# New OpenAlea Release

**URL:** <https://fspm.discourse.group/t/new-openalea-release/391>\
**Category:** Openalea\
**Created:** [February 20, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/new-openalea-release/391 "2026-02-20T13:54:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/new-openalea-release/391/1 "2026-02-20T13:54:45Z")

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We are proud to announce the release 2025 of OpenAlea platform!

The following packages have been released:

**Formalism and data structure**

- [openalea.plantgl 3.23.2](https://plantgl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): 3D Plant Geometric Library

- [openalea.mtg2.3.0](https://mtg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Multiscale Tree Graph datastructure and algorithms

- [openalea.rsml1.5.0](https://rsml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Data format for Root System, compatible with MTG

**Software Platform and Scientific Workflow System**

-[openalea.core 2.5.0](https://openalea-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Main Component software formalisms and implementation

- [openalea.visualea 2.5.0](https://visualea.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Visual Programming Environment

- [openalea.grapheditor 2.5.0](https://grapheditor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Generic Graph Edition, interaction and Visualisation with OpenAlea/VisuAlea

- [openalea.scipack 2.5.2](https://scipack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Scientific Python Stack for VisuAlea

- [openalea.oalab 2.5.0](https://github.com/openalea/oalab): Make your application reusable!

- [openalea.widgets 1.1.2](https://oawidgets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Jupyter Widgets for MTG, PlantGL, and LPy

**Light Interception & Ecophysiology**

- [openalea.caribu 8.2.1](https://caribu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Light Intercetion by Plants

- [openalea.ratp 2.2.0](https://pyratp.readthedocs.io/): Radiation, Absorption, Transpiration, and Photosynthesis

- [openalea.spice 1.1.1](https://openalea-spice.readthedocs.io/en/stable/): Fast Path Tracer for Light Interception

- [openalea.astk 3.1.1](https://openalea-astk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Sky luminance and sky sources from Weather data

**Functional Plant Models**

- [openalea.hydroroot 2.1.0](https://hydroroot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Simulating and phenotyping Root Hydraulic Architecture

- [openalea.hydroshoot 5.3.0](https://hydroshoot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): Simulating Shoot Hydraulic Transport, Leaf Energy budget, and Gas Exchange Fluxes.

**Simulation and 3D reconstruction**

- [openalea.lpy 3.15.4](https://lpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): L-System Plant Simulation Environment

- [openalea.adel 2.1.1](https://adel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/): 3D reconstruction of Maize and Wheat

- [openalea.weberpenn 2.5.0](https://visualea.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/weberpenn.html): 3D Generation of Trees from Parameters

- [openalea.phenomenal 1.10.4](https://phenomenal.readthedocs.io/en/stable/): 3D shoot architecture reconstruction and analysis for image-based plant phenotyping

Details about the release can be found in [the release notes](https://openalea.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release.html)

### Installation

The installation of the release relies on the [conda](https://conda-forge.org/download/) / [mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) package manager, and it gets as simple as:

```bash
mamba create -n openalea -c openalea3 -c conda-forge openalea=3.0.0
mamba activate openalea

```

You can contact us through [openalea · Discussions · GitHub](https://github.com/orgs/openalea/discussions)