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- This catalog lists software products available at CU Boulder. Select a product listing to see the details for each product.
- This catalog is maintained by OIT Software Licensing. If you provide a software product for general use at CU Boulder, please contact us to add your entry.
Software catalog
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Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe Acrobat ProDescription:
Adobe Acrobat Pro for individual use
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for university-owned computers.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative CloudDescription:
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign and other Adobe programs
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Faculty/Staff, Student for personal use) and for university-owned computers
Apple Software
Apple SoftwareDescription:
macOS, iWork, etc.
Operating System:
macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user for university-owned computers (Department, Faculty/Staff)
ArcGIS / Esri software
ArcGIS EsriDescription:
Online ESRI Courses, ESRI GIS / mapping
Operating System:
Windows
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
AutoCAD
AutoCadDescription:
AutoCAD, Revit, Civil3D, 3ds Max, Raster Design
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
ChemDraw
ChemDrawDescription:
Drawing tool for creating molecules and reactions
Operating System:
Windows
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
CU Boulder Alerts - Alertus
AlertusDescription:
Application that displays notifications of significant campus emergencies on the user's desktop
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
CUClickers
CUClickersDescription:
iClicker and iGrader software for interactive teaching
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Software Eligibility:
University and personal computers (Faculty)
Dymola
DymolaDescription:
Tool for modeling and simulation of integrated and complex systems for use within automotive, aerospace, robotics, process and other applications
Operating System:
Windows Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff)
EndNote
EndnoteDescription:
A reference management software package used to manage bibliographies and references
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
Online purchase from OnTheHub or CU Marketplace (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Endpoint Detection Response (EDR)
EDRDescription:
Endpoint security protection for Windows, Mac, Linux (formerly Antivirus)
Operating System:
Linux Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Fetch
FetchDescription:
FTP client
Operating System:
macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Gurobi Optimizer
Gurobi OptimizerDescription:
Optimizer solver for linear and quadratic programming
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
IDL / ENVI
IDL ENVIDescription:
Interactive Data Language
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
JMP
JMPDescription:
Graphing and statistical analysis
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder, Denver
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
LabVIEW
LabviewDescription:
Data acquisition & control, measurement & programming
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
LaTeX
LaTeXDescription:
A high-quality typesetting system based on TeX
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff)
Lucidchart
LucidchartDescription:
A diagramming and vector graphics application
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Eligibility:
Lucidchart offers both free and paid versions of the product, which individuals may acquire directly from Lucidchart
CU Boulder Licensed Alternative:
Mathematica
MathematicaDescription:
Symbolic math, computation, graphics
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Anschutz, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
MATLAB
MatlabDescription:
Mathematical matrix lab for interactive computation
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 CopilotDescription:
An AI-powered productivity tool that helps users complete tasks more efficiently and improve their work experience
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff)
Microsoft Office
Microsoft OfficeDescription:
Options for downloading Office, Server and other Microsoft products
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Microsoft Project
Microsoft ProjectDescription:
A project management software application
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Faculty/Staff)
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft VisioDescription:
A diagramming and vector graphics application
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Faculty/Staff)
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft WindowsDescription:
Options for downloading Microsoft Windows operating system
Operating System:
Windows
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for university-owned or student-owned devices. Learn more about conditions for downloading.
Mnova
MnovaDescription:
Software for NMR data processing and presentation
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
NVivo
NVivoDescription:
Qualitative analysis
Operating System:
Windows
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Oracle
OracleDescription:
Database, tools and applications
Operating System:
Windows Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
OriginPro
OriginProDescription:
Graphing and statistical analysis
Operating System:
Windows
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Qualtrics
QualtricsDescription:
Web-based tool for creating and conducting online surveys
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
R
RDescription:
Open-source programming, statistics, graphics
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
RedHat Linux
Redhat LinuxDescription:
Linux operating system (latest supported releases are available)
Operating System:
Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Rhino 3D
RhinoDescription:
A commercial 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
Faculty and Students can purchase Rhino 3D from the CU Book Store.
SAS
SASDescription:
Statistical data analysis
Operating System:
Windows Linux
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
SolidWorks
SolidworksDescription:
Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) software
Operating System:
Windows
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Student)
SonicFoundry
SonicFoundryDescription:
Mediasite products for classroom audio/video capture and storage
Operating System:
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department)
SPSS
SPSSDescription:
SPSS Statistics, data analysis
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Stata
StataDescription:
Statistics package, "GradPlan"
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
Special rates for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Tableau
TableauDescription:
Data visualization software that allows users to connect to a variety of sources to visualize data
Operating System:
Windows macOS
Campuses:
Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
No fee for academic use (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
VoiceThread
VoiceThreadDescription:
A cloud application accessible from any browser for collaborative multimedia "documents"
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
VPN
VPNDescription:
Secure tunnel into CU Boulder's network
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Boulder
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)
Wolfram Alpha Pro
Wolfram Alpha ProDescription:
Computational answer engine that accepts natural language input
Operating System:
Windows macOS Linux
Campuses:
Anschutz, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
Eligibility:
No fee for end user (Department, Faculty/Staff, Student)