Offline Access

Full Install

The full PhET Offline Website Installer package installs a copy of the PhET website onto your computer.

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Download installer with simulations only (no activities)
Mac OS X - 484 MB
Linux - 484 MB
Download installer with simulations and activities
Mac OS X - 1937 MB
Linux - 1950 MB

All sims (these zip files contain simulations only)

All sims - contains English Java, Flash, and HTML5 sims only - 270MB
HTML5 sims English - contains all translated locales of HTML5 sims, instructions for specifying a locale here - 55MB
HTML5 sims Spanish - contains all Spanish HTML5 sims, 55MB
HTML5 sims Portuguese (Brazil) - contains all Portuguese (Brazil) HTML5 sims, 55MB

One at a Time

Acid-Base Solutions HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Alpha Decay JavaJava
Area Builder HTMLHTML5
Area Model Algebra HTMLHTML5
Area Model Decimals HTMLHTML5
Area Model Introduction HTMLHTML5
Area Model Multiplication HTMLHTML5
Arithmetic HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Atomic Interactions HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Balancing Act HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Balancing Chemical Equations HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Balloons & Buoyancy JavaJava
Balloons and Static Electricity HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Band Structure JavaJava
Battery-Resistor Circuit JavaJava
Battery Voltage JavaJava
Beer's Law Lab HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Bending Light HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Beta Decay JavaJava
Blackbody Spectrum HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Build a Fraction HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Build a Molecule JavaJava
Build an Atom HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Buoyancy FlashFlash
Calculus Grapher FlashFlash
Capacitor Lab JavaJava
Capacitor Lab: Basics HTMLHTML5
Charges and Fields HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Circuit Construction Kit: DC - Virtual Lab HTMLHTML5
Circuit Construction Kit (DC Only), Virtual Lab JavaJava
Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC) JavaJava
Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC), Virtual Lab JavaJava
Circuit Construction Kit: DC HTMLHTML5
Circuit Construction Kit (DC Only) JavaJava
Collision Lab FlashFlash
Color Vision HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Concentration HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Conductivity JavaJava
Coulomb's Law HTMLHTML5
Curve Fitting HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Davisson-Germer: Electron Diffraction JavaJava
Density FlashFlash
Diffusion HTMLHTML5
Double Wells and Covalent Bonds JavaJava
Eating & Exercise JavaJava
Electric Field Hockey JavaJava
Electric Field of Dreams JavaJava
Energy Forms and Changes HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Energy Skate Park JavaJava
Energy Skate Park: Basics HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Equality Explorer HTMLHTML5
Equality Explorer: Basics HTMLHTML5
Equality Explorer: Two Variables HTMLHTML5
Equation Grapher FlashFlash
Estimation FlashFlash
Expression Exchange HTMLHTML5
Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab JavaJava
Faraday's Law HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Fluid Pressure and Flow JavaJava
Forces and Motion JavaJava
Forces and Motion: Basics HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Forces in 1 Dimension JavaJava
Fourier: Making Waves JavaJava
Fraction Matcher HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Fractions: Equality HTMLHTML5
Fractions: Intro HTMLHTML5
Fractions Intro JavaJava
Fractions: Mixed Numbers HTMLHTML5
Friction HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Function Builder HTMLHTML5
Function Builder: Basics HTMLHTML5
Gases Intro HTMLHTML5
Gas Properties HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Gene Expression Essentials HTMLHTML5
Gene Expression - The Basics JavaJava
Gene Machine: The Lac Operon JavaJava
Generator JavaJava
Geometric Optics FlashFlash
Glaciers JavaJava
Graphing Lines HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Graphing Quadratics HTMLHTML5
Graphing Slope-Intercept HTMLHTML5
Gravity And Orbits HTMLHTML5
Gravity and Orbits JavaJava
Gravity Force Lab HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Gravity Force Lab: Basics HTMLHTML5
The Greenhouse Effect JavaJava
Hooke's Law HTMLHTML5
Isotopes and Atomic Mass HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
John Travoltage HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Ladybug Motion 2D JavaJava
Ladybug Revolution JavaJava
Lasers JavaJava
Least-Squares Regression HTMLHTML5
Lunar Lander FlashFlash
Magnet and Compass JavaJava
Magnets and Electromagnets JavaJava
Make a Ten HTMLHTML5
Masses and Springs HTMLHTML5
Masses & Springs FlashFlash
Masses and Springs: Basics HTMLHTML5
Maze Game JavaJava
Membrane Channels JavaJava
Microwaves JavaJava
Models of the Hydrogen Atom JavaJava
Molarity HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Molecular Motors JavaJava
Molecule Polarity HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Molecules and Light HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Molecule Shapes HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Molecule Shapes: Basics HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Motion in 2D JavaJava
The Moving Man JavaJava
My Solar System FlashFlash
Natural Selection JavaJava
Neon Lights & Other Discharge Lamps JavaJava
Neuron HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Normal Modes FlashFlash
Nuclear Fission JavaJava
Number Line: Integers HTMLHTML5
Ohm's Law HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Optical Quantum Control JavaJava
Optical Tweezers and Applications JavaJava
Pendulum Lab HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Photoelectric Effect JavaJava
pH Scale HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
pH Scale: Basics HTMLHTML5
Plate Tectonics JavaJava
Plinko Probability HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Projectile Motion HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Proportion Playground HTMLHTML5
Quantum Bound States JavaJava
Quantum Tunneling and Wave Packets JavaJava
Quantum Wave Interference JavaJava
Radiating Charge FlashFlash
Radioactive Dating Game JavaJava
Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields JavaJava
The Ramp JavaJava
Ramp: Forces and Motion JavaJava
Reactants, Products and Leftovers HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Reactions & Rates JavaJava
Resistance in a Wire HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Resonance FlashFlash
Reversible Reactions JavaJava
Rutherford Scattering HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Salts & Solubility JavaJava
Self-Driven Particle Model JavaJava
Semiconductors JavaJava
Signal Circuit JavaJava
Simplified MRI JavaJava
Sound JavaJava
States of Matter HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
States of Matter: Basics HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Stern-Gerlach Experiment FlashFlash
Stretching DNA JavaJava
Sugar and Salt Solutions JavaJava
Torque JavaJava
Trig Tour HTMLHTML5
Under Pressure HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Unit Rates HTMLHTML5
Vector Addition HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash
Vector Addition: Equations HTMLHTML5
Wave Interference HTMLHTML5 JavaJava
Wave on a String HTMLHTML5 FlashFlash

