DuMux - DUNE for Multi-{Phase, Component, Scale, Physics, …} flow and transport in porous media and more. The swiss army knife of porous media research. Open-source simulator in modern C++.
DuMux is a simulation framework with a focus on
finite volume discretization methods, model coupling for multi-physics applications,
and flow and transport applications in porous media.
DuMux is based on the DUNE framework from which it uses
the versatile grid interface, vector and matrix types, geometry and local basis functions, and linear solvers.
DuMux then provides
DuMux has been applied to model complex and non-linear phenomena,
such as CO2 sequestration, soil remediation, reactive transport and precipitation phenomena,
drug delivery in cancer therapy, flow in micro-fluidics, root-soil interaction,
flow in fractured porous media, atmosphere-soil flow interaction, evaporation, and more.
Please have a look at our journal publications
(see below: How to cite)
for a more detailed description of the goals the development history
and motivations behind DuMux.
The following resources are useful to get started with DuMux:
Some helpful code snippets are available in the Wiki.
Automated testing of installation: 
DuMux is licensed under the terms and conditions of the GNU General
Public License (GPL) version 3 or - at your option - any later
version. The GPL can be read online or in the LICENSE.md file
provided in the topmost directory of the DuMux source code tree.
Please note that DuMux' license, unlike DUNE's, does not feature a
template exception to the GNU General Public License. This means that
you must publish any source code that uses any of the DuMux header
files if you want to redistribute your program to third parties. If
this is unacceptable, please contact us for a commercial
license.
See the file LICENSE.md for copying permissions.
For a curated list of contributors, see AUTHORS.md.
If you notice that a contributor is missing on the list,
please contact us or open a merge request adding the name.
DuMux is research software and developed at research institutions.
You can cite specific releases via DaRUS (from 3.6) or Zenodo:
. You can also cite individual code files or even lines via Software Heritage:
If you are using DuMux in scientific publications and in the academic context, please cite (at least one of)
our publications:
DuMux 3 – an open-source simulator for solving flow and transport problems in porous media with a focus on model coupling.
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 81, 423-443, (2021).
@article{Koch2021,
doi = {10.1016/j.camwa.2020.02.012},
year = {2021}, volume = {81}, pages = {423--443},
publisher = {Elsevier {BV}},
author = {Timo Koch and Dennis Gläser and Kilian Weishaupt and others},
title = {{DuMux} 3 {\textendash} an open-source simulator for solving flow and transport problems in porous media with a focus on model coupling},
journal = {Computers \& Mathematics with Applications}}
DuMux: DUNE for multi-{phase,component,scale,physics,…} flow and transport in porous media.
Advances in Water Resources, 34(9), 1102–1112, (2011)
@article{Flemisch2011,
doi = {10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.03.007},
year = {2011}, volume = {34}, number = {9}, pages = {1102--1112},
publisher = {Elsevier {BV}},
author = {B. Flemisch and others},
title = {{DuMux}: {DUNE} for multi-$\lbrace$phase, component, scale, physics, {\ldots}$\rbrace$ flow and transport in porous media},
journal = {Advances in Water Resources}}
Contributions are highly welcome. Please ask questions over the mailing list.
Please review the contribution guidelines
before opening issues and merge requests.
DUNE, the Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment, is a modular toolbox for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) with grid-based methods. It supports the easy, flexible, and efficient implementation of finite element and volume methods. DUNE is C++ code and also has a Python interface.