Archive of Previous Releases

This page contains only previous releases of Geant4. The current release is available from the Download page.
The Geant4 source code is freely available. Please read the licence conditions before downloading or using any release.

Geant4 9.4
   released 9 December 2011 (patch-03)

Please read the Release Notes before downloading or using this release.
The patches below contains bug fixes to release 9.4, we suggest you to download and apply the latest patch for release 9.4 (see the additional notes for patch-01, patch-02 and patch-03), or download the complete source with the patches applied; in any case, it is required to apply a full rebuild of the libraries.

• Source files (including patch-03), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip(25241424 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • ZIP format (36603794 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files with thermal cross sections (version 3.14, 58794491 bytes)
    [version 0.2 (12465281 bytes), if thermal cross-sections are not needed].
  • data files (14396144 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 6.19).
  • data files (7504003 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.1).
  • data files (732628 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.3).
  • data files (54909 bytes) for nuclear shell effects in INCL/ABLA hadronic mode (version 3.0).
  • data files (1186619 bytes) for evaluated neutron cross-sections on natural composition of elements (version 1.0).
  • data files (3246159 bytes) for shell ionisation cross-sections (version 1.2).
  • data files (1257863 bytes) for measured optical surface reflectance (version 1.0).

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 5 (SLC5, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 5), 64 bits, compiled using gcc 4.1.2 (19876656 bytes).
  • MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, 64 bits, compiled using gcc 4.2.1 (16399597 bytes).
  • Windows XP, 32 bits, compiled using VC++ 9.0 (67813272 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.1.0.1. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

• Patch-03 (9 December 2011) for Geant4.9.4 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (2507182 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (3309681 bytes).
• Patch-02 (24 June 2011) for Geant4.9.4 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (2347397 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (3080012 bytes).
• Patch-01 (18 February 2011) for Geant4.9.4 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1365326 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1725068 bytes).

Geant4 9.3
   released 17 September 2010 (patch-02)

Please read the Release Notes before downloading or using this release.
The patches below contains bug fixes to release 9.3, we suggest you to download and apply the latest patch for release 9.3 (see the additional notes for patch-01, and patch-02), or download the complete source with the patches applied; in any case, it is required to apply a full rebuild of the libraries.

• Source files (including patch-02), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip(20009687 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • ZIP format (31093391 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files with thermal cross sections (version 3.13, 57034762 bytes)
    [version 0.2 (12465281 bytes), if thermal cross-sections are not needed].
  • data files (11203887 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 6.9).
  • data files (7506068 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.0).
  • data files (761070 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.2).
  • data files (54909 bytes) for nuclear shell effects in INCL/ABLA hadronic mode (version 3.0).
  • data files (1257863 bytes) for measured optical surface reflectance (version 1.0).

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 5 (SLC5, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 5), 64 bits, compiled using gcc 4.1.2 (19257979 bytes).
  • MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, 64 bits, compiled using gcc 4.2.1 (16568772 bytes).
  • Windows XP, 32 bits, compiled using VC++ 9.0 (65339742 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.0.4.5. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

• Patch-02 (17 September 2010) for Geant4.9.3 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1972359 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2499279 bytes).
• Patch-01 (22 April 2010) for Geant4.9.3 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1132023 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1386556 bytes).

Geant4 9.2
   released 16 September 2010 (patch-04)

Please read the Release Notes before downloading or using this release.
The patches below contains bug fixes to release 9.2, we suggest you to download and apply the latest patch for release 9.2 (see the additional notes for patch-01, patch-02 patch-03, and patch-04), or download the complete source with the patches applied; in any case, it is required to apply a full rebuild of the libraries.

• Source files (including patch-04), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip(19324636 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • ZIP format (30315266 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files with thermal cross sections (version 3.13, 57034762 bytes)
    [version 0.2 (12465281 bytes), if thermal cross-sections are not needed].
  • data files (8389172 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 6.2).
  • data files (7505082 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.0).
  • data files (761070 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.2).
  • data files (54909 bytes) for nuclear shell effects in INCL/ABLA hadronic mode (version 3.0).

