View source for Installation/Compatibility Matrix

= Introduction =
This page aims to keep track of the versions of third-party applications vs OpenFOAM versions/variants.

If you have ''specific'' questions that are not answered here, please use the related forum thread: [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/100163-new-wiki-page-compatibility-matrix-openfoam-vs-third-party-applications.html New wiki page: Compatibility Matrix of OpenFOAM vs third party applications]

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= OpenFOAM Foundation =
Official websites:
* [http://openfoam.org OpenFOAM Foundation]
* [http://www.openfoam.com Developers at OpenCFD/ESI]
* [http://cfd.direct Developers at CFD Direct]

== GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) ==
;Description: This is the standard compiler currently used by Linux distributions, as well as the usual one used for OpenFOAM.

;Website: [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection]

;Compatibility matrix:

{| border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="7"
|-
! OpenFOAM \ GCC
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.2/ 4.2.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/ 4.3.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/ 4.4.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.5/ 4.5.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.6/ 4.6.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/ 4.7.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/ 4.8.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/ 4.9.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/ 5.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-6/ 6.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-6/ 7.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-6/ 8.y]
|-
! {{version1.5}}
| unknown || y=3,4,... || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.5.x}}
| unknown || y=3,4,... || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.6}}
| none || y=3,4,... || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.6.x}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.7.0}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.7.1}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || none <ref name="171proof"/> || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.7.x}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || unconfirmed || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.0.0}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || unconfirmed || unconfirmed || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.0.1}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || unconfirmed || unconfirmed || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.0.x}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || all || unconfirmed || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.1.0}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || all || unconfirmed || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.1.1}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || all || all || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.1.x}}
| none || y=3,4,... || all || all || all || all || unconfirmed || unknown || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.2.0}}
| none || none || none <ref name="22possible44"/> || all || all || all || unconfirmed || unknown || unknown || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.2.1}}
| none || none || none <ref name="22possible44"/> || all || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.2.2}}
| none || none || none <ref name="22possible44"/> || all || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.2.x}}
| none || none || none <ref name="22possible44"/> || all || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.3.0}}
| none || none || none || all || all || all || all <ref name="23CGALissue"/> || all || unknown || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.3.1}}
| none || none || none || all || all || all || all <ref name="23CGALissue"/> || all || all || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.3.x}}
| none || none || none || all || all || all || all <ref name="23CGALissue"/> || all || all || none || none || none
|-
! {{version2.4.0}} {{version2.4.x}}
| none || none || none || all || all || all || all <ref name="23CGALissue"/> || all || all || none <ref name="nullObjectGCC6"/> || none || none
|-
! {{version3.0.0}} {{version3.0.1}} {{version3.0.x}}
| none || none || none || all || all || all || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || none
|-
! {{version4.0}} {{version4.x}}
| none || none || none || all || all || all || all || all || all || all || all <ref name="stdmacro_update"/>  || unknown
|-
! {{version5.0}} {{version5.x}}
| none || none || none || none || none || none <ref name="C++11Support"/> || all || all || all || all || all || unknown
|-
! {{version6}}
| none || none || none || none || none || none <ref name="C++11Support"/> || all || all || all || all || all || all
|-
! {{versionOpenFOAMFoundationDev}}
| none || none || none || none || none || none <ref name="C++11Support"/> || all || all || all || all || all || all
|}
Note: ''unconfirmed'' indicates that although it might build, it doesn't mean that it will work as intended.
<references>
<ref name="171proof">Proof of concept available on this thread: [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/102251-openfoam-1-7-1-gcc-4-6-3-scalarfield-no-bounds-check.html OpenFOAM 1.7.1 and gcc 4.6.3: scalarField no bounds check?].</ref>
<ref name="22possible44"> Possible with the details provided on this thread: [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/114206-compile-error-openfoam-2-2-0-redhat-el5.html Compile Error of OpenFOAM-2.2.0 on RedHat EL5].</ref>
<ref name="23CGALissue">Building CGAL might have issues with a custom build of GCC 4.8.2, as explained on [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=1196 this bug report].</ref>
<ref name="C++11Support">On the 5th of August 2016, in commit [https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-dev/commit/618753c5b4f0e8fb3a422fa372c1ef37eae9b596 618753c5b4], was marked the change regarding explicit support for C++11. More details given in the commit description, but 4.8 is the recommended minimum version. Furthermore, as commented in [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=2230 issue #2230], GCC 4.7 cannot be used any more to build OpenFOAM-dev.</ref>
<ref name="nullObjectGCC6">See post #6 in the thread [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/180040-openfoam-2-4-0-error-building-paraview-4-1-0-a.html#post627619 <nowiki>[OpenFOAM][2.4.0] Error in the building of ParaView 4.1.0</nowiki>] for some more information on what needs fixing to get GCC 6.y to be usable.</ref>
<ref name="stdmacro_update">See instructions for [[Installation/Linux/OpenFOAM-4.0/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_20.04|OpenFOAM 4.0 on Ubuntu 20.40]], step #11.2, which gets a patch from OpenFOAM-dev and applies it.</ref>
</references>


