# About the Legacy DOLFIN category

**URL:** <https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/about-the-legacy-dolfin-category/13067>\
**Category:** Legacy DOLFIN\
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/about-the-legacy-dolfin-category/13067 "2023-12-15T16:20:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![dokken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fenicsproject.discourse.group/dokken/32/1560_2.png) [@dokken](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/dokken)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/about-the-legacy-dolfin-category/13067/1 "2023-12-15T16:20:57Z")

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This category is for posts relating to Legacy DOLFIN (formerly known as DOLFIN, no longer maintained), which is hosted on bitbucket: [Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/fenics-project/dolfin/).

See: [The new DOLFINx solver is now recommended over DOLFIN](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/the-new-dolfinx-solver-is-now-recommended-over-dolfin/8249)  
for rational for switching to DOLFINx