Installation
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If you plan to use QSWAT+ to set up your watershed, please install QGIS 3 before installing SWAT+. It can be downloaded from the , where you should select the Long term release repository, and the 64 bit standalone installer. Use the default folder C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.34.n as the installation folder. See the for further instructions.
MacOS and Linux only: users will need to install openmpi separately.
MacOS: run brew install openmpi from a terminal.
Linux Ubuntu: run sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin from a terminal.
Package name may vary with distribution.
This release includes SWAT+ rev. 61, QSWAT+ 2.5, SWAT+ Editor 3.0, and SWAT+ Toolbox 2.0 (Windows only). To install the SWAT+ model and interface components, please use an installer linked below for your operating system. The installer is for 64-bit machines. Administrator privileges are not required for personal installations (but Mac requires use of sudo).
Windows 64-bit
24 October 2024
3.0.8
*Linux 64-bit
2.3
*MacOS Intel 64-bit
2.3
*MacOS Arm M1/M2
2.3
*We are currently experiencing a delay in getting the rev. 61 SWAT+ model operational with Linux/MacOS. Please use our old interface installers, v2.3 in the meantime.
*For Linux and MacOS, the optional SSURGO/STATSGO soils and WGN databases should be downloaded from the section below as they are not included in the installers. See detailed installation instructions for Linux and MacOS .
Existing SWAT+ users should be sure to read the thoroughly to see how the software updates affect your projects.
Trouble loading the software after installation? Read through our troubleshooting guide.
If you need to install QSWAT+ or SWAT+ Editor individually, grab the latest release of their respective installers from their source code repository downloads page.
The model itself is packaged with SWAT+ Editor and we recommend using the editor to modify your inputs and run the model. However, if you would like to download just the command line executable file, it is available at the SWAT+ Github repository.
On Windows we recommend using the SWAT+ Tools installer above for installing the SWAT+ datasets databases to their proper locations. However, for Linux and MacOS, or if you need to access these components individually, they are linked below:
These files should be placed in SWATPlus/Databases
Previous releases may be accessed from .