Project Chrono
- Software
- Simulators
- Simulator
Chrono is an open-source multi-physics package for modeling and simulating rigid and flexible multibody systems, granular dynamics, fluid-solid interaction, and robotics.
Made by Project Chrono Development Team.
Source on GitHub: github.com/projectchrono/chrono (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit a54e147 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit a54e147 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Simulates large systems of connected rigid bodies governed by differential-algebraic equations.
- Simulates deformable bodies governed by partial differential equations.
- Models granular dynamics with non-smooth or smooth contact formulations.
- Handles fluid-solid interaction problems with coupled equations.
- Provides sensors such as camera, LiDAR, GPS, IMU and SPAD, with a ROS2 interface for robotics simulation.
- Offers optional modules for ground vehicles, robots, co-simulation, visualization, and parallel computing on multi-core, GPU and distributed systems.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit a54e147.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 16 Oct 2026 on main
- Latest release
- Project Chrono 10.0.0 (7 Apr 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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