The current stable release of GPlates is GPlates 2.3, released in September 2021...
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Download GPlates 2.3
(the latest “stable” release) |
The current beta release of pyGPlates is pyGPlates 0.36, released in May 2022...
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Download pyGPlates 0.36
(the latest “beta” release) |
GPlates and pyGPlates run on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Ready-to-use binary packages are available to install GPlates on Windows, macOS and Ubuntu. These also include the GPlates-compatible geodata described below.
.exe
installer for a 64-bit version of GPlates on a 64-bit version of Windows. We also provide a .zip
file for users who wish to use GPlates without installing it..dmg
disk image containing a 64-bit version of GPlates for High Sierra (10.13) or above.
.deb
packages for 64-bit Ubuntu versions (that are currently under support).
Installation instructions for GPlates can be found on the download page.
Ready-to-use binary packages are available to install pyGPlates on Windows, macOS and Ubuntu. These do not include the GPlates-compatible geodata.
.zip
file for each Python version (3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10).
.zip
file for each Python version (3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10).
.zip
file for each Python version (3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10).
.deb
package for each 64-bit Ubuntu version (that is currently under support).
Installation instructions for pyGPlates can be found in the pyGPlates documentation.
We provide source-code packages for Windows (in a zip-file), and Linux and macOS (in a tarball). The source-code packages do not contain geodata (described below) which will need to be downloaded separately.
To compile GPlates (or pyGPlates) from source, you will require:
Instructions on how to compile GPlates (or pyGPlates) from source may be found in the source-code releases, in the files:
DEPS.Linux
and BUILD.Linux
(on Linux)DEPS.OSX
and BUILD.OSX
(on macOS)DEPS.Windows
and BUILD.Windows
(on Windows)Please note that you should not attempt to compile GPlates from the pyGPlates source code. Or attempt to compile pyGPlates from the GPlates source code.
GPlates (and pyGPlates) is free software (also known as open-source software), licensed for distribution under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
Researchers in the EarthByte Project have made GPlates-compatible data available for use with GPlates.
A sample set of these data-files are also contained within the GPlates installation packages, and will be automatically installed with GPlates. This data has been updated for the GPlates 2.3 release. Thanks to the EarthByte Project for making these data-files available!
Go to EarthByte website for more data and models.
You may download GPlates logo in SVG format. Click here to download GPlates logo files.
Click here to see the GPlates download statistics.