# Can preCICE be used for one-way coupling?

**URL:** <https://precice.discourse.group/t/can-precice-be-used-for-one-way-coupling/28>\
**Category:** Is preCICE for me?\
**Tags:** faq\
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/can-precice-be-used-for-one-way-coupling/28 "2019-09-23T20:58:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/can-precice-be-used-for-one-way-coupling/28/2 "2019-10-08T12:18:04Z")

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Yes! Several people are doing this already.

Even though there may be other ways to do one-way coupling, it may still be beneficial to use preCICE here: flexible data mapping methods, parallel communication (your coupling data might be too large to write to disk), and already adapted solvers.

_Moved from our FAQ on [precice.org](http://precice.org)._

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