We offer an Android app that allows native offline use of all the HTML5 sims. Find it on the Play Store here. It is available on select Chromebooks.

All the HTML5 sims

in an app!

  • Compatible with select Chromebooks
  • Ideal for offline use
  • Includes favorites, filtering, and automatic updates
  • All proceeds support HTML5 sims (only $0.99!)

One at a Time

Simulation Name Technology
Acid-Base Solutions DownloadHTML5
Area Builder DownloadHTML5
Area Model Algebra DownloadHTML5
Area Model Decimals DownloadHTML5
Area Model Introduction DownloadHTML5
Area Model Multiplication DownloadHTML5
Arithmetic DownloadHTML5
Atomic Interactions DownloadHTML5
Balancing Act DownloadHTML5
Balancing Chemical Equations DownloadHTML5
Balloons and Static Electricity DownloadHTML5
Beer's Law Lab DownloadHTML5
Bending Light DownloadHTML5
Blackbody Spectrum DownloadHTML5
Build a Fraction DownloadHTML5
Build an Atom DownloadHTML5
Capacitor Lab: Basics DownloadHTML5
Charges and Fields DownloadHTML5
Circuit Construction Kit: DC - Virtual Lab DownloadHTML5
Circuit Construction Kit: DC DownloadHTML5
Color Vision DownloadHTML5
Concentration DownloadHTML5
Coulomb's Law DownloadHTML5
Curve Fitting DownloadHTML5
Diffusion DownloadHTML5
Energy Forms and Changes DownloadHTML5
Energy Skate Park: Basics DownloadHTML5
Equality Explorer DownloadHTML5
Equality Explorer: Basics DownloadHTML5
Equality Explorer: Two Variables DownloadHTML5
Expression Exchange DownloadHTML5
Faraday's Law DownloadHTML5
Forces and Motion: Basics DownloadHTML5
Fraction Matcher DownloadHTML5
Fractions: Equality DownloadHTML5
Fractions: Intro DownloadHTML5
Fractions: Mixed Numbers DownloadHTML5
Friction DownloadHTML5
Function Builder DownloadHTML5
Function Builder: Basics DownloadHTML5
Gases Intro DownloadHTML5
Gas Properties DownloadHTML5
Gene Expression Essentials DownloadHTML5
Graphing Lines DownloadHTML5
Graphing Quadratics DownloadHTML5
Graphing Slope-Intercept DownloadHTML5
Gravity And Orbits DownloadHTML5
Gravity Force Lab DownloadHTML5
Gravity Force Lab: Basics DownloadHTML5
Hooke's Law DownloadHTML5
Isotopes and Atomic Mass DownloadHTML5
John Travoltage DownloadHTML5
Least-Squares Regression DownloadHTML5
Make a Ten DownloadHTML5
Masses and Springs DownloadHTML5
Masses and Springs: Basics DownloadHTML5
Molarity DownloadHTML5
Molecule Polarity DownloadHTML5
Molecules and Light DownloadHTML5
Molecule Shapes DownloadHTML5
Molecule Shapes: Basics DownloadHTML5
Neuron DownloadHTML5
Number Line: Integers DownloadHTML5
Ohm's Law DownloadHTML5
Pendulum Lab DownloadHTML5
pH Scale DownloadHTML5
pH Scale: Basics DownloadHTML5
Plinko Probability DownloadHTML5
Projectile Motion DownloadHTML5
Proportion Playground DownloadHTML5
Reactants, Products and Leftovers DownloadHTML5
Resistance in a Wire DownloadHTML5
Rutherford Scattering DownloadHTML5
States of Matter DownloadHTML5
States of Matter: Basics DownloadHTML5
Trig Tour DownloadHTML5
Under Pressure DownloadHTML5
Unit Rates DownloadHTML5
Vector Addition DownloadHTML5
Vector Addition: Equations DownloadHTML5
Wave Interference DownloadHTML5
Wave on a String DownloadHTML5
Waves Intro DownloadHTML5

