Welcome to DFTB+!

DFTB+ is a fast and efficient versatile quantum mechanical simulation package. It is based on the Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) method, containing almost all of the useful extensions which had been developed for the DFTB framework so far. Using DFTB+ you can carry out quantum mechanical simulations like with ab-initio density functional theory based packages, but in an approximate way gaining typically around two order of magnitude in speed. [see About DFTB+ for further details]
DFTB+ is used worldwide by more than 500 research groups. It is free for academic, educational and non-profit research. You can download it after registering and signing a license agreement. For commercial usage please contact us directly.
DFTB+ Release 1.2 available 2011-11-09
The final version of Release 1.2 is available for download. See the release notes about changes and new features.
DFTB+ 1.2 Release candidate available 2011-09-16
The release candidate of DFTB+ 1.2 is available now. It should become the official 1.2 after a few weeks of user testing. For changes and new features, see the release notes.
