Open-Source Quantum Software Projects

Curated list of open-source developed quantum software projects.

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Contents

• Quantum full-stack libraries
• Quantum simulators
• Quantum annealing
• Quantum games
• Quantum algorithms
• Quantum compilers
• Quantum assembly
• Experimental quantum computing
• Abandoned projects

Quantum full-stack libraries

Python

• QISKit - IBM's quantum information software kit for simulating, compiling and executing quantum programs.
• Strawberry Fields - Xanadu's software library for photonic quantum computing.
• Forest - Rigetti's software library for writing, simulating, compiling and executing quantum programs.
• ProjectQ - Hardware-agnostic quantum software framework with compiler and simulator with emulation capabilities.

Q#

• Q# - Microsoft's quantum programming language with Visual Studio integration.

C++

• XACC - Extreme-scale programming model for quantum acceleration within high-performance computing.

Quantum simulators

Python

• Quantum Virtual Machine - Reference implementation of Rigetti's Quantum Virtual Machine.
• QuTiP - User-friendly and efficient numerical simulations of a wide variety of Hamiltonians.
• QTop - Simulation and visualization of topological quantum computers.
• PySimulator - Python with C++ backend simulator for superconducting circuits.
• QGL - Domain-specific language embedded in python for specifying quantum gate sequences.

C++

• Quantum++ - High-performance general purpose quantum simulator (can simulate d-dimensional qudits).
• QCL - High level, hardware-agnostic programming language for quantum computers (syntax like C or Pascal).

Haskell

• Quipper - Scalable functional programming language for quantum computing based on Quantum Lambda Calculus.

