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title: GROMACS 2026.3 source code
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type: software
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identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.20845233
  - type: url
    value: >-
      https://ftp.gromacs.org/gromacs/gromacs-2026.3.tar.gz
    description: Download URL
repository-code: 'https://gitlab.com/gromacs/gromacs'
url: 'https://www.gromacs.org/'
repository: 'https://manual.gromacs.org/2026.3/index.html'
abstract: "GROMACS\_is a free, open-source and high-performance software suite for molecular dynamics simulation and analysis."
keywords:
  - molecular dynamics
  - molecular simulation
  - biomolecular simulation
  - high performance computing
  - free software
license: LGPL-2.1-or-later
commit: v2026.3
version: '2026.3'
date-released: '2026-06-25'