We offer an iPad app that allows native offline use of all the HTML5 sims. Find it on the app store here.

All the HTML5 sims

in an app!

  • Natively designed for iPad
  • Ideal for offline use
  • Includes favorites, filtering, and automatic updates
  • All proceeds support HTML5 sims (only $0.99!)

In order to 'Download' an individual sim to use on an iPad (offline), you'll need to add it to the iPad reading list.


To access a PhET simulation on an iPad while not connected to the internet, first open the sim in Safari by clicking the play button. Tap the Action button and then tap Add to Reading List. In the future, simply tap the Bookmarks icon and tap the sim page that is saved in the Reading List.

One at a Time

Simulation Name Technology
Acid-Base Solutions DownloadHTML5
Area Builder DownloadHTML5
Area Model Algebra DownloadHTML5
Area Model Decimals DownloadHTML5
Area Model Introduction DownloadHTML5
Area Model Multiplication DownloadHTML5
Arithmetic DownloadHTML5
Atomic Interactions DownloadHTML5
Balancing Act DownloadHTML5
Balancing Chemical Equations DownloadHTML5
Balloons and Static Electricity DownloadHTML5
Beer's Law Lab DownloadHTML5
Bending Light DownloadHTML5
Blackbody Spectrum DownloadHTML5
Build a Fraction DownloadHTML5
Build an Atom DownloadHTML5
Capacitor Lab: Basics DownloadHTML5
Charges and Fields DownloadHTML5
Circuit Construction Kit: DC - Virtual Lab DownloadHTML5
Circuit Construction Kit: DC DownloadHTML5
Color Vision DownloadHTML5
Concentration DownloadHTML5
Coulomb's Law DownloadHTML5
Curve Fitting DownloadHTML5
Diffusion DownloadHTML5
Energy Forms and Changes DownloadHTML5
Energy Skate Park: Basics DownloadHTML5
Equality Explorer DownloadHTML5
Equality Explorer: Basics DownloadHTML5
Equality Explorer: Two Variables DownloadHTML5
Expression Exchange DownloadHTML5
Faraday's Law DownloadHTML5
Forces and Motion: Basics DownloadHTML5
Fraction Matcher DownloadHTML5
Fractions: Equality DownloadHTML5
Fractions: Intro DownloadHTML5
Fractions: Mixed Numbers DownloadHTML5
Friction DownloadHTML5
Function Builder DownloadHTML5
Function Builder: Basics DownloadHTML5
Gases Intro DownloadHTML5
Gas Properties DownloadHTML5
Gene Expression Essentials DownloadHTML5
Graphing Lines DownloadHTML5
Graphing Quadratics DownloadHTML5
Graphing Slope-Intercept DownloadHTML5
Gravity And Orbits DownloadHTML5
Gravity Force Lab DownloadHTML5
Gravity Force Lab: Basics DownloadHTML5
Hooke's Law DownloadHTML5
Isotopes and Atomic Mass DownloadHTML5
John Travoltage DownloadHTML5
Least-Squares Regression DownloadHTML5
Make a Ten DownloadHTML5
Masses and Springs DownloadHTML5
Masses and Springs: Basics DownloadHTML5
Molarity DownloadHTML5
Molecule Polarity DownloadHTML5
Molecules and Light DownloadHTML5
Molecule Shapes DownloadHTML5
Molecule Shapes: Basics DownloadHTML5
Neuron DownloadHTML5
Number Line: Integers DownloadHTML5
Ohm's Law DownloadHTML5
Pendulum Lab DownloadHTML5
pH Scale DownloadHTML5
pH Scale: Basics DownloadHTML5
Plinko Probability DownloadHTML5
Projectile Motion DownloadHTML5
Proportion Playground DownloadHTML5
Reactants, Products and Leftovers DownloadHTML5
Resistance in a Wire DownloadHTML5
Rutherford Scattering DownloadHTML5
States of Matter DownloadHTML5
States of Matter: Basics DownloadHTML5
Trig Tour DownloadHTML5
Under Pressure DownloadHTML5
Unit Rates DownloadHTML5
Vector Addition DownloadHTML5
Vector Addition: Equations DownloadHTML5
Wave Interference DownloadHTML5
Wave on a String DownloadHTML5
Waves Intro DownloadHTML5