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 4 (SLC4, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 4), compiled using gcc 3.4.6 (15102296 bytes).
  • Windows XP, compiled using VC++ 9.0 (60527040 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.0.4.2. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

• Patch-04 (16 September 2010) for Geant4.9.2 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (2220223 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (3025558 bytes).
• Patch-03 (19 February 2010) for Geant4.9.2 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (2138107 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2941592 bytes).
• Patch-02 (28 August 2009) for Geant4.9.2 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1513812 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2269936 bytes).
• Patch-01 (16 March 2009) for Geant4.9.2 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (993344 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1444387 bytes).

Geant4 9.1
   released 19 September 2008 (patch-03)

Please read the Release Notes before downloading or using this release.
The patches below contains bug fixes to release 9.1, we suggest you to download and apply the latest patch for release 9.1 (see the additional notes for patch-01, patch-02 and patch-03), or download the complete source with the patches applied; in any case, it is required to apply a full rebuild of the libraries.

• Source files (including patch-03), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip(17582985 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • ZIP format (28073235 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files with thermal cross sections (version 3.12, 54904967 bytes)
    [version 0.2 (12465281 bytes), if thermal cross-sections are not needed].
  • data files (8287134 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 5.1).
  • data files (7505082 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.0).
  • data files (761070 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.2).
  • data files (54909 bytes) for nuclear shell effects in INCL/ABLA hadronic mode (version 3.0).

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 4 (SLC4, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 4), compiled using gcc 3.4.6 (14158479 bytes).
  • Mac (MacOSX 10.5), compiled using gcc 4.0.1 (24434675 bytes).
  • Windows XP, compiled using VC++ 8.0 (55595518 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.0.3.2. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

• Patch-03 (19 September 2008) for Geant4.9.1 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU or Linux tar file (1904737 bytes), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2386463 bytes).
• Patch-02 (8 May 2008) for Geant4.9.1 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1674385 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2091433 bytes).
• Patch-01 (5 February 2008) for Geant4.9.1 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (861951 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1018987 bytes).

Geant4 9.0
   released 5 February 2008 (patch-02)

• Source files (including patch-02), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip (16703673 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • Unix tar format, compressed using gzip(16682630 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using tar, not GNU tar!
  • ZIP format (26594876 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files with thermal cross sections (version 3.11, 52202177 bytes)
    [version 0.2 (12465281 bytes), if thermal cross-sections are not needed].
  • data files (8014893 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 4.3).
  • data files (7505082 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.0).
  • data files (761070 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.2).

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 4 (SLC4, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 4), compiled using gcc 3.4.6 (14158479 bytes).
  • SUN (SunOS 5.8), compiled using CC 5.5 (39360014 bytes).
  • Windows XP, compiled using VC++ 8.0 and native STL (53063574 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.0.3.1. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

• Patch-02 (5 February 2008) for Geant4.9.0 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1126809 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • Unix tar file (1126761 bytes), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1426645 bytes).
• Patch-01 (28 August 2007) for Geant4.9.0 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (874516 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • Unix tar file (874619 bytes), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1073403 bytes).

Geant4 8.3
   released 5 February 2008 (patch-02)

• Source files (including patch-02), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip (16517739 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • Unix tar format, compressed using gzip(16502114 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using tar, not GNU tar!
  • ZIP format (26330960 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files with thermal cross sections (version 3.10, 49809986 bytes)
    [version 0.2 (12465281 bytes), if thermal cross-sections are not needed].
  • data files (7987112 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 4.2).
  • data files (7505082 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.0).
  • data files (730190 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.1).

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 4 (SLC4, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 4), compiled using gcc 3.4.6 (14101046 bytes).
  • SUN (SunOS 5.8), compiled using CC 5.5 (39444672 bytes).
  • Windows XP, compiled using VC++ 7.1 .NET and native STL (49279816 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.0.3.1. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

• Patch-02 (5 February 2008) for Geant4.8.3 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (442107 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • Unix tar file (441985 bytes), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (559011 bytes).
• Patch-01 (17 August 2007) for Geant4.8.3 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (151958 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • Unix tar file (151941 bytes), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (163591 bytes).