OVITO Pro and OVITO Basic

Dr. Alexander StukowskiDr. Constanze Kalcher

We, the OVITO team, provide two variants of the software: OVITO Basic and OVITO Pro. The two differ in terms of available program features and licensing conditions.

OVITO Basic is available free of charge and serves occasional users, who need an easy way to visualize particle-based simulations. Students and teachers can use the software in the classroom. OVITO Basic is open source and thus provides access to the advanced data algorithms that form the basis of the software. Furthermore, we invite you to contribute new code under the MIT and GPL Open Source licenses. Share your algorithm with the research community and make it readily available to a broad audience as part of OVITO Basic.

OVITO Pro, available for a licensing fee, is aimed at professional researchers, who require features such as integrated Python scripting, advanced data analysis tools and high-quality image rendering. Proceeds from OVITO Pro enable us to further expand the code and provide the community with well-maintained program packages on a long-term basis. Furthermore, licensees of OVITO Pro receive priority support directly from the OVITO team.

Note that this user manual covers both editions of OVITO. Program features exclusively available in the Pro edition are marked with the following threadingbuildingblocks:

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If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch with us. You can also find more information about OVITO Pro and a list of frequently asked questions on our website www.ovito.org.