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The [[agent-based model]]ing (ABM) community has developed several practical agent based modeling toolkits that enable individuals to develop agent-based applications. More and more such toolkits are coming into existence, and each toolkit has a variety of characteristics. Several individuals have made attempts to compare toolkits to each other (see references). Below is a chart intended to capture many of the features that are important to ABM toolkit users.

== Comparison of ABM Software ==
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|+ Agent Based Modeling Toolkit Comparison
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! {{verth|va=middle|Platform}}
! Primary Domain
! Supporting Organization
! License
! Programming Language
! Operating System
! User Support
! [[GIS]] Capabilities
! 3D Capabilities
! Last Update
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| {{verth|va=middle|[[Adaptive Modeler]]}}
| Building agent-based market simulation models for price forecasting of real-world stocks and other securities
| Altreva; Utrecht, Netherlands
| {{Proprietary}}; free evaluation version available for research and experimentation (some limitations but no expiration)
| No programming skills required. An adaptive form of genetic programming is used to create trading rules. Users can select functions to be used in the genetic programming engine.
| Windows
| FAQ, documentation, tutorial, examples, forum, email support
| {{unk}}
| {{yes}} Up to 3 agent properties can be visualized in real-time using 2D graphics and color
| {{dts|2020-07-20}} (Version 1.6.0) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altreva.com/release_notes.html|title=Altreva - Stock market forecasting software using agent-based market simulation models|website=www.altreva.com|accessdate=29 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[AnyLogic]]}}
| Agent-based general purpose; also supports discrete event and system dynamics simulations.
| The AnyLogic Company; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, USA
| {{Proprietary}}; Free Personal Learning Edition available
| Java
| Linux, macOS, Windows
| Demos; training; online community; ask a question; online help; tutorials; consulting services
| {{yes}}: supports both tile maps from free online providers and shapefile-based maps
| {{yes}} 
| {{dts|2024-11-20}}<ref>(Version 8.7.7) {{Cite web|url=https://www.anylogic.com/downloads/|title= AnyLogic latest version - 8.9.3|website=www.anylogic.com|access-date=2024-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AnyLogic 8.9.2 and 8.9.3: innovations that drive future progress|url=https://www.anylogic.com/blog/anylogic-8-9-2-and-8-9-3-innovations-that-drive-future-progress/|access-date=2024-12-02 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[Framsticks]]}}
| 2D/3D simulations of (evolving) multi-agent systems and artificial life
| Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
| Depends on module: GPL/LGPL/Proprietary
| FramScript (similar to JavaScript)
| Cross-platform
| Email developer; tutorials; manual; FAQ; forums; API; documentation; selected publications; examples
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dts|2015-07-14}}<ref>[http://www.framsticks.com/files/apps/history.xml History] framsticks.com</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[GAMA Platform]]}}
| Modeling and simulation development environment for building spatially explicit agent-based simulations.
| IRD/SU international research unit UMMISCO, France
| {{GPL-lic}} v3.0
| GAML (GAma Modeling Language) for simulations, Java for extensions
| Windows; Linux; *nix; Mac OS X
| tutorials; manual; FAQ; forums; documentation; selected publications; examples
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{start date and age|2023|04|15}} (version 1.9.1) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/gama-platform/gama/releases|title = Releases · gama-platform/Gama|website = [[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[MASON (Java)|MASON]]}}
| General purpose; social complexity, physical modeling, abstract modeling, AI/machine learning
| George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
| {{open source}}<br/>(Academic Free License)
| Java
| Cross-platform
| Mailing list; documentation; Tutorials; third party extensions; reference papers; API
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dts|2019-09-03}} (Version 20)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/eclab/mason/releases|title=Releases · eclab/Mason|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[NetLogo]]}}
| Social and natural sciences; Help beginning users get started authoring models
| Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
| {{GPL-lic}}
| NetLogo
| Cross-platform
| Documentation; FAQ; selected references; tutorials; third party extensions; defect list; mailing lists
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dts|2023-11-17}} (Version 6.4.0) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/releases|title = Releases · NetLogo/NetLogo|website = [[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[Repast (modeling toolkit)|Repast]]}}
| Social and natural sciences
| Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago; Lemont, Illinois, USA
| {{BSD-lic}}
| Java (RepastS, RepastJ); Python (Repast4Py); Visual Basic, .Net, C++, J#, C# (Repast.net)
| Cross-platform
| Documentation; mailing list; defect list; reference papers; external tools; tutorials; FAQ; examples
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dts|2024-07-02}} (Version 2.11.0) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/Repast/repast.simphony/releases|title = Releases · Repast/Repast.simphony|website = [[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[Soar (cognitive architecture)|Soar]]}}
| General purpose AI; human performance modeling; learning (including explanation-based learning)
| John E. Laird, Clare Bates Congdon, Mazin Assanie, Nate Derbinsky and Joseph Xu; Division of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| {{BSD-lic}}
| Soar 1 to 5 in Lisp; Soar 6 in C; Java, C++, TCL
| Cross-platform
| Documentation; FAQ; selected publications; defect list; third party extensions; mailing list; contact authors; tutorial; examples; wiki
| {{unk}}
| {{unk}}
| {{dts|2017-07-28}} (Version 9.6.0) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/SoarGroup/Soar/releases|title=Releases · SoarGroup/Soar|website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[StarLogo]]}}
| Social and natural sciences; Educators; for students to model the behavior of decentralized systems; user friendly for K–12 students
| Mitchel Resnick, Eric Klopfer, and others at MIT Media Lab and The MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA, USA
| {{Free}} (closed source) – Clearthought Software License, Version 1.0
| StarLogo (an extension of Logo)
| Cross-platform
| Mailing list; tutorials; FAQ; bug list; documentation; developer contacts
| {{unk}}
| {{unk}}
| {{dts|2018-11-27}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slnova.org/#info|title = Welcome}}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|va=middle|[[Swarm (simulation)|Swarm]]}}
| General purpose agent based
| Swarm Development Group
| {{GPL-lic}}
| Java; Objective-C
| Cross-platform
| Wiki; tutorials; examples; documentation; FAQ; selected publications; mailing lists
| {{unk}}
| {{unk}}
|{{dts|2005}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swarm.org/wiki/Swarm:Stable_release|title = Swarm:Stable release - Swarm}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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