MESA add-ons written by the community for the community. Share yours!
| Author | Type | Description | Language | MESA version | Get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oriol Abrila | repository | Vim syntax highlighting for inlists | vim | 9575 | Get |
| Ann Almgren and Mike Zinagle | repository | CASTRO - 3D hydrodynamics instrument, see this paper and this paper | mixed | NA | Get |
| Warrick Ball | repository | qpmg - Quick Plotting for MESA or GYRE | python | 10398 | Get |
| Warrick Ball | gzip tarball | MLT parameters and T(tau) relation fits from 3D radi-hydro simulations. See this paper. | fortran + ascii | 9575 | Get |
| Warrick Ball | zip file | See this paper and this paper. | fortran | 9575 | Get |
| Evan Bauer | repository | MESADocker - MESA in a Docker container for easy installation. | docker | 9793 | Get |
| Earl Bellinger | repository | forward and inverse problems in asteroseismology, see this paper | fortran/python | 9575 | Get |
| Jared Brooks | other_wind hook | limits the mass transfer to an accretor & can set the angular momentum of the mass loss, see this paper | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Jared Brooks | run_star_extras | prints out some convenience variables | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Ed Brown | repository | dStar - neutron star structure and evolution | fortran/python | 7503 | Get |
| Phil Chang and Tom Quinn | repository | ChaNGa - 3D hydrodynamics instrument, see this paper | mixed | NA | Get |
| Manos Chatzopoulos | run_star_extras | viscosity and diffusion coefficients for J transport and mixing due to MRI | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Jieun Choi | repository | MESA Isochrones & Stellar Tracks (MIST) tools | fortran/python | 9691 | Get |
| Jieun Choi, Aaron Dotter, Charlie Conroy, Matteo Cantiello | webpage | MIST - MESA Isochrones & Stellar Tracks, see this paper | ascii text | 7503 | Get |
| Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard | repository | ADIPLS - stellar adiabatic oscillations instrument, see this paper | fortran | 4050 | Get |
| Aaron Dotter | repository | low-T opacities with enhanced C and N from Lederer & Aringer 2009 | fortran | 10108 | Get |
| Aaron Dotter | repository | MESA Isochrones and Stellar Tracks (MIST) 0: Methods for the Construction of Stellar Isochrones, see this paper | fortran | 10108 | Get |
| Aaron Dotter | repository | Initial abundance generator | fortran | 9575 | Get |
| Rob Farmer | repository | pyMesa: Python bindings for MESA modules | python | 9793 | Get |
| Rob Farmer | run_star_extras | tracks position of a carbon flame, puts info into history file, and more | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Rob Farmer | run_star_extras | adjusts convergence and mixing parameters as a model evolves | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Rob Farmer | repository | routines to read MESA output files and plot MESA quantities | python | 9575 | Get |
| Carl Fields | repository | extracts nuclear reaction rates from the STARLIB | python | 9575 | Get |
| Carl Fields | repository | samples STARLIB nuclear reaction rates | python | 9575 | Get |
| Carl Fields | service | web interface to mesa for education. | html/css | 9575 | Get |
| Few dozen | webpage | FLASH - a 3D multi-physics software instrument | mixed | NA | Get |
| Morgan Fouesneau | repository | ezmist - python interface to MIST/MESA isochrones | python | NA | Get |
| Alfred Gautschy | plot | generate an HR diagram with MESA .log data | python | 9575 | Get |
| Alfred Gautschy | plot | generates a multipanel plot | python | 9575 | Get |
| Alfred Gautschy | movie | generate an mp4 movie from MESA .data files | python | 9575 | Get |
| Alfred Gautschy | plot | decent looking Kippenhahn diagrams | python | 9575 | Get |
| Alfred Gautschy | utility | interactive inspection of history.data | python | 9575 | Get |
| Evan Grohs | source code modifications | stable 8Be, see this paper | fortran | 7623 | Get |
| Evan Grohs | source code modifications | unstable deuterium, see this paper | fortran | 7623 | Get |
| Ben Hastings | plot | Interactive MESA Plotter (IMP) | python | r22.05.01 | Get |
| Luc Hendriks & Conny Aerts | repository | Deep Learning Applied to the Asteroseismic Modeling of Stars with Coherent Oscillation Modes, see this paper | python | 7385 | Get |
| Falk Herwig | repository | Run older and newer versions of MESA in Ubuntu-based Docker containers. | docker | many | Get |
| Raphael Hirschi | plot | 2D map plotting script - e.g., a Kippenhahn diagram but many others | python | 9575 | Get |
| Lillian Huang, Fred Adams, Evan Grohs | source code modifications | different Hoyle states, see this paper | fortran | 9575 | Get |
| Christian Iliadis | website | STARLIB - nuclear reaction rates with Monte Carlo / Bayesian uncertainties | ascii text | 9575 | Get |
| Yan-Fei Jiang | repository | ATHENA - 3D radiation hydrodynamics instrument with MESA based opacities, see this paper and this paper | mixed | 7385 | Get |
