List of free geology software
Source : wikipedia.com
Well logging & Borehole visualisation
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| SGS-Geobase [1] |
Drilling data logger that can interface with SGS Genesis |
SGS Canada Inc. |
GPL |
Windows & Microsoft Access |
Microsoft Access VBA |
Microsoft Access is not necessary, the free runtime is sufficient. Simple graphical interface, Integrity reinforcement, Reporting tools, Satellite Database, Database Validation, Assays QA/QC management with graphics. |
| QGeoloGIS |
QGIS well log and timeseries visualisation plugin |
Oslandia, Orano and CEA |
GPLv2 or later |
Cross-platform |
Python |
Interfaces with QGIS |
Geosciences software platforms
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| GeoTriple for Oil&Gas Exploration
[2]
|
Geo-sciences Software platform (data management, display and process) |
Geoforge project |
LGPL |
Cross-platform |
Java |
Interfaces with WorldWind and JFreeChart |
Geostatistics
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| Gstat[3] |
Geostatistical modeling and simulation |
Utrecht University |
GPL |
Cross-platform |
C/C++ |
Interfaces with GRASS |
| gslib[4] |
Geostatistical modeling and simulation |
Stanford University |
MIT |
|
Fortran 77 |
|
| PyGSLIB[5] |
Python module for geostatistical modeling, designed for mineral resource estimation |
Opengeostat Consulting |
MIT/GPL |
Windows, Linux and OSX |
Fortran 95, Cython and Python |
It has functions for drillhole calculations, block modeling, wireframing and geostatistics with modified gslib code linked into python |
Forward modeling
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| Virtual Geoscience Workbench[6] |
Finite-discrete element modeler |
Jiansheng Xiang and others |
LGPL |
Windows |
C#, C++ |
|
Geomodeling
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| GeoSyntax[7] |
Reservoir modeling |
CSIRO Australia - June Hill |
CSIRO "MIT/BSD" (academic) |
Microsoft Windows |
Java |
|
| GeoBlock[8] |
Reservoir modeling |
Pavel Vassiliev |
MPL |
Microsoft Windows |
Object Pascal |
Exact terms not clear |
| GeoTrace[9] |
Tracer modeling |
Muhammed Celik |
|
Microsoft Windows |
Visual Basic |
Exact terms not clear |
| Albion[10] |
3D model reconstruction and visualisation from boreholes based on QGIS GIS Platform |
Oslandia[11] and Areva |
GPLv2 or later |
Cross-platform |
Python |
Interfaces with QGIS |
| GemPy[12] |
3D structural geological modeling |
CGRE Institute, RWTH Aachen - Miguel de la Varga |
LGPL v3 |
Cross-platform |
Python |
Open-source implicit geological modeling that allows for automation of model construction and is aimed to enable the implementation of probabilistic machine-learning methods, e.g. for uncertainty analysis. |
Visualization, interpretation & analysis packages
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| Dapple[13] |
Virtual globe for geoscientists |
Geosoft Inc. |
MIT |
Windows |
|
Originated in NASA World Wind |
| Generic Mapping Tools[14] |
Map generation and analysis |
Lamont-Doherty and University of Hawaii |
GPL |
Cross-platform |
C |
Implemented in OpendTect |
| GPlates[15] |
Interactive visualization of plate tectonics |
University of Sydney, Caltech, NGU |
GPL |
Cross-platform |
C++, Python |
Implements GPML |
| OpenStereo[16][17] |
Geoscience plotting tool |
Carlos Grohmann, University of São Paulo |
GPL |
Cross-platform |
Python |
Depends on NumPy and Matplotlib |
| SvgNet[18] |
Stereographic and Spherical Projections |
Arijit Laik[19] |
public domain |
WebApp |
JavaScript |
Depends on JavaScript, HTML5 and SVG support in browser |
| OpendTect[20] |
Geoscience interpretation and visualization |
dGB Earth Sciences |
GPL or custom |
Cross-platform |
C++ |
Interfaces with GMT |
| ParaViewGeo[21] |
Geoscience extension of ParaView Includes readers and filters |
Kitware ParaView, Objectivity Originally MIRARCO |
BSD |
Cross-platform |
C++, Python |
Adds specific readers, stereo toolbar, slideshow capability and mining and geology oriented filters to Paraview |
| PuffinPlot[22] |
Paleomagnetic data visualization and analysis |
Pontus Lurcock |
GPL v3 |
Cross-platform |
Java |
Desktop GUI and Jython scripting interface. |
Geographic information systems (GIS)
This important class of tools is already listed in the article List of GIS software.
Not true free and open-source projects
The following projects have unknown licensing, licenses or other conditions which place some restriction on use or redistribution, or which depend on non-open-source software like MATLAB or XVT (and therefore do not meet the Open Source Definition from the Open Source Initiative).
| Name |
Description |
Originator |
License |
Platforms |
Language |
Notes |
| VGeST[23] |
Discontinuum modeling |
ICL and QMUL |
Not obvious |
Microsoft Windows |
C#? |
Previously known as VGW |
| Javageo[24] |
Multidisciplinary interpretation tool |
Goen Ghin |
Not clear |
Cross-platform |
Java (software platform) |
|
| Noddy[25] |
3D geological and geophysical modeling |
Tectask, IUGS |
Custom permissive license |
Microsoft Windows |
C++ |
Uses proprietary XVT libraries; requires (free) registration |
| BasinVis[26],[27] |
Basin visualization of sedimentary fill and subsidence |
Eun Young Lee, Johannes Novotny |
LICENSE |
Cross-platform |
Matlab |
|
| Geomodelr[28] |
Geological modelling from cross sections |
Geomodelr, Inc. |
SaaS - AGPL |
Cross-platform |
Python |
Allows creation of public geological models in its web platform for free and query the model with an Open Source Python Package |
| BGS Groundhog Desktop[29] |
Geological modelling from cross sections |
British Geological Survey |
OGL - Open Government Licence |
MS Windows |
Java |
Free to use software to digitize geological cross-sections, and display and edit borehole logs |