With a COMSOL Multiphysics license, applications can be run from the COMSOL Desktop environment. With a COMSOL Server license, applications can be run in major web browsers on a variety of operating systems and hardware platforms. In addition, you can run applications by connecting to COMSOL Server with a dedicated client for Windows®.

By using COMSOL Compiler™, you can compile your application to an executable file that can be run in the Windows®, Linux®, and macOS operating systems.

The following two sections explain how to run applications in these different settings. The third section, Publishing COMSOL Applications, describes your rights to publish applications.