OpenGeoSys
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OpenGeoSys
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DOCUMENTATION

OpenGeoSys documentation

Find install guides, tutorials, benchmarks, process documentation and developer resources for building, running and extending OGS.

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User Guide

Download, install and run an OGS benchmark in 5 minutes! No development setup required.

EXAMPLES

Benchmarks

A comprehensive benchmark gallery explains processes and input files by example to get you started in using OGS.

CONTRIBUTE

Developer Guide

You want to contribute to the OpenGeoSys project or implement a custom feature? In the Developer Guide you will find everything to get you started into OpenGeoSys development.

USE OGS

Further guides, tools and examples

Tutorials

Learning-by-doing way of gaining experience with OGS and tools commonly used with it.

Python tools

OGSTools is a collection of Python tools aimed at evolving into a modeling toolchain around OpenGeoSys.

Tools & Workflows

Helpful tools for pre- and postprocessing as well as complete model setup workflows.

Feature Matrix

Interactive OGS benchmarks feature matrix to explore existing project files.

Process information

Get more insight into process implementation.

Data Explorer Manual

Manual for the graphical user interface for OpenGeoSys, the Data Explorer.

DigBen Model-Hub

The Model Hub the entry point to a collection of interactive benchmark and validation models.

BUILD AND EXTEND OGS

More developer resources

Source code documentation

The OGS source code documentation is automatically generated right from the code itself via Doxygen and is a nice reference while coding.

Styleguide

OpenGeoSys C++ Style Guide

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