planets, and other astronomical objects in accurate positions at any given time.

Highly realistic and accurate simulation of the night sky.
3d animation
Education & Reference
Blender

Blender

Open Source

Blender is a comprehensive, free, and open-source 3D creation suite supporting the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing, and 2D animation pipeline.

Free and open source with no licensing costs.
Compositor
Photos & Graphics Video & Movies
Maple

Maple

Commercial

Maple is a powerful mathematical computing environment and multi-paradigm programming language designed for engineers, scientists, educators, and students. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for symbolic and numeric computation, data analysis, visualization, and application development across numerous domains.

Powerful symbolic and numeric computation capabilities.
Graphing calculator
Education & Reference