[Integration VScode with OF] different tools to ease the work with OpenFOAM using VScode guide for getting openfoam language server protocol (LSP) in VS code (guide mentions for OF 8 works for 2306 also): https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/HowTo_Use_OpenFOAM_with_Visual_Studio_Code extensions for highlight of OF files: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=zhikui.vscode-openfoam another extension for OF(OpenFOAM Language Client) made by Elwardi user in this discord channel: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=elwardi.foam-language-client

[Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR)] https://github.com/STFS-TUDa/blastAMR Supports load-balancing with "coded" refinement selection (author: @Elwardi)

[Easier blockMesh usage] CAD-style parametric geometry creation, ready-made shapes, blocking optimization https://github.com/damogranlabs/classy_blocks

[Various OpenFOAM tools] Productivity/programming/enhancements https://foamscience.github.io/

[GUI interface for snappyHexMesh in blender] https://snappyhexmesh-gui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snappy_gui.html

[NEK5000] Nek5000 is a fast and scalable open source CFD solver. https://github.com/Nek5000/Nek5000

[LBM][FluidX3D] gpu accelerated LBM code free of use only for non-commercial use https://github.com/ProjectPhysX/FluidX3D

[Blender] Series of tutorials for the use of blender specifically for OF https://tkeskita.kapsi.fi/blender/

[Prizm][meshing] Prizm is tool for debugging computational geometry. It is hyper-focussed on visualizing simplex meshes in wavefront .obj format and is particularly useful for locating/diagnosing meshing problems. Prizm is open source an MIT licensed. https://github.com/okmatija/Prizm

[Benchmark HPC] Several tests openfoam cases for testing performance of HPC https://develop.openfoam.com/committees/hpc

[FEM][mfem] MFEM is a free, lightweight, scalable C++ library for finite element methods. it supports gpu calculations, second order meshes https://mfem.org/

C++ library for multiphysics FEM (including DG, hence FV). The programming model resembles that of SQL databases, which makes it quite simple and reliable. Non-linear coupled solvers and algorithms available.

[optiMesh][mesh smootging] Laplacian mesh smoother for OpenFOAM, it is coded in C++ and works directly in polymesh format https://github.com/nightHawk406/optiMesh

[GUI OpenFOAM] A free gui for OpenFOAM, existing feo Linux as Windows https://baramcfd.org/

[Case Generator] Quick OpenFOAM case generation with sane defaults https://github.com/Ben-Malin/handyFoam

Discontinous Galerkin Solvers implemented in DEAL.II

[meshing] Free 3D unstructured mesh generator with emphasis on clean viscous layer generation https://github.com/elliottmckee/cfd-meshman?tab=readme-ov-file

[DEM][CFDDEM][GPL-3.0 license] open source parallel C++ DEM code. It can run on shared-memory multi-core computational units such as multi-core CPUs or GPUs (for now it works on CUDA-enabled GPUs) . with the possibility to be coupled to OpenFOAM (https://github.com/PhasicFlow/PhasicFlowPlus) https://github.com/PhasicFlow/PhasicFlow

[Mesh][Smoothing] OpenFOAM mesh smoothing tool to improve mesh quality https://github.com/tkeskita/smoothMesh/tree/main

[userGuide] third party OpenFOAM guide, quite complete of usefull information and tricks of OpenFOAM library https://github.com/ParticulateFlow/OSCCAR-doc/blob/master/openFoamUserManual_PFM.pdf

[Postprocessing] Additional function objects (SSTBlending, turbulenceBudget, Obukhov length) https://github.com/Ben-Malin/handyFunctionObjects/

[workflow] Read/write OF dicts from python, run foam apps, access results https://github.com/gerlero/foamlib

[Mesh][Automation] Meshingo CAD Geometry in, OpenFOAM mesh out - using cfMesh and exploiting Bayesian Optimization surrogates https://github.com/FoamScience/meshingo

[Mesh] generator fo tetra meshes for spherical packed beds https://github.com/chrisk314/mesh-sphere-packing?tab=readme-ov-file

[Mesh] high order mesh generator https://gitlab.nektar.info/nektar/nektar

[Mesh] extension of refineWallLayer so it can be created for a specific y+ value https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam-community-contributions/109885-contribution-new-utility-refine-wall-layer-mesh-based-yplus-field.html