The present repository is linked to the paper: "GPU-accelerated simulations of turbulence: Review of current applications and future perspectives".

@article{roccon2026gpu,
  title = {GPU-accelerated simulations of turbulence: Review of current applications and future perspectives},
  author = {Roccon, A. and Amati, G. and Brandt, L. and Calhoun, D. and Costa, P. and Lu, W. and Pirozzoli, S. and Richter, D. and Umair, M. and You, D. and Zahtila, T. and Marchioli, C.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Fluids},
  volume = {11},
  issue = {3},
  pages = {034905},
  numpages = {49},
  year = {2026},
}

This repository contains the links to the software reported in the different tables. This repository will be continuosly updated over time. Last update: 24 March 2026.

Codes for DNS of single-phase incompressible flows

• AFid: https://github.com/PhysicsofFluids/AFiD_GPU_opensource
• CaNS: https://github.com/CaNS-World/CaNS
• Flash-X: https://github.com/Flash-X
• FLOW36: https://github.com/MultiphaseFlowLab/FLOW36
• Flutas: https://github.com/Multiphysics-Flow-Solvers/FluTAS
• FLuidX3D: https://github.com/ProjectPhysX/FluidX3D
• MHIT36: https://github.com/MultiphaseFlowLab/MHIT36
• Neko: https://github.com/ExtremeFLOW/neko
• NekRS: https://github.com/Nek5000/nekRS
• nsCouette: https://github.com/dfeldmann/nsCouette
• Oceananigans.jl: https://github.com/CliMA/Oceananigans.jl
• Palabos: https://gitlab.com/unigespc/palabos
• SOD2D: https://gitlab.com/bsc_sod2d/sod2d_gitlab
• spectralDNS: https://github.com/spectralDNS/spectralDNS
• SU2: https://su2code.github.io
• TRUST: https://github.com/cea-trust-platform/trust-code
• WaterLily.jl: https://github.com/WaterLily-jl/WaterLily.jl
• x3d2: https://github.com/xcompact3d/x3d2

Codes for DNS of multiphase incompressible flows

• AFiD-MuRPhFi: https://chowland.github.io/AFiD-MuRPhFi/
• Aphros: https://github.com/cselab/aphros
• Basilisk: http://basilisk.fr
• CaNS-Fizzy: https://github.com/CaNS-World/CaNS-Fizzy
• Flash-X: https://github.com/Flash-X
• FLOW36: https://github.com/MultiphaseFlowLab/FLOW36
• FluidX3D: https://github.com/ProjectPhysX/FluidX3D
• Flutas: https://github.com/Multiphysics-Flow-Solvers/FluTAS
• ImmerseFlow++: https://github.com/sushrutkr/ImmerseFlow/tree/main
• MHIT36: https://github.com/MultiphaseFlowLab/MHIT36
• MRBC36: https://github.com/aroccon/MRBC36
• MFIX-Exa: https://mfix.netl.doe.gov/products/mfix-exa/
• NaSt3DGPF: https://ins.uni-bonn.de/media/public/u/griebel/NaSt3DGPF/
• Palabos: https://gitlab.com/unigespc/palabos
• PARIS: http://www.ida.upmc.fr/~zaleski/paris/
• TLBfind: https://github.com/FrancescaPelusi/TLBfind
• WaterLily.jl: https://github.com/WaterLily-jl/WaterLily.jl

Codes for DNS of single-phase compressible flows

• COREFL: https://github.com/Liangerty/COREFL-CPC
• CUBENS: https://github.com/pcboldini/CUBENS
• Flash-X: https://github.com/Flash-X
• HTR: https://github.com/stanfordhpccenter/HTR-solver
• HyPAR: https://hypar.github.io
• JAX-FLUIDS: https://github.com/tumaer/JAXFLUIDS
• Nalu: https://github.com/NaluCFD/Nalu
• OpenCFD-SCU: https://github.com/OpenCFD-IMECH/OpenCFD-SCU
• OpenSBLI: https://github.com/opensbli/opensbli
• Parthenon-Hydro: https://github.com/parthenon-hpc-lab/parthenon-hydro
• PyFR: https://github.com/PyFR/PyFR
• RHEA: https://gitlab.com/ProjectRHEA/flowsolverrhea
• SENSEI
• SOD2D: https://gitlab.com/bsc_sod2d/sod2d_gitlab
• STREAmS: https://github.com/STREAmS-CFD/STREAmS-2?tab=readme-ov-file
• TRUST: https://github.com/cea-trust-platform/trust-code
• URANOS: https://github.com/uranos-gpu/uranos-gpu
• ZEFR: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/wzy83bscxd/1

Codes for DNS of multiphase compressible flows

• COREFL: https://github.com/Liangerty/COREFL-CPC
• Flash-X: https://github.com/Flash-X
• JAX-FLUIDS: https://github.com/tumaer/JAXFLUIDS
• MFC: https://github.com/MFlowCode/MFC
• PeleC: https://github.com/AMReX-Combustion/PeleC
• RHEA: https://gitlab.com/ProjectRHEA/flowsolverrhea
• STREAmS: https://github.com/STREAmS-CFD/STREAmS-2?tab=readme-ov-file
• TRUST: https://github.com/cea-trust-platform/trust-code

Codes for LES

• CaLES: https://github.com/CaNS-World/CaLES
• CM1: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/people/bryan/cm1/
• DALES: https://github.com/dalesteam/dales
• FastEddy: https://github.com/NCAR/FastEddy-model
• GALAEXI: https://github.com/flexi-framework/galaexi
• GALES: https://gales.pi.ingv.it/gales-code/
• GFR: https://github.com/nasa/GFR
• LESGO: https://github.com/lesgo-jhu/lesgo
• LAVA:
• MicroHH: https://microhh.org
• Neko: https://github.com/ExtremeFLOW/neko
• NekRS: https://github.com/Nek5000/nekRS
• Oceananigans.jl: https://github.com/CliMA/Oceananigans.jl
• PALM: https://palm.muk.uni-hannover.de/trac
• SOD2S: https://gitlab.com/bsc_sod2d/sod2d_gitlab
• URANOS: https://github.com/uranos-gpu/uranos-gpu
• x3d2: https://github.com/xcompact3d/x3d2

Additonal codes

An additional list of open-source CFD codes and datasets is available at: https://github.com/thw1021/Code4CFD. The codes listed above are specifically open-source, parallel, and GPU-ready.

Contribute

If you would like to contribute or are aware of any open-source, parallel, and GPU-ready code relevant to this list, please feel free to open an issue or contact me via email.