Match! Download Area
On this page you will find the current Match! software version 4.3 Build 360 as well as free-of-charge reference patterns calculated from the COD database, and last-but-not-least installer packages of the well-known Rietveld program FullProf (by J. Rodriguez-Carvajal) for all supported platforms.
Before downloading and installing Match!, please take a look at the following hints:
- Please be sure to download the installation package that is suitable for your operating system version.
- If you would like to update your current Match! version, verify that the update permission time of your license has not expired yet. You can do so e.g. by running the "Help/About Match!" command. If your update permission time has expired, you will not be able to run the new version until you have purchased an extension for your update permission time.
- Please read the corresponding file Readme.txt to learn about system requirements as well as how to install the software on the corresponding platform.
- You need administrator privileges to install the software!
Current version is 4.3 Build 360 (released on May 4, 2026).
| Platform / Operating System | Readme file | Download Package | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | ||||
| Windows 10 or 11 (Intel 64-bit) | Readme.txt | Match-4-windows-x64-installer.exe | 365 MB | |
| Windows 11 on ARM | Readme.txt | Match-4-windows-arm64-installer.exe | 332 MB | |
| Windows 7 or 8 (Intel 32-bit) | Readme.txt | Match-4-windows-x32-installer.exe | 300 MB | |
| macOS | ||||
| macOS 12 "Monterey" or higher (Apple Silicon Mx, ARM) | Readme.txt | Match-4-macOS-ARM-installer.dmg | 582 MB | |
| macOS 10.13 "High Sierra" or higher (Intel processor) | Readme.txt | Match-4-macOS-Intel-installer.dmg | 407 MB | |
| Linux | ||||
| Linux (Intel 64-bit, glibc >= 2.35, e.g. Ubuntu 22.04 or later) | Readme.txt | Match-4-linux-x64-installer.zip | 460.0 MB | |
| Linux (Intel 64-bit, glibc 2.27 to 2.34, e.g. Ubuntu 18.04) | Readme.txt | Match-4-linux-x64-installer.zip | 410.0 MB | |
Download other Match! versions
You can also download previous versions as well as the most recent pre-release version.
Match! Demo Version
If you do not have a license for Match! yet, the software installed from the download packages above works as a demo version. The functionality is equivalent to the full version, the only difference being the time limitation: After you have installed the software for the first time it will work for 2 months. Once this evaluation period has passed you should purchase a license if you would like to continue using the software.
Registration for Mailing List
If you are interested in obtaining updates on new versions of Match! and other Crystal Impact news, you can register for our mailing list.
Reference pattern databases
In addition to any ICDD PDF database product, Match! can also use free-of-charge reference patterns calculated from crystal structure data that are available free-of-charge on the internet. These data come from the COD ("Crystallography Open Database").
There are three different COD reference database packages available: The complete COD reference pattern database containing all appropriate entries from the COD, another package containing only COD reference patterns for inorganic compounds (without C-H-bonds), and finally a tiny small reference database that contains only reference patterns for Cement phases.
The COD Inorganics reference pattern database (which can be downloaded below) can be used with Match! version 1.7 or higher. Please note, however, that the full COD reference database can only be used with Match! version 3 and 4 64-bit versions, because the central database file has become so large (> 2 GB) that it can no longer be accessed with earlier as well as 32-bit versions. The most recent full COD version that is still compatible with Match! version 1 has been released on January 4, 2016, and can be downloaded from here.
Installation instructions: First of all, download the compressed reference database file(s), by clicking on the corresponding file name (link) in the table below. When the download has finished, please unzip the contents of the zip-file(s) to the directory where you would like to save/create the new reference database.
Once you have extracted the contents of the zip-file(s) please run Match!, open the Reference Database Library (e.g. using the "Select/create reference database" command from the "Database" menu), press the "Add" button, and select the file "MatchRefDBInfo.mtn" in the directory where you have unzipped the files. The new reference database can now be selected for being used.
| Reference patterns from... | File name | Entries | Size | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystallography Open Database (COD) | COD_20260602.zip | 531,925 | 3.5 GB | June 2, 2026 | |
| COD inorganic compounds only | COD-Inorganics_20260602.zip | 77,812 | 277 MB | June 2, 2026 | |
| Minerals (AMCSD) only | Minerals_AMCSD_20260602.zip | 17,812 | 60 MB | June 2, 2026 | |
| Cement compounds only | Cements_20201127.zip | 109 | 0.3 MB | November 27, 2020 | |
Download FullProf Installers
Match! uses the well-known Rietveld program FullProf (J. Rodriguez-Carvajal, Physica B 192, 55 (1993)) to run Rietveld refinement calculations. You can download FullProf installers for all supported platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux and Linux 64-bit) either from the original FullProf download page or from below.
| Platform | Download Package | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 64-bits | Setup_FullProf_Suite_April2025_64b_ifort.exe | 120 MB | |
| Windows 32-bits | Setup_FullProf_Suite_January2018.exe | 85.0 MB | |
| Windows XP, Vista | Setup_FullProf_Suite_January2018_XP.exe | 82.5 MB | |
| macOS 11 "Big Sur" (or higher) | FullProf4Mac_v330.dmg | 168 MB | |
| macOS 10.13 "High Sierra", 10.14 "Mojave" or 10.15 "Catalina" | FullProf4Mac_v274.dmg | 129 MB | |
| Linux 64-bits | FullProf_Suite_February2025_Linux64_ifort.tgz | 114 MB | |
FullProf installation instructions (taken from FullProf web page, with minor modifications):
Windows
Download the Windows installer package from the table above into some temporary directory, then double-click on it to run the installer. Follow the instructions on the screen, paying attention not to use directory names with blank or non ASCII characters in their name.
macOS
FullProf4Mac.app is the full implementation of the FULLPROF suite (64 bits). It is signed with the “Institut Laue-Langevin” certificate. OpenMotif is embedded and there is no need for defining any environment variable. Just double-click the icon of the application to launch it.
Requirements:
- macOS 11 "Big Sur" or higher (older FullProf versions for earlier macOS releases are available from the original FullProf download page)
- A free X11 server must be present on your computer, either www.xquartz.org (version 2.7.9 or higher) or ports.macports.org/port/xorg-server/.
Installation
Download the file "FullProf4Mac-vxxx.dmg" to the Desktop. Click on it and drag the FullProf4Mac icon to the icon "Applications". That's all !
Linux
Download the installer file from the table above. Afterwards, please perform the following steps:
- Create a directory in which you want to hold the programs of the FullProf_Suite, e.g. $HOME/FullProf_Suite
To do so please open a terminal window, then execute the following commands:
cd $HOME mkdir FullProf_Suite cd FullProf_Suite - Copy the file FullProf_Suite_XXXXNNNN_Lin.tgz (XXXX=Month NNNN=year) into the directory you have just created
- Decompress the file .tgz with the following command:
tar -xzvf FullProf_Suite_XXXXNNNN_Lin.tgz