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== Intel C++ Compiler (ICC) ==
;Description: This compiler is free for non-commercial users on Linux. Yields good/very good performance on Intel processors.

;Comments: Latest GCC versions (4.5.0 and above) have been proven themselves to be on par or better than ICC. <br> It's not advisable to use ICC on non-Intel (AMD, Via, etc) machines - source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_C%2B%2B_Compiler#Criticism ICC on Wikipedia, section Criticism]. But it's possible to use it if the option {{tt|-SSE3}} is not used:
:* [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=322 bug report about removing -SSE3 option]
:* [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=779 suggestion about using -xHost instead of -xSSE3]

;Website: [http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-compilers/ Intel® Compilers]

;Overcoming compatibility issues: [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-installation/94083-solved-intel-compiler-12-1-ubuntu-11-10-gcc-4-6-openfoam-2-0-x.html Intel Compiler 12.1 + Ubuntu 11.10 (gcc 4.6) + OpenFOAM 2.0.x]

;Compatibility matrix:

{| border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="7"
|-
! OpenFOAM \ ICC
! 10.y
! 11.y
! 12.y
! 13.y
! 14.y
! 15.y
! 16.y
|-
! {{version1.5}}
| unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version1.5.x}}
| unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version1.6}}
| untested <ref name="16untested" />  || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version1.6.x}}
| untested <ref name="16untested" /> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version1.7.0}}
| unknown || 11.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version1.7.1}}
| unknown || 11.1 || all <ref name="171needfix" /> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version1.7.x}}
| unknown || 11.1 || all <ref name="17x_fixed" /> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.0.0}}
| none || none <ref name="200bugreport" /> || 12.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.0.1}}
| none || none || 12.1 <ref name="201needsfix" /> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.0.x}}
| none || none || 12.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.1.0}}
| none || none || 12.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.1.x}}
| none || none || 12.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.1.x}}
| none || none || 12.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.2.0}}
| none || none || 12.1 || 13.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.2.1}}
| none || none || 12.1 || 13.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.2.2}}
| none || none || 12.1 || 13.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.2.x}}
| none || none || 12.1 || 13.1 || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.3.0}}
| none || none || unknown || unknown || 14.0.1 || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.3.1}}
| none || none || unknown || unknown || 14.0.1 || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.3.x}}
| none || none || unknown || unknown || 14.0.1 || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version2.4.0}} {{version2.4.x}}
| none || none || unknown || unknown || 14.0.1 || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version3.0.0}} {{version3.0.x}}
| none || none || none || none || none || 15.0.3 || unknown
|-
! {{versionOpenFOAMFoundationDev}}
| none || none || none || none || none || 15.0.3 <ref name="Initial1603Support"/> || 16.0.3 <ref name="Initial1603Support"/>
|}
<references>
<ref name="16untested">According to the [http://openfoam.org/release/1-6/ release notes for OpenFOAM 1.6], this hasn't been tested.</ref>
<ref name="171needfix">Needs bug fix, provided in this [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=98 bug report].</ref>
<ref name="17x_fixed">Bug  [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=98 has been fixed].</ref>
<ref name="200bugreport">See [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=257 related bug report].</ref>
<ref name="201needsfix">See [http://bugs.openfoam.org/view.php?id=312 bug report] for the necessary fix.</ref>
<ref name="Initial1603Support">Introduced support for 16.0.3 in commit [https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-dev/commit/4f6117e9739aa7ca1a5225013b1ccb4714010872 4f6117e973]. Should still work with 15.0.3.</ref>
</references>

