Deterministic tools are free. LLM features run on your support.
Every deterministic geotechnical calculation in the CLI is free for everyone, forever — no signup, works offline. The agentic LLM (Tier-1) features are donation-supported so we can keep building.
No signup · works offline · no API key
- -Bearing capacity — Terzaghi / Meyerhof / Hansen / Vesic.
- -Liquefaction — Boulanger & Idriss / NCEER triggering.
- -Classification — USCS, RMR89, Q-system.
- -Pile capacity — Alpha / beta / SPT methods.
- -Slope stability — Bishop simplified.
- -Retaining / earth pressure — Rankine / Coulomb.
- -Seepage — Deterministic groundwater routing.
- -Settlement — Elastic / consolidation / Schmertmann.
- -Tunnel / TBM — Penetration, thrust, torque, cutter wear, TBM selection.
- -Workspace analysis — Evidence-bound GroundModel + verifier, fully offline.
- -Monitoring analysis — Settlement, piezometer, inclinometer, vibration, load-test trends.
- -Visualization — Interactive engineering plots.
- -Export — CSV, DXF, GeoJSON, AGSi, DIGGS interchange.
- -Bundled skills — Repeatable deterministic screening workflows.
Hosted GLM defaults: glm-5.2 (text) / glm-5v-turbo (vision) — or bring your own key.
- -Agentic chat — Interactive ReAct agent with memory; auto-loads your project dataset.
- -Project agent — Reasons over the GroundModel and routes work into deterministic tools.
- -Document ingest — Evidence-bound extraction from borehole logs and reports (PDF/image).
- -Vision workflows — Core box, tunnel-face RMR, sensor charts, borehole-log photos.
- -GBR Q&A — Interrogate a Geotechnical Baseline Report in the terminal.
- -AI report synthesis — Draft evidence-first geotechnical reports.
- -NL classification — Soil description to USCS + properties.
Bring your own key: OpenAI · Anthropic · Zhipu / Z.ai · OpenAI-compatible / OpenRouter · Hugging Face.
Support Tier-1 with a donation
Donations start at $10 or more through Patreon. Your support keeps the LLM and agentic features alive and improving.
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Donation & Membership FAQ
What is free?
All deterministic geotechnical tools are free for everyone, forever — no signup, no API key, works offline. That includes bearing capacity, liquefaction, classification, pile, slope, retaining, settlement, tunnel/TBM, seepage, workspace analysis, monitoring signal analysis, visualization, exports, and bundled skills.
What do donations support?
Donations support the Tier-1 LLM and agentic features — chat, agent, ingest, vision, GBR Q&A, AI reports, and natural-language classification — using the hosted GLM defaults (glm-5.2 for text and glm-5v-turbo for vision) or your own provider key (BYOK).
How much, and where?
Donations start at $10 or more through Patreon — donate on Patreon.
How do I avoid being charged every month?
Patreon has no one-time payment option; memberships renew automatically every month. Our goal is a donation, not a subscription. To keep your donation a one-time gift and avoid automatic withdrawals in the following months, cancel your Patreon membership immediately after your payment clears — your support for the month still counts.
Can I use my own LLM key?
Yes. geotechCLI is LLM-agnostic — configure OpenAI, Anthropic, Zhipu/Z.ai, any OpenAI-compatible/OpenRouter endpoint, or Hugging Face with your own key. The hosted GLM defaults are glm-5.2 for text and glm-5v-turbo for vision.