Welcome
If you are interested in Material Flow Analysis and looking for appropriate FREE software, you are in the right spot! To download the latest version of STAN (2.8.0; released 2026-08-26), you have to register on our website.
NEW (2026-10): HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY, STAN!!!
NEW (2026-09): If you are interested in a browser-based alternative to STAN, give OpenSEFA a try. OpenSEFA is an active research prototype, developed by MATPLUS in cooperation with TU Wien and Marcelo Forets. Links to a free hosted instance, the user manual, and the documentation of the developed reconciliation engine (available on GitHub), together with further information, can be found in this white paper. Feel free to test OpenSEFA, share your experience and contribute to its further development.
NEW (2025-08): STAN (designed for Windows) now also runs on Mac (with Intel processor) and Linux.
About STAN
STAN was developed at the Research Unit for Waste and Resource Management at TU Wien under the direction of Helmut Rechberger. The mastermind behind STAN is Oliver Cencic, who created the mathematical, methodological and practical foundations for the design of STAN. The actual programming work was done by Alfred Kovac (inka software).
Workshops
At the moment, no STAN workshops are open for registration.
If you are interested in organizing a STAN workshop in your company/organisation/country, feel free to contact us!