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Dynare in a Nutshell
Ease of Use
Write your model almost as you would on paper and Dynare will take care of the rest!
Models
Dynare can handle a wide range of macroeconomic models: DSGE, OLG, perfect foresight, ... [find out more](about).
Tasks
Use Dynare to solve and estimate your model, compute optimal policy, perform identification and sensitivity analysis, and more!
License
Dynare is [free and open-source software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software) and most of the source files are covered by the [GNU General Public Licence](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) version 3 or later.
Community
We organize a Summer School and a Conference every year (applications every Spring) and you can use the [Forum](https://forum.dynare.org/) year-round.
Platforms
Dynare runs on top of Matlab, [GNU Octave](https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/), and, in the not too distant future, [Julia](https://julialang.org/)!
Supported by
Current financial support provided by contracts with: the European Central Bank, the Bank of France, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, and DSGE-NET.