DL_POLY Alternatives

DL_POLY is described as 'Classic is a general purpose molecular dynamics simulation package developed at Daresbury Laboratory by W. Smith, T.R. Forester and I.T. Todorov. It is based on the package DL_POLY_2, which was originally developed by the former Computational Chemistry Group at Daresbury' and is an app. There are 2 alternatives to DL_POLY for Linux. The best DL_POLY alternative is LAMMPS, which is both free and Open Source.

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    LAMMPS ("Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator") is a molecular dynamics program from Sandia National Laboratories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    GROMACS (GROningen MAchine for Chemical Simulations) is a molecular dynamics simulation package originally developed in the University of Groningen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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