# Install damask-grid with Homebrew

Grid solver of DAMASK - Multi-physics crystal plasticity simulation package. Version 3.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:damask-grid
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install damask-grid
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:damask-grid
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/damask-grid>
- **Version:** 3.0.2
- **Source summary:** Grid solver of DAMASK - Multi-physics crystal plasticity simulation package
- **Homepage:** <https://damask-multiphysics.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/damask-multiphysics/DAMASK>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://damask-multiphysics.org/dev/installation/source_code.html>
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://damask-multiphysics.org/download/damask-3.0.2.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:07-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- DAMASK_grid (cli)
- DAMASK_grid (alias)

## Dependencies

- fftw
- gcc
- hdf5-mpi
- libomp
- metis
- open-mpi
- openblas
- petsc
- scalapack

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://damask-multiphysics.org
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

DAMASK Grid is the regular-grid solver entry point for DAMASK, the Duesseldorf Advanced Material Simulation Kit, a multiphysics crystal-plasticity simulation package used in computational materials science.

### Project history

DAMASK grew as an open materials-science codebase for modeling crystal plasticity, thermal effects, damage, and related multiphysics behavior from microstructure up to component scale. The official literature page lists a 2012 DAMASK publication and a broader 2019 Computational Materials Science paper as core references.

### Adoption history

The grid solver is important to users who want FFT/spectral-style or structured-grid workflows with YAML material and load-case descriptions. DAMASK documentation and examples expose a Python-assisted workflow around material.yaml, numerics.yaml, VTK ImageData geometry, and generated load cases.

### How it is used

A typical package-manager install exposes DAMASK_grid for running simulations with a geometry file, load-case YAML, and material.yaml, with OpenMP or MPI used for parallel execution when available.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, damask-grid is a scientific CLI where the package is only a small front door into a heavyweight solver stack: compilers, MPI/OpenMP, YAML inputs, HDF5-style result handling, and research reproducibility all matter.

### Timeline

- 2012: DAMASK literature records an early publication on FE and spectral solver use.
- 2019: The multiphysics DAMASK paper summarized the broader package architecture.
- 2024: Official documentation examples describe modern DAMASK 3-era grid workflows.

### Related projects

- DAMASK Grid is part of the wider DAMASK suite alongside mesh-solver workflows, Python preprocessing/postprocessing helpers, material configuration tooling, and research codes for crystal plasticity and microstructure analysis.

### Sources

- <https://damask-multiphysics.org/>
- <https://damask-multiphysics.org/documentation/usage.html>
- <https://damask-multiphysics.org/documentation/file_formats/grid_solver.html>
- <https://damask-multiphysics.org/3.0.0-alpha7/documentation/literature.html>
- <https://damask-multiphysics.org/dev/installation/source_code.html>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

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## Configuration files

- Unix: material.yaml, numerics.yaml, <loadcase>.yaml
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** damask-grid
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 3
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


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## Combined YAML source

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