--- title: OpenCourant: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community... description: Siemens abruptly shut down the open-source OpenRadioss project this week, removing its GitHub repository and related resources. In response, Rocky Linux and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opencourant-rocky-linux-developers-create-community-fork-of-openradioss-zsoa0eidx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenCourant: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community Fork Of OpenRadioss | daily.dev og:description: Siemens abruptly shut down the open-source OpenRadioss project this week, removing its GitHub repository and related resources. In response, Rocky Linux and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opencourant-rocky-linux-developers-create-community-fork-of-openradioss-zsoa0eidx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zsOa0eiDx.png og:image:alt: OpenCourant: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community Fork Of OpenRadioss og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenCourant: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community Fork Of OpenRadioss **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Siemens abruptly shut down the open-source OpenRadioss project this week, removing its GitHub repository and related resources. In response, Rocky Linux and Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation founder Brian Clemens launched OpenCourant, a community fork based on the last publicly available OpenRadioss snapshot, continuing under the GNU AGPLv3 license as part of RESF. The new project is still missing some recent binary dependencies that Siemens removed and is asking the community for help locating them via a GitHub discussion thread. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Siemens shut down the OpenRadioss project and what happened to its GitHub repository? Siemens ended the OpenRadioss open-source project, a four-year-old finite element solver originally started by Altair Engineering, and shut down its GitHub repository along with other resources built around it. This removed public access to the code entirely, prompting Rocky Linux's Brian Clemens to launch OpenCourant as a community fork based on the last known public snapshot. _daily.dev surfaces updates like this for engineers tracking the fate of open-source CAE tools they depend on._ ### What is OpenCourant and how does it relate to OpenRadioss? OpenCourant is a community fork of OpenRadioss, an open-source finite element solver for crash, impact, and nonlinear dynamic simulation, created by Rocky Linux and Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation founder Brian Clemens. It carries forward the OpenRadioss codebase under the GNU AGPLv3 license, based on the last publicly available snapshot before Siemens removed the original repository. _Developers evaluating which fork to adopt after an upstream shutdown can follow coverage like this on daily.dev._ ### What missing dependencies does OpenCourant currently have compared to the original OpenRadioss? OpenCourant lacks some of the most recent binary dependencies that were part of OpenRadioss, since Siemens removed access to the repository before the newest binaries could be captured. The project is asking anyone with recent OpenRadioss binaries to share them via a GitHub discussion thread to help fill the gap. _daily.dev helps contributors stay on top of community forks seeking help to replace missing upstream pieces._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Rocky Linux 10.1 Released As Community Alternative To RHEL 10.1](https://daily.dev/posts/rocky-linux-10-1-released-as-community-alternative-to-rhel-10-1-b6jho6q2t) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Linux Hardware Maker Is Convincing Colorado to Leave Open Source Alone](https://daily.dev/posts/a-linux-hardware-maker-is-convincing-colorado-to-leave-open-source-alone-ryoiw5arn) · It's Foss · 13 upvotes · 1 comments - [Kroah-Hartman: Linux Kernel Maintainer on CRA Open Source Impact](https://daily.dev/posts/kroah-hartman-linux-kernel-maintainer-on-cra-open-source-impact-dnxkdrz7y) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Abandoning Scientific Linux Was a Mistake](https://daily.dev/posts/abandoning-scientific-linux-was-a-mistake-bpxu23bgv) · Lobsters · 13 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opencourant-rocky-linux-developers-create-community-fork-of-openradioss-zsoa0eidx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenCourant: Rocky Linux Developers Create Community Fork Of OpenRadioss","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opencourant-rocky-linux-developers-create-community-fork-of-openradioss-zsoa0eidx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opencourant-rocky-linux-developers-create-community-fork-of-openradioss-zsoa0eidx"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T17:57:06.493Z","dateModified":"2026-10-05T16:53:09.469Z","description":"Siemens abruptly shut down the open-source OpenRadioss project this week, removing its GitHub repository and related resources. 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