Available Software

Announcements

Applications that only run on Windows are available online via https://virtualdesktop.stanford.edu.

The Apporto Virtual Cloud Windows Desktop can also be launched on the macOS cluster computer through the dock. Please see below.

All other academic applications are also available on the Apporto Virtual macOS Cloud Desktop at https://virtualdesktop.stanford.edu in addition to the cluster computers.

Use a Campus Computer

Cluster computer software is available on in-person Cluster Computers and remotely at virtualdesktop.stanford.edu. Check the complete list of cluster software below. Stanford affiliates can log in to a cluster computer with their Stanford account from a personal computer. The virtual desktop program is a free service open to Stanford affiliates. Please visit virtualdesktop.stanford.edu for more information.

Looking for a specific application? Click here or scroll down to see a table listing of software applications available on cluster computers.

Additionally, the Stanford AppStore is now available on the cluster computers. Use the following instructions to install the thousands of free and open source applications available on Homebrew (https://brew.sh).

Log in to a cluster computer. Then open the Stanford AppStore on the user dock.
In the Stanford AppStore, search for “Homebrew” and click install in the “Install Homebrew Packages” policy.
On the next page, click on the "Install" button again and then enter the Homebrew package name (from https://brew.sh).*
Lastly, wait for the application to finish installing and a pop will show up with a log of the installation results. Once successful, you should be able to find the application in Finder under the Applications folder. For command line apps you can access them in the Terminal app.

* Note: Not all Homebrew packages will work on the cluster computers and LTS Technical Systems does not support any of the user installed homebrew packages. For support for those packages, please contact the developer of those packages.

Software for Students’ Own Computers

Essential Stanford Software offers Stanford-licensed software free to students
Stanford Software Licensing Webstore has software for personal purchase at discounted prices, including:
- Adobe CC which students may purchase for $85/year
MATLAB and Simulink are free to students through the Stanford MATLAB portal
SolidWorks is offered free to students by the Terman Engineering Library

Request Cluster Software

To request new software, software updates, or software removals on the Public Computers, please visit the Cluster Software Change Request page.

Visit our Find Computers page to find cluster computers for your use.

Software Applications on Cluster Computers

Category	Application	Mac Cluster	Windows Virtual Cluster	Media Station	Checkout Laptop	Classroom Desktop
		macOS 12.xx	Windows Server	macOS 12.xx	macOS 12.xx	macOS 12.xx
Utilities	Bookscanner7145
Utilities	7-Zip
Utilities	Panopto Recorder					X
Office/Productivity	ABBYY FineReader 15 Corporate Edition		X
Music	Ableton Live 11	X	X	X		X
Internet/Communications	Adium	X		X	X	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Acrobat Pro DC		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - After Effects CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Animate CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Audition CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Dreamweaver CC 2021		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Extend Script Toolkit CC		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Illustrator CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - InCopy CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - InDesign CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Lightroom Classic CC		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Media Encoder CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Photoshop CC 2023		X*	X
Media Production	Adobe CC - Premiere Pro CC 2023		X*	X
Office/Productivity	Adobe Reader DC	X	X	X	X	X
Computer Programming	Android Studio	X		X	X	X
GIS	ArcGIS Pro 3.x		X
Chemistry	AspenPlus Suite V12		X
Computer Programming	Atom	X		X	X	X
Internet/Communications	Audacity	X		X	X	X
Create Space	Bantam Tools			X
Academic	BlueBook				X
Utilities	Bookscanner 7145
Chemistry	ChemOffice/Draw Professional 21	X
Utilities	Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (VPN)	X		X	X	X
Media Production	Compressor			X		X
Create Space	Cricut			X
File Transfer	Cyberduck	X		X	X	X
Media Production	Autodesk Eagle			X
Media Production	Autodesk Fusion 360		X
Media Production	Autodesk Revit 2023		X
Media Production	Houdini SideFX			X	X
Create Space	Digilab 3D Slicer			X
Office/Productivity	EndNote Plug-Ins
GIS	ENVI 5.6 & IDL 8.8	X
Utilities	Epson Scan	X		X	X	X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	EquateIO	X		X	X	X
Security	CrowdStrike	X		X	X	X
Media Production	Final Cut Pro X			X
Music	Finale 27	X
Internet/Communications	Firefox	X	X	X	X	X
Media Production	GIMP	X		X	X	X
Computer Programming	Git	X		X	X	X
Internet/Communications	Google Chrome	X	X	X	X	X
Cloud File Storage	Google Drive File Stream				X	X
GIS	Google Earth Pro	X		X
Media Production	Handbrake	X		X		X
Media Production	iLife - GarageBand	X		X	X	X
Media Production	iLife - iMovie	X		X	X	X
Media Production	InkScape	X		X	X	X
Media Viewer	IrfanView
Office/Productivity	iWork 2022	X		X	X	X
Computer Programming	Java SE Development Kit 11
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	JMP Pro 16	X
Office/Productivity	MacTeX	X		X	X	X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	Mathematica 13	X
Create Space	Matter And Form			X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	MATLAB R2022b	X	X		X	X
Chemistry	Mestrenova 14	X
Office/Productivity	Microsoft Office 365	X	X	X	X	X
Office/Productivity	Microsoft Project		X
Utilities	Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection	X	X	X		X
Utilities	MIT Kerberos
Media Production	Motion			X		X
Computer Programming	Notepad++
Accessibility	NVDA		X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	Nvivo 1.x	X	X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	Open Refine	X
Chemistry	OriginPro 2023		X
Internet/Communications	Pidgin
Utilities	PuTTY
Computer Programming	PyCharm (Community Edition)	X		X	X	X
Computer Programming	Julia	X
Chemistry	PyMOL	X
Chemistry	PyRosetta 4 monolith	X		X	X	X
Computer Programming	Python 2.7	X		X	X	X
Chemistry	Python 3.9	X		X	X	X
Chemistry	Python Celltool 2.0	X		X	X
Chemistry	Cell Profiler	X
Chemistry	Ilastik	X
GIS	QGIS LTR	X
Computer Science	QT Creator 6	X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	R 4.x.x	X			X	X
Accessibility	Read&Write	X			X
Office/Productivity	Refworks Write-n-Cite
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	RStudio	X
Computer Programming	Ruby	X		X	X	X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	SAS 9.4		X
Music	Sibelius	X	X	X		X
Internet/Communications	Slack	X		X	X	X
CAD/Engineering	SolidWorks		X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	SPSS Statistics 29	X
Qualitative, Statistical, and Mathematical	Stata 17	X	X	X
Utilities	The Unarchiver 4.x.x	X		X	X	X
Create Space	Tinkercad			X
Create Space	Ultimaker Cura			X
Media Player	VLC	X		X	X	X
Utilities	Wacom Tablet Drivers 6.3	X		X	X	X
Computer Programming	Xcode	X		X	X	X
Utilities	XQuartz	X		X	X	X
Internet/Communications	Zoom	X		X	X	X