cff-version: 1.2.0 message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below." title: 'Snek5000: a new Python framework for Nek5000' abstract: | Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are essential tools in various scientific and engineering disciplines. Nek5000 is a CFD Fortran code based on spectral element methods with a proven track record in numerous applications. In this article, we present Snek5000, a Python package designed to streamline the management and visualization of fluid dynamics simulations based on Nek5000. The package builds upon the functionality of Nek5000 by providing a user-friendly interface for launching and restarting simulations, loading simulation data, and generating figures and movies. This paper introduces Snek5000, discusses its design principles, and highlights its impact on the scientific community. authors: - family-names: Mohanan given-names: Ashwin Vishnu orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-6327 - family-names: Khoubani given-names: Arman orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0295-5308 - family-names: Augier given-names: Pierre orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-4459 version: 0.9.2 date-released: 2023-08-24 doi: 10.21105/joss.05586 license: BSD-3-Clause repository-code: "https://github.com/snek5000/snek5000" identifiers: - type: doi value: 10.5281/zenodo.7399621 description: The concept DOI for the collection containing all versions of Snek5000 source code