Awesome Cern Overview

A curated list of awesome open source frameworks, libraries and software developed by CERN for the world

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An opinionated curated list of awesome open source frameworks, libraries and software developed by CERN for the world.

InvenioILS: a modern and user-friendly integrated library system, written in Python and React.
InvenioRDM: turn-key research data management (RDM) digital repository platform based on Invenio Framework and Zenodo, written in Python and React.
Open Data Portal: highly curated repository of high energy physics (UI and server), written in Python.
REANA: a reproducible research data analysis platform.
Zenodo: Research. Shared. An open dependable home for the long-tail of science.

ACTS: Experiment-independent toolkit for (charged) particle track reconstruction in high energy an nuclear physics experiments
BioDynaMo: create, run, and visualise multidimensional agent-based simulations in various domains.
CAiMIRA: CERN Airborne Model for Indoor Risk Assessment, a tool developed to assess and model the concentration of airborne viruses in enclosed spaces, specifically focusing on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Documentation available here.
Geant4: Toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter.
ROOT: an open-source data analysis framework used by high energy physics and others.
Xsuite: A collection of Python packages for simulating beam dynamics in particle accelerators with support of different computing platforms, such as OpenMP and various GPU frameworks.

pam_2fa: PAM 2FA module provides a second factor authentication, to be combined with the standard PAM-based password.

FTS: software written in C++/Python to orchestrate reliable and large-scale data transfers.
Rucio: software written in Python to manage large volumes of data spread across data centres.
Davix: toolkit for file operations over HTTP and Cloud protocols (written in C++).

EOS: distributed storage system written in C++ for the exabyte era (biggest installation 1.1 Exabytes).
CTA: distributed storage system written in C++ for archival of data on tape media (biggest installation 1 exabyte).
CVMFS: a scalable, reliable and low-maintenance software distribution service.
QuarkDB: high-performance C++ key-value datastore built with: RocksDB + Raft + Redis wire protocol (RESP2).
Reva: WebDAV/gRPC server to connect end-users to storage system (EOS, CephFS). Written in Go.