Numerical simulation in various industries relies on high-performance methods in fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, electromagnetism, and more. SALOME, an open-source platform, offers engineers, researchers, and practitioners a comprehensive solution with modules for CAD, meshing, coupling of phenomena, visualization, calculation supervision, uncertainties, and more. Users can easily access these modules through a user-friendly GUI or Python scripts to create customized domain-specific applications. SALOME's collaborative development approach and availability under the GNU LGPL ensure optimal use of computer resources, making it a go-to choice for organizations like EDF and CEA.
SALOME, an open-source framework developed since the early 2000s, has grown through contributions from many individuals and partners. The collaborative efforts of these key partners have been instrumental in shaping SALOME into what it is today:
CEA - French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
EDF - Électricité de France
OCC - Open Cascade Technology
- If you are looking to use SALOME, we provide precompiled binaries which simplifies the installation process. You can find these binaries here
- For developers who are looking to self install SALOME we highly recommend using SAT. Our wiki page explains more detailed procedure on self installation via SAT. One can also follow Cmake based self installation procedure explained here
As an external developer, we accept pull-requests for source code improvements or modifications specifically for the main branches of the relevant repository where you want to contribute.
Let us take an example that you want to contribute to our shaper source code. So here is what you need to do
- Fork the shaper repository from your personal GitHub account. Learn how to fork here
- Clone this forked repository to your local machine. Find instructions on how to clone a repository here
- Make the necessary modifications to the source code files.
- After completing the changes (we highly recommend testing them locally), add -> commit -> push the changes to your forked shaper repository.
- Visit the shaper repository on SalomePlatform GitHub page and create a pull-request. Learn how to create a pull request here.
- The pull request will trigger a series of CI tests to ensure SALOME compiles and remains stable.
- A SALOME expert will be assigned as a Reviewer for your pull request.
- Expect communication with the reviewer regarding code edits, understanding the proposed changes, possible modifications, etc.
- The reviewer will handle the merging of your changes into the SALOME source code.
