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High-performance C++ multibody dynamics/physics library for simulating articulated biomechanical and mechanical systems like vehicles, robots, and the human skeleton.

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Simulate the movement and interactions of complex mechanical systems like robots and vehicles.

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High-performance C++ multibody dynamics/physics library for simulating articulated biomechanical and mechanical systems like vehicles, robots, and the human skeleton.

simbody has 2.5k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 496 times. simbody is written mainly in C++. It has been in active development since 2013. simbody is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are biomechanics, multibody-dynamics, physics-engine, physics-simulation.

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High-performance C++ multibody dynamics/physics library for simulating articulated biomechanical and mechanical systems like vehicles, robots, and the human skeleton.

Is simbody open source?

simbody is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is simbody free?

Yes. simbody is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does simbody use?

simbody is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is simbody written in?

simbody is written mainly in C++.

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