Attention

The Bessemer HPC service was decommissioned on 2025-10-31 and can no longer be accessed by users. Removal of Bessemer references in our documentation is ongoing

Software on Bessemer

Note

The latest changes and newly installed software on our clusters can be found at the HPC Changelog microsite.

These pages list the software available on Bessemer. If you notice an error or an omission, or wish to request new software submit a request to research-it@sheffield.ac.uk .

• Applications on Bessemer
  • ANSYS
  • Bowtie 2
  • DL_POLY_4
  • NetLogo
  • PLUMED
  • R
  • SAMtools
  • STAR
  • Abaqus
  • Ansys EM
  • Bedtools
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • JAGS
  • Java (OpenJDK)
  • Julia
  • Mathematica
  • MATLAB
  • Maven
  • ncdu
  • Nextflow
  • Octeract Engine
  • OpenFOAM
  • Phoronix Test Suite
  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Apptainer/Singularity
  • SoX
  • TensorFlow
  • VASP
• Developing on Bessemer
  • Clang
  • CMake
  • Doxygen
  • GNU Compiler Collection (gcc)
  • git
  • Intel Compilers
  • NVCC - NVIDIA CUDA Compiler
  • PGI Compilers
  • sbt
  • Development toolchains
• Libraries on Bessemer
  • BLAS
  • cfitsio
  • CUDA
  • cuDNN
  • fftw
  • GSL
  • HDF5
  • Intel MKL
  • LAPACK
  • netCDF
  • OpenBLAS
  • ScaLAPACK
• Parallel Systems
  • Intel MPI
  • OpenMPI