DOLFIN is the computational backend of FEniCS and implements the FEniCS Problem Solving Environment in Python and C++.
We are currently working on a highly experimental version of DOLFIN at: https://github.com/FEniCS/dolfinx
To build DOLFIN, run:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make installFor detailed instructions, see the file INSTALL.
Documentation can be viewed at https://fenicsproject.org/olddocs/dolfin/.
DOLFIN is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
DOLFIN is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with DOLFIN. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
For questions related to obtaining, building or installing DOLFIN, or using DOLFIN, send an email to the FEniCS discourse:
For bug reports, visit the DOLFIN Bitbucket page:
DOLFIN is developed by a group of mathematicians, computational scientists and engineers distributed around the world. A list of authors can be found in the file AUTHORS. For more information about DOLFIN, visit