This List allows comparison of various aspects of software offering system dynamics features:
Due to concerns over commercial postings on the System Dynamics main topic, commercial hyperlinks are specifically NOT active on this list.
Comparision table: system dynamics software
| Package name | Freely available/download | License type | Implementation Language | Last updated (year) | Contact | More info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYNAMO | N | Commercial, no longer distributed commercially | AED, Pascal | 1986 | N/A | historical DYNAMO models are often available at the MIT system dynamics web site. DYNAMO software for microcomputers may be available via eBay or other resale sites. |
| Sphinx SD Tools | Y | Apache License, Version 2.0. | 2009 | http://sourceforge.net/projects/sphinxes/ | ||
| True World | N | Commercial | 2009 | true-world.com/htm/en | ||
| Stella, iThink | N | Commercial | 2009 | iseesystems.com/ | ||
| Mapsim | Y | GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL) | Microsoft .NET | 2009 | http://mapsim.sourceforge.net/ | |
| NetLOGO | Y | Free for use by the public. Copyright 1999-2009 by Uri Wilensky. All rights reserved. | Java, Scala | 2009 | http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo | |
| SystemDynamics | Y | GPL | Java | 2009 | http://sourceforge.net/projects/system-dynamics/ | |
| Consideo | N | Commercial | 2009 | http://www.consideo-modeler.de/ | (commercial software combining different methods, concept maps, system dynamics) | |
| AnyLogic | N | Commercial | - | anylogic.com | supports system dynamics, agent based and discrete event modeling | |
| Forio | N | Commercial | - | forio.com | web-based system dynamics software | |
| Powersim | N | Commercial | - | powersim.com | (Commercial system dynamics software) | |
| Simile | N | Commercial | - | simulistics.com/ | (non-free System Dynamics software with object-based concepts) | |
| Vensim | N | Commercial | - | vensim.com/ | (non-free zero-cost software for educational and personal use) |