Is mujoco still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release 4.0.1, today.

Widely used. 18k stars, 5 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install mujoco on Linux (google-deepmind/mujoco) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

google-deepmind/mujoco

Multi-Joint dynamics with Contact. A general purpose physics simulator.

C/C++ (CMake)#mujoco#physics#robotics

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release 4.0.1, today.
Can I trust it?: Widely used18k stars, 5 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 17,619
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗mujoco.orgThe project's own site.

Download for Linux

4.0.1 · 11/11/2026 ↗

mujoco-4.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 35.4 MB · 16 downloads · best match

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/google-deepmind/mujoco/releases/download/4.0.1/mujoco-4.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "mujoco-4.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"

Other Linux downloads (1)

mujoco-4.0.1-linux-aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 34.8 MB · 8 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/google-deepmind/mujoco/releases/download/4.0.1/mujoco-4.0.1-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "mujoco-4.0.1-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

pip

pip install mujoco

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×C/C++ compiler runtime
1×CMake runtime

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Good to know

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Details

License: Apache-2.0
Open issues: 379
Branch: main

Files we read (8)

.github/workflows/build.yml

.github/workflows/lint.yml

.github/workflows/live.yml

.github/workflows/publish-wasm.yml

.github/workflows/update_live.yml

CMakeLists.txt

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

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