Chombo-Discharge vs FDTDX
Chombo-Discharge
chombo-discharge.github.ioFDTDX
fdtdx.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Chombo-Discharge | FDTDX |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Physics Simulation Software | 7.8 (#39) | 8.6 (#12) |
| Assessment tools | No | No |
| Authoring tools | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery mode | desktop | desktop |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Intended users | The documentation describes it as an evolving research code and says users should be willing to understand how it operates and learn Chombo basics. | The project describes FDTDX as freely usable for research, development, and commercial work involving photonic nanostructures. |
| Lesson library | No | No |
| Purpose | Chombo-Discharge is a modular research code for two- and three-dimensional simulations of low-temperature plasmas in complex geometries. | FDTDX is an open-source Python package for simulating and designing three-dimensional photonic nanostructures with the Finite-Difference Time-Domain method. |
| Support | The installation guide invites users to contact the project on GitHub about installation issues. | The FAQ invites users to open GitHub discussions for unanswered questions and issues for suspected bugs, and says the maintainers regularly check discussions. |
| 3D visuals | Yes | Yes |
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Chombo-Discharge
Chombo-Discharge has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.