FloPy
Open SourceVerified
The Python interface to MODFLOW — build, run and post-process groundwater models entirely in code.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyActiveMODFLOWGroundwater Modelling
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MODFLOW Tools & Python Ecosystem
MODFLOW is the USGS’s modular groundwater model and the industry standard for aquifer simulation. Indexed here: MODFLOW 6 itself, FloPy and the wider Python ecosystem, calibration tooling like PEST, and the utilities that make large groundwater models manageable.
Groundwater Vistas
Commercial
Veteran commercial MODFLOW GUI with deep PEST integration — a consultant favourite for calibration-heavy work.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyActiveMODFLOWGroundwater Modelling
MODFLOW 6
Gov-PublicVerified
The USGS groundwater model — the world standard for aquifer simulation, rebuilt as a modular multi-model framework.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyActiveMODFLOWGroundwater Modelling
MODPATH
Gov-Public
USGS particle tracking for MODFLOW — pathlines, travel times and capture zones from flow solutions.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyStableMODFLOWGroundwater Modelling
MT3D-USGS
Gov-Public
Multi-species solute transport for MODFLOW — advection, dispersion, sorption and reactions in aquifers.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyStableContaminant TransportMODFLOW
ModelMuse
Gov-Public
The USGS's free graphical interface for MODFLOW — grid-independent model design without a commercial GUI.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyActiveMODFLOWGroundwater Modelling
PEST
Free
Model-independent parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis — the calibration standard for groundwater models.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyActiveGroundwater ModellingMODFLOW
pyEMU
Open Source
Python framework for PEST/PEST++ workflows — programmatic setup, ensembles and uncertainty analysis.
Groundwater & HydrogeologyActiveGroundwater ModellingMODFLOW