ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenRocket version 24.12 is now available for download
Published on July 30, 2025 by Sibo Van Gool
The OpenRocket team is pleased to announce a new release, OpenRocket version 24.12!
Download: https://openrocket.info/downloads.html
Full release notes: https://openrocket.info/release_notes.html
Documentation: https://openrocket.readthedocs.io/
NOTE FOR WINDOWS USERS: As of this writing, the Windows installer is not yet whitelisted by Microsoft, so you might have to negotiate some extra security warnings before using the program. We will try to get this fixed as soon as we can.
This is another big release, and we were very happy to welcome contributions from lots of new developers. Also a huge thank you to all the users who have tested the 24.12 beta and RC pre-releases. Here are the release highlights:
Download: https://openrocket.info/downloads.html
Full release notes: https://openrocket.info/release_notes.html
Documentation: https://openrocket.readthedocs.io/
NOTE FOR WINDOWS USERS: As of this writing, the Windows installer is not yet whitelisted by Microsoft, so you might have to negotiate some extra security warnings before using the program. We will try to get this fixed as soon as we can.
This is another big release, and we were very happy to welcome contributions from lots of new developers. Also a huge thank you to all the users who have tested the 24.12 beta and RC pre-releases. Here are the release highlights:
- Multi-level wind input: Configure different wind settings at different altitudes in the simulation configuration dialog. Includes support for loading data from CSV file.
- Component Analysis Parameter Sweep Tool: Plot and export Component Analysis parameter sweeps in the new Component Analysis Plot/Export tab. For instance, you can plot the rocket CD as a function of Mach number.
- SVG Fin Export: Export fin shapes directly to SVG for laser cutting or importing into CAD tools.
- Enhanced Simulation tab UI: This is the beginning of a multi-release effort to make it easier to manage simulations and interpret their results.
- Expanded Platform Support: We now offer installers for x86_64 and Arm64 on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- Window Ghosting eliminated on Windows: this one has been haunting us for years, but we think we finally nailed it.
This is only the tip of the iceberg; see the full release notes for more details. Many thanks once again to our developers, testers, users, and financial supporters. Happy simming!