
Welcome to CoolProp 
===================

CoolProp is a thermophysical property database and wrappers for a selection of programming environments. 
It offers similar functionality to REFPROP, but CoolProp is open-source and free. 
It was originally developed by Ian Bell, at the time a post-doc at the University of Liege, in Liege, Belgium.

* CoolProp has flexible licensing terms: Commercial - ok! Academic? - ok! |ghlicense|

* For Python, get the latest release via ``pip install coolprop`` |pypidownloads| |pypiversion| 

* ... other binaries are available from `SourceForge <http://sourceforge.net/projects/coolprop/files>`_  |sfdownloads| |ghversion|

* There is also a bleeding edge nightly build of the `development version <http://sourceforge.net/projects/coolprop/files/CoolProp/nightly>`_ .

* The documentation is available for the `latest release <http://www.coolprop.org>`_ and the `development version <http://www.coolprop.org/dev>`_  

* For any kind of question regarding CoolProp and its usage, you can ask the `CoolProp user group <https://goo.gl/Pa7FBT>`_ 

* ... you might also find answers in our `FAQ <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/blob/master/FAQ.md>`_ 

* If you found a bug or have an issue that requires the developers to become active, please file an issue in our `issue tracker <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/issues>`_ 

* `Contributions <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_ to this project are welcomed and encouraged!  If you wish to `contribute <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_ bug fixes, patches, or new features, wrappers, or material properties, please submit a Pull Request with your code.

* If you are new to Git and Github, please see the `CoolProp Wiki <https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp/wiki>`_ for guidance on becoming a contributor to the project.

* Accelerate development of things you really need implemented by posting at `Bountysource <https://www.bountysource.com/teams/coolprop>`_ 

* Check Travis CI for build failures |travisbuilds| and have a look at the coverity stats |coveritystatus|

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