Index: fem/landscape/solvers.txt
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+New research, 2023-05
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+OpenEMS:
+	vitality: maintained, slowly; unreliable hosting, in transition to github
+	viability: broken build system; cleanup project on repo.hu: tinyopenems
+	API: bloated matlab and python (but we could work that around)
+	input: the actual solver can work from xml; we have postprocessor rewrites in C
+	examples: TODO
+	contact: Koen has left the project; Koen doesn't sign up for SI (not even when sponsored)
+	blocker: no SI examples
+
+Sparselizard:
+	vitality: maintained, author focuses on a cloud service; kicad plans with it
+	viability: broken build system; cleanup project on repo.hu: conlizard
+	API: C++ (needs CLI, aron volunteers)
+	input: gmsh mesh and region refs from C++
+	examples: nothing for SI; KiCAD started to use it for DC
+	contact: Alexandre replied
+	blocker: no SI examples
+
+scuff-em:
+	vitality: abandoned (last commit 2018, no releases, low quality github)
+	viability: low software quality; examples don't work
+	API: C++, has CLI (scuff-microstrip, scuff-rf, they don't work), python (examples fail)
+	input: gmsh mesh and port files (different CLIs have different syntax for ports!)
+	examples: one with microstrip, doesn't work
+	contact: no reply in 72 hours
+	blocker: unmaintained, doesn't work
+
+getdp:
+	TODO
+
+freefem:
+	TODO