openrocket
GitHub Repo Pretty sure · 20 years old, still maintainedA 20-year-old rocket simulator that actually works and is maintained by people who care about rockets, not investor returns. Science-grade sim, zero hype.
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OpenRocket is legitimate domain software with real 6DOF physics, active maintenance, package distribution across multiple platforms (snap, chocolatey, maven), and a community building extensions. The README is honest: design, simulate, export. No promises of disruption. Science score is high because the sim actually models aerodynamics and staging correctly (published validation against real flights). Signal is lower because the user base is hobbyists, not enterprise. Slop is negligible — thi...
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