Downloads

• blueCFD-Core 2024-1
• blueCFD-Core 2020-1
• blueCFD-Core 2017-2
• blueCFD-Core 2017-1
• blueCFD-Core 2016-2
• blueCFD-Core 2016-1
• blueCFD-Core 2.3-1
• Download counters

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blueCFD-Core 2024-1

Available installers for Windows 10 and 11, all 64-bit:

• blueCFD-Core-2024-1-win64-setup.exe
  • WARNING: You must install in a path without spaces in the names for the folders, for example:
    • C:\blueCFD-Core\2024\
    • For more details, see Issue #257.
  • blueCFD-Core 2024-1 provides OpenFOAM 12 (6aa359dae6), ParaView 5.11.2 and MS-MPI 10.1.2.
    • CLI and development stack included with MSYS2.
    • See release notes for more details.
    • List of Known Working Tutorials.
  • 1173 MiB installer, SHA1: 87a16cd49ba891c9a5ff24d6c24b832e44f6cee7

Further details:

• Instructions on how to install and build from source code will be provided in the User Guides page.
• blueCFD-Core 2024 is installed separately from previous blueCFD-Core versions and should not be used as a direct upgrade.

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blueCFD-Core 2020-1

Available installers for Windows 7 through 10, all 64-bit:

• blueCFD-Core-2020-1-win64-setup.exe
  • blueCFD-Core 2020-1 provides OpenFOAM 8 (218f49416d), ParaView 5.6.2 and MS-MPI 7.1.
    • CLI and development stack included with MSYS2.
    • See release notes for more details.
    • List of Known Working Tutorials.
  • 830 MiB installer, SHA1: 31c78a935309ece053035e4d2a81ebac5f766c43

Further details:

• Instructions on how to install and build from source code will be provided in the User Guides page.
• blueCFD-Core 2020 is installed separately from previous blueCFD-Core versions and should not be used as a direct upgrade.

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blueCFD-Core 2017-2

Available installers for Windows 7 through 10, all 64-bit:

• blueCFD-Core-2017-2-win64-setup.exe
  • blueCFD-Core 2017-2 provides OpenFOAM 5.x (19576d14), ParaView 5.4.1 and MS-MPI 7.1 (MS-MPI 8.1 is optional).
    • CLI and development stack included with MSYS2.
    • See release notes for more details.
    • List of Known Working Tutorials.
  • 790 MiB installer, SHA1: 4df0b7a38eea5363b66e5f7d0d94f50714d59f1a

Further details:

• Instructions on how to install and build from source code will be provided in the User Guides page.
• This installer can be used for updating an existing installation of blueCFD-Core 2017-1, since it will load the same installation settings.
• blueCFD-Core 2017 is installed separately from previous blueCFD-Core versions and should not be used as a direct upgrade.

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blueCFD-Core 2017-1

Available installers for Windows 7 through 10, all 64-bit:

• blueCFD-Core-2017-1-win64-setup.exe
  • blueCFD-Core 2017-1 provides OpenFOAM 5.x (5f49a693), ParaView 5.4.1 and MS-MPI 7.1 (MS-MPI 8.1 is optional).
    • CLI and development stack included with MSYS2.
    • See release notes for more details.
    • List of Known Working Tutorials.
  • 727 MiB installer, SHA1: 4367af23e453dde2dd406539a01ef76f2afa2376

Further details:

• Instructions on how to install and build from source code will be provided in the User Guides page.
• blueCFD-Core 2017 is installed separately from previous blueCFD-Core versions and should not be used as a direct upgrade.

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blueCFD-Core 2016-2

Available installers for Windows 7 through 10, all 64-bit:

• blueCFD-Core-2016-2-win64-setup.exe
  • blueCFD-Core 2016-2 provides OpenFOAM 4.x (d214c8dfd5), ParaView 5.1.2 and MS-MPI 7.1.
    • CLI and development stack included with MSYS2.
    • See release notes for more details.
    • List of Known Working Tutorials.
  • 726 MiB installer, SHA1: 6925346856d62124971316f5886b18977b49d266

Further details:

• Instructions on how to install and build from source code will be provided in the User Guides page.
• This installer can be used for updating an existing installation of blueCFD-Core 2016-1, since it will load the same installation settings.

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blueCFD-Core 2016-1

Available installers for Windows 7 through 10, all 64-bit:

• blueCFD-Core-2016-1-win64-setup.exe
  • blueCFD-Core 2016-1 provides OpenFOAM 4.x (7dfa780c48), ParaView 5.1.2 and MS-MPI 7.1.
    • CLI and development stack included with MSYS2.
    • See release notes for more details.
    • List of Known Working Tutorials.
  • 710 MiB installer, SHA1: 4ba23f6757ccdfd041f2e2627daee7b947f41195

Further details:

• Instructions on how to install and build from source code will be provided in the User Guides page.

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blueCFD-Core 2.3-1

The port of an early version of OpenFOAM 2.3.x is available here: blueCFD-Core 2.3 Download Area

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Download counters

The following list provides a complete list of accesses to downloadable files for all releases:

File name File last updated (Y-M-D)	# Accesses
blueCFD-Core-2024-1-win64-setup.exe 2024-08-19	2501
OpenFOAM-12.blueCFD-Core-12__blueCFD-Core-2024-1.patch.gz 2024-08-19	45
ThirdParty-12.blueCFD-Core-12__blueCFD-Core-2024-1.patch.gz 2024-08-19	43
blueCFD-Core-2020-1-win64-setup.exe 2021-04-13	39123
OpenFOAM-8.blueCFD-Core-8__blueCFD-Core-2020-1.patch.gz 2021-04-13	371
ThirdParty-8.blueCFD-Core-8__blueCFD-Core-2020-1.patch.gz 2021-04-13	243
blueCFD-Core-2017-2-win64-setup.exe 2018-02-27	103246
OpenFOAM-5.x.blueCFD-Core-5.x__blueCFD-Core-2017-2.patch.gz 2018-02-27	1052
ThirdParty-5.x.blueCFD-Core-5.x__blueCFD-Core-2017-2.patch.gz 2018-02-27	507
blueCFD-Core-2017-1-win64-setup.exe 2017-11-03	19684
OpenFOAM-5.x.blueCFD-Core-5.x__blueCFD-Core-2017-1.patch.gz 2017-11-03	301
ThirdParty-5.x.blueCFD-Core-5.x__blueCFD-Core-2017-1.patch.gz 2017-11-03	215
blueCFD-Core-2016-2-win64-setup.exe 2017-09-08	9271
OpenFOAM-4.x.blueCFD-Core-4.x__blueCFD-Core-2016-2.patch.gz 2017-09-08	296
ThirdParty-4.x.blueCFD-Core-4.x__blueCFD-Core-2016-2.patch.gz 2017-09-08	221
blueCFD-Core-2016-1-win64-setup.exe 2016-08-11	89165
OpenFOAM-4.x.blueCFD-Core-4.x__blueCFD-Core-2016-1.patch.gz 2016-09-01	1224
ThirdParty-4.x.blueCFD-Core-4.x__blueCFD-Core-2016-1.patch.gz 2016-09-01	848