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OpenFOAM Funding 2025 - Please take 1 minute to read

Supporting organisations currently provide €250k for maintenance of OpenFOAM, i.e. of the order of 0.1% of the revenue of big commercial CFD. This current total is inadequate. Funding needs to rise to €500k this year, and continue to rise similarly over the next 3-4 years. Organisations with commercial dependence on OpenFOAM should contribute to the cost of sustaining it.

The OpenFOAM Foundation provides Maintenance Plans for organisations to support sustainability. There are three levels of Plan: Platinum (€ 100k per year); Gold (€ 25k); and, Silver (€ 5k). The funding supports a full-time team of core developers with combined skills in software design, programming, numerics, science and engineering, at CFD Direct (including OpenFOAM’s creator, Henry Weller).

Find out more about Maintenance Plans

Effective CFD with OpenFOAM

Effective CFD involves creating simulations through a process of design:

Prototype – building a representative solution;
Production – refining the solution by an iterative design process;
Packaging – making the solution reliable, cost effective and repeatable.

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: Fixes checksum and RSA errors, ensuring that the modified files you write back to the ECU are valid and won't "brick" the module.

: Adds hundreds of new car, truck, motorbike, and tractor models, specifically improving communication with newer EDC17 VAG systems.

The is the latest significant software update for the widely used KESS V2 ECU programming hardware . This update is essential for automotive tuners who need to read and write Engine Control Unit (ECU) and Transmission Control Unit (TCU) parameters via a vehicle's On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) port .