FeenoX vs PyAutoLens
FeenoX
seamplex.comPyAutoLens
pyautolens.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | FeenoX | PyAutoLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Physics Simulation Software | 8.8 (#3) | 8.4 (#18) |
| Assessment tools | No | No |
| Authoring tools | Yes | No |
| Data export | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery mode | desktop | desktop |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Installation | Official installation options include Debian or Ubuntu packages, statically linked GNU/Linux binaries, source tarballs and the GitHub repository. | PyAutoLens requires Python 3.12 or later and can be installed with Anaconda or pip from PyPI. |
| Integrations | It reads Gmsh meshes, uses PETSc and SLEPc solvers, and writes Gmsh MSH or ParaView VTK/VTU results. | PyAutoLens uses PyAutoFit for probabilistic lens modeling and documents search options including dynesty and emcee. |
| Lesson library | No | No |
| Offline access | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | FeenoX is a cloud-first computational engineering tool for solving engineering problems with one or many computers in parallel. | PyAutoLens is software for analysing strong gravitational lenses and aims to enable fully automated strong lens analysis. |
| 3D visuals | Yes | No |
Plans
In their own words
FeenoX
FeenoX is free, open-source computational engineering software for solving mathematical and engineering problems, including work across computers in parallel. It handles ODEs and DAEs, along with finite-element problems such as heat conduction, thermo-mechanical analysis, modal analysis, neutron diffusion, and neutron transport. Users describe problems in self-descriptive, English-like plain-text input files, so changes do not require recompiling. FeenoX reads Gmsh meshes and writes results in Gmsh MSH or ParaView VTK/VTU formats. It uses GNU GSL, SUNDIALS, PETSc, and SLEPc for computational tasks, and supports MPI parallelization. Installation options include Debian or Ubuntu packages, source tarballs, the GitHub repository, and generic statically linked GNU/Linux binaries. Ubuntu packages are available from version 25.04 onward. The generic binaries omit MUMPS and MPI and use basic optimization flags. FeenoX has no graphical interface, targets GNU/Linux, and is not expected to run in Windows. Browser access is available through interfaces such as SunCAE and CAEplex.
PyAutoLens
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