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Products: Simile and add-on tools

Simile runs on a wide range of operating systems.

  • Simile for Windows supports Microsoft Windows Vista or later, and runs natively on Intel hardware, or on ARM by emulation.
  • Simile for Mac supports MacOS 10.13 and later, running natively on Intel or ARM hardware.
  • Simile for Linux will run on all graphics-based Linux and FreeBSD platforms (amd64, ARM or RISC-V architecture), and is compatible with the Gnome, KDE and other desktops. DEB and RPM install packages are available. If neither of these suit please contact us.
New user? Check out our introduction to Simile at a glance or take the guided tour to learn all about where we’re coming from. Browse the model gallery for a quick visual introduction, or download example models from the earth, environmental and life sciences. Finally, you might be curious why it’s called Simile?

 


From this page you can download Simile installers. The full source code will shortly be available on Github, allowing modellers to build and modify the package themselves.

Simile version 7.4 was released on 5th Apr 2026 for Windows, Linux and for MacOS X.

If you have any difficulties at all with the process, please do not hesitate to contact us immediately, by telephone or by email, and we will ensure that the problem is resolved.

GPLv3 Licence
FREE

The General Public Licence v3, see GNU Licences

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

If you would like to receive further information about Simile as it develops, please leave us your contact details.

Simile General Public Licence - FREE

Over the years, many people have contributed to the development of Simile, and we would like to offer our thanks and acknowledgement to them.