Welcome to the GROMACS documentation!¶
Current release candidate¶
GROMACS 2021
- 2021-rc1 released on December 30th, 2020
Documentation for the release candidate.
Latest releases¶
GROMACS 2020 series
Documentation for the current version
- 2020.5 released January 6th, 2021
- 2020.4 released October 6th, 2020
- 2020.3 released July 9th, 2020
- 2020.2 released April 30th, 2020
- 2020.1 released March 3, 2020
- 2020 released on January 1, 2020
GROMACS 2019 series
Documentation for the current version
- 2019.6 released February 28, 2020
- 2019.5 released December 23, 2019
- 2019.4 released October 2, 2019
- 2019.3 released June 14, 2019
- 2019.2 released April 16, 2019
- 2019.1 released February 15, 2019
- 2019 released December 31, 2018
Current development branch¶
This page is linked for the convenience of current GROMACS developers. Normal users should refer to the documentation for their numbered version.
Releases no longer being maintained¶
Those branches are no longer maintained, please see here for an explanation.
GROMACS 2018 series
Documentation for the latest version.
- 2018.8 released October 4, 2019
- 2018.7 released May 29, 2019
- 2018.6 released February 22, 2019
- 2018.5 released January 22, 2019
- 2018.4 released November 12, 2018
- 2018.3 released August 23, 2018
- 2018.2 released June 14, 2018
- 2018.1 released March 21, 2018
- 2018 released January 10, 2018
GROMACS 2016 series
Documentation for the final version.
- 2016.6 released February 8, 2019
- 2016.5 released February 16, 2018
- 2016.4 released September 15, 2017
- 2016.3 released March 14, 2017
- 2016.2 released February 7, 2017
- 2016.1 released October 28, 2016
- 2016 released August 4, 2016
GROMACS 5.1 series
Documentation for the final version.
- 5.1.5 - released December 21, 2017
- 5.1.4 - released September 8, 2016
- 5.1.3 - released July 21, 2016
- 5.1.2 - released February 3, 2016
- 5.1.1 - released November 9, 2015
- 5.1 - released August 14, 2015
- GROMACS 5.0 series
- GROMACS 4.6 series
- Install guide
- 4.6.2
- GROMACS 4.5 series
- Install guide
- Online manual
- 4.5.6
- 4.5.4
- 4.5.3
For older versions, have a look at ftp://ftp.gromacs.org/pub/manual.
Branch maintenance policy¶
Two versions of GROMACS are under active maintenance, the 2019 series and the 2018 series. In the latter, only highly conservative fixes will be made, and only to address issues that affect scientific correctness. Naturally, some of those releases will be made after the year 2018 ends, but we keep 2018 in the name so users understand how up to date their version is. Such fixes will also be incorporated into the 2019 release series, as appropriate. Around the time the 2020 release is made, the 2018 series will no longer be maintained.