macOS

There are three options:

A: Run simulations from Terminal (macOS native executable) - nextnano simulation is possible.

B: Run simulations with nextnanopy (macOS native executable) - it can not only run the simulations but also sweep variables and postprocess the results.

C: Run simulations with the nextnanomat GUI using Wine (Windows executable).

For those who know some basic python, we recommend the option B.

For the options A and B, you need nextnano executables natively compiled for Mac, while for the option C, Wine uses executables compiled for Windows. All of them you can find on our download page Downloads.

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• Option A: Run simulations from a terminal (Intel-CPU)
  • License activation
  • Install Homebrew
  • Install gcc
  • Run simulation
• Option A: Run simulations from a terminal (ARM-CPU)
  • Optional: install Rosetta 2
  • License activation
  • Install Homebrew
  • Install gcc
  • Run simulation
• Option B: Run simulations with nextnanopy
  • Install Python
  • Install nextnanopy
  • Configure nextnanopy
  • Running nextnanopy
• Option C: Run simulations with nextnanomat using Wine
  • Installation procedure
  • Running nextnanomat
• Troubleshooting
  • error while loading shared libraries (.so files)

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Last update: 11/06/2026