MFEM is a free, lightweight, scalable C++ library for finite element methods.

Features

MFEM is used in many projects, including BLAST, Cardioid, Palace, VisIt, RF-SciDAC, FASTMath, xSDK, and CEED in the Exascale Computing Project.

We host an annual workshop and FEM@LLNL seminar series series.

See also our Gallery, Publications, Videos and News pages.

News

Date Message
Nov 25, 2024 Recap of the 2024 MFEM Community Workshop.
Oct 28, 2024 Postdoc position on the MFEM team.    Apply
May 7, 2024 Version 4.7 released.
May 2, 2024 New MFEM paper in IJHPCA.
Feb 22, 2023 AWS releases Palace based on MFEM.

Latest Release

New features ┊ Examples ┊ Code documentation ┊ Sources

Older releases ┊ Python wrapper ┊ Launch Colab

Documentation

Building MFEM ┊ Getting Started ┊ Finite Elements ┊ Performance

New users should start by examining the example codes.

We also recommend using GLVis for visualization.

Contact

Use the GitHub issue tracker to report bugs or post questions or comments. See the About page for citation information.