Oss projects by domain

This page contains information on open source projects in different scientific/technology disciplines.

= Instructions =

Please add information and testimonials wherever you see fit. If a discipline is missing, please add it.

Please format disciplines in the following way:


 * Name of Discipline
 * Recommended
 * OSS that is commonly used within the discipline, that an undergraduate reasonably might know about.
 * There can be multiple projects!
 * Make sure to include a URL to project website, and if possible a brief description of the software.
 * Other
 * This are projects that are less well known or highly specific, but still active and interesting.
 * There can be multiple projects!
 * Testimonials
 * A testimonial should be a brief statement of how using/contributing to an OSS project in your discipline improved your work/career!
 * Feel free to include your name & bibliographical info/url, if you want, or leave it anonymous
 * Resources
 * Links to places to find more info.

For additional projects, you can look through the Wikipedia page on free science software.

= Common Departments =


 * Astronomy
 * Recommended
 * Java Mission-planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS)
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * Wikipedia Article


 * Biology
 * Recommended
 * BioPython
 * BioPerl
 * ImageJ
 * R
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources


 * Chemistry
 * Recommended
 * OpenBabel
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * Wikipedia article


 * Economics
 * Recommended
 * R
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:


 * Geosciences
 * Recommended
 * GeoForge
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * Wikipedia article


 * Mathematics
 * Recommended
 * Sage Math
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources
 * Wikipedia article


 * Neuroscience
 * Recommended
 * R
 * NeuroDebian
 * Other
 * Backyard Brains
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * List of tools
 * another list of tools


 * Physics
 * Recommended
 * R
 * Octave
 * Sage Math
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * Wikipedia Article


 * Political science
 * Recommended
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources


 * Psychology
 * Recommended:
 * PsychoPy
 * R
 * Octave
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * List of tools


 * Statistics
 * Recommended
 * R
 * NumPy
 * SciPy
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * Wikipedia article

= Less Common Departments =


 * Aeronautics and astronautics
 * Recommended
 * SunPy, a solar physics library actively maintained by NASA GSFC.
 * Other
 * MakerPlane, a project for building personal planes (article)
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * Portland State (open source) Aerospace Society: http://psas.pdx.edu/
 * NASA Open Source list at code.nasa.gov


 * Atmospheric sciences
 * Recommended
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources


 * Linguistics
 * Recommended
 * Python Natural Language Toolkit
 * Other
 * Joshua Machine Translation Toolkit
 * Kura, a multi-user open source linguistic database
 * Apertium open source machine translation
 * Testimonials
 * Resources:
 * LINGUIST email discussion list and software index
 * List of open source statistical NLP tools
 * Sourceforge.net list of language-related software


 * Materials science
 * Recommended
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources
 * 2008 discussion of open source in materials science


 * Nuclear Engineering
 * Recommended
 * Other
 * Testimonials
 * Resources