# Helios

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## [Getting started with Helios](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/getting-started-with-helios/372)

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**Author:** [@bnbailey](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/bnbailey)\
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**Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/getting-started-with-helios/372 "2025-06-15T21:57:26Z")

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The sections below outline various resources available for getting started with Helios. Hardware Helios runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Several model plug-ins (e.g., radiation) require an NVIDIA GPU. This also mea…

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## [About the Helios category](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/about-the-helios-category/369)

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**Author:** [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\
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**Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/about-the-helios-category/369 "2025-05-29T12:32:44Z")

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Helios is a flexible and scalable 3D plant modeling framework made available as an open source library. Helios is computationally efficient, enabling of the simulation of large, canopy-scale problems at high detail. It a…