| JINA | website | JINA REACLIB - nuclear reaction rate library | ascii text | 9575 | Get |
| David Kaplan | utility | converts MESA data to FITS binary tables | python/FITS | 9575 | Get |
| David Kaplan | utility | command line modification of inlist files | python/shell | 9575 | Get |
| Liam Kroll | source code modifications | time varying electron neutrino flux and the charged current neutrino interactions on free nucleons | fortran | 10398 | Get |
| Amber Lauer | website | VMESA - MESA on a Virtual Machine | OS | 10398 | Get |
| Jamie Lombardi | repository | STARSMASHER - an SPH code for smashing stars and planets | ecosystem | 10108 | Get |
| Chris Mankovich | run_star_extras | mixing based on a linear instability related to thermohaline | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Chris Mankovich | run_star_extras | radial mixing of J from instabilities related to thermohaline | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Pablo Marchant | repository | kippenhahn plotter | python | 9575 | Get |
| Héctor Martinez-Rodríguez | run_star_extras | reaction rates in profile columns | fortran | 9575 | Get |
| Héctor Martinez-Rodríguez | scripts | preflight scripts for multiple models in (sub)directory trees | fortran | 9575 | Get |
| Ehsan Moravveji | repository | Opacity Project monochromatic tables with iron and nickel enhancements | python | 9575 | Get |
| Marco Müllner | repository | Syntax highlighter for the Atom editor | Atom | 10108 | Get |
| Marco Müllner | repository | PyMesHandler allows for a native interaction of inlist files via Python. | python | 10108 | Get |
| Jaime Montes Norniella | run_star_extras | branching ratios of the pp2 and pp3 chains and writing them to a profile | python | 12115 | Get |
| NuGrid | repository | access and analyze (e.g. plot) various output formats including hdf5 | python | 9575 | Get |
| Richard O’Shaughnessy | plot | imports MESA data into Mathematica | Mathematica | 9575 | Get |
| Jakub Ostrowski | package | initial abundances generator; allows choices of chemical mixture and network | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Jean-Claude Passy | repository | HDF5 support for MESA data | fortran | 9575 | Get |
| Daniel Price | repository | PHANTOM - A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics code for astrophysics. | mixed | NA | Get |
| Mathieu Renzo | repository | tool to compare MESA work directories setups | python | 12778 | Get |
| Fernando Rivas | repository | editing inlists within a jupyter notebook | python | 10000 | Get |
| Abel Schootemeijer | run_star_extras | history data for maximum Eddington factor and inflated envelope extension | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Josiah Schwab | repository | Emacs major mode and some related minor-modes | emacs | 9575 | Get |
| Mads Sørensen & Tassos Fragos | repository | X-ray binary parameter sweeps on a cluster, see this paper. | python + inlists | 7184 | Get |
| Dave Spiegel | utility | scripts for processing MESA profile and history files | matlab | 9575 | Get |
| Dennis Stello | run_star_extras | changes constants G, Msun etc. | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Dennis Stello | utility | For plotting χ² of astero runs (e.g. simplex_results.data) and derive uncertainties of fitted parameters | IDL | 7624 | Get |
| Willie Strickland | utility | scripts for end-of-run processing | ruby/shell | 9575 | Get |
| Rich Townsend | plot | read MESA files into a structure | IDL | 9575 | Get |
| Rich Townsend | repository | GYRE - stellar oscillation software instrument, see this paper | fortran | 10398 | Get |
| Rich Townsend | webpage | MESASDK - MESA Software Developers Kit | utility | 10398 | Get |
| Joris Vos | repository | trackExplorer | Python | 10398 | Get |
| Roni Waldman | run_star_extras | torque in a close binary systems due to dynamical tides | fortran | 7624 | Get |
| Christopher West | utility | galactic chemical history tool for nucleosynthesis | python | NA | Get |
| Christopher West | utility | galactic chemical history tool for nucleosynthesis | IDL | NA | Get |
| Michael Wise | plot | MESAplot is a graphical user interface for plotting MESA data | python | NA | Get |
| Michael Wise | plot | MESAFace is a graphical user interface for plotting MESA data | Mathematica | NA | Get |
| Bill Wolf | repository | tools for easily accessing and manipulating MESA data | python | 9575 | Get |
| Bill Wolf | repository | command line tools for use with MESA | python | 9575 | Get |
| Bill Wolf | repository | MesaScript - provides a powerful way to make inlists for MESA projects | ruby/shell | 9575 | Get |
| Bill Wolf | utility | script for scrubbing history logs | python | 9575 | Get |
| Mike Zingale and Ann Almgren | repository | MAESTRO - low-Mach number 3D hydrodynamics instrument, see this paper and this paper | mixed | NA | Get |
| Simon Portegies Zwart | ecosystem | AMUSE - Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment | mixed | 9575 | Get |