Welcome to CoolProp
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CoolProp is a thermophysical property database and wrappers for a selection of programming environments.
It offers similar functionality to REFPROP, but CoolProp is open-source and free.
It was originally developed by Ian Bell, currently a post-doc at the University of Liege, in Liege, Belgium.
* CoolProp has flexible licensing terms: Commercial - ok! Academic? - ok! |ghlicense|
* For Python, get the latest release via ``pip install coolprop`` |pypidownloads| |pypiversion|
* ... other binaries are available from `SourceForge <http://sourceforge.net/projects/coolprop/files>`_ |sfdownloads| |ghversion|
* There is also a bleeding edge nightly build of the `development version <http://sourceforge.net/projects/coolprop/files/CoolProp/nightly>`_ .
* The documentation is available for the `latest release <http://www.coolprop.org>`_ and the `development version <http://www.coolprop.org/dev>`_
* For any kind of question regarding CoolProp and its usage, you can ask the `CoolProp user group <https://goo.gl/Pa7FBT>`_
* ... you might also find answers in our `FAQ <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/blob/master/FAQ.md>`_
* If you found a bug or have an issue that requires the developers to become active, please file an issue in our `issue tracker <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/issues>`_
* Accelerate development of things you really need implemented by posting at `Bountysource <https://www.bountysource.com/teams/coolprop>`_
* Check Travis CI for build failures |travisbuilds| and have a look at the coverity stats |coveritystatus|
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