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= OpenFOAM Extend Project =
Extend Project websites:
* [http://www.extend-project.de/ The OpenFOAM Extend Project portal]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-extend/ OpenFOAM Extend at SourceForge.net]

== GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) ==
;Description: This is the standard compiler currently used by Linux distributions, as well as the usual one used for OpenFOAM.

;Website: [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection]

;Compatibility matrix:

{| border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="7"
|-
! OpenFOAM \ GCC
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.2/ 4.2.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/ 4.3.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/ 4.4.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.5/ 4.5.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.6/ 4.6.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/ 4.7.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/ 4.8.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/ 4.9.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/ 5.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-6/ 6.y]
! [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-7/ 7.y]
|-
! {{version1.4-dev}}
| unknown || y=3,4,... || unknown || unknown || none || none || none || none || none || none || none
|-
! {{version1.5-dev}}
| unknown || y=3,4,... || unknown || unknown || none || none || none || none || none || none|| none
|-
! {{version1.6-ext}}
| unknown || y=3,4,... || all || all || all || all<ref name="16ext47" /> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version3.0-ext}}
| unknown || unknown || unknown || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version3.1-ext}}
| unknown || unknown || unknown || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version3.2-ext}}
| unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown<ref name="32ext46" />  || all || all || all || unknown || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version4.0-ext}}
| unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown<ref name="32ext46" />  || all || all || all || all  || unknown || unknown
|-
! {{version4.1-ext}}
| none || none || none || none || none  || none || none || none || none || none || up to 7.4.0
|}


<references>
<ref name="16ext47">Compiling with GCC 4.7 requires two details: having the latest 1.6-ext commit, as well as a couple of hacks to make sure that things build as intended. Both can indications can be found in [[Installation/Linux/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_13.04|the instructions of installing 1.6-ext on Ubuntu 13.04]], which uses GCC 4.7.3.</ref>
<ref name="32ext46">Compiling with GCC 4.6.3 might be very slow and it could potentially have problems in running in some cases. This has been witnessed at least with Ubuntu 12.04. For more details:
* Bug report: [http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/ticketsfoamextendrelease/286/ Really long build times with foam-extend 3.2]
* Original report: [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-news-announcements-other/154709-foam-extend-next-release-release-3-2-test-phase-deadline-june-25th.html#post561312 FOAM-extend next release (release 3.2) - test phase deadline: June 25th - post #8]
* Possible issues with builds done with GCC 4.6.3: [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-solving/131488-immersed-boundary-cylinder-tutorial-using-icoibfoam-application-2.html#post568782 Immersed Boundary Cylinder Tutorial using IcoIbFoam application - post #26 and #28]</ref>
</references>

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= FreeFOAM =
FreeFOAM websites:
* [http://freefoam.sourceforge.net/ FreeFOAM Home Page]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefoam/ FreeFOAM at SourceForge.net]

See the [http://freefoam.sourceforge.net/doc/ChangeLog.html ChangeLog] or the [http://repo.or.cz/w/freefoam.git version control history].

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