OpenFOAM® Documentation

Guides

Browse the guide to see how OpenFOAM operates under-the-hood. As an open source code, users can directly see how the code is written and learn how the functionality is implemented. The documentation provides descriptions for many aspects of the code, including:

• Quick start
• Fundamentals: Get to know OpenFOAM and how cases are assembled
• Pre-processing: Prepare your mesh, 
• Processing: Boundary conditions, models, numerics, solver applications
• Post-processing: Generating meaningful results

Note that the source to the guide is available and we welcome contributions!

Looking to go straight to the code? Take a look at the OpenFOAM API and the convenient entry points provided by the modules system.

Code wiki

The code wiki is located alongside development repository and provides a wealth of information, including:

• Accessing the code
• Building OpenFOAM
• Configuring your environment
• Upgrade guides

Tutorial Wiki

A community-driven collection of tutorials hosted at https://wiki.openfoam.com/

System Requirements

Detailed information about the system requirements for Linux systems. More...

Licensing

licensing

Legacy Guides

User Guide

Gain understanding of how OpenFOAM cases are assembled and evaluated in the OpenFOAM user guide:

• Download PDF
• View on-line

Tutorial Guide

A collection of tutorials to help users get started with OpenFOAM covering a range of topics, including incompressible, compressible and multiphase flows, and stress analysis

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• View on-line

Programmer’s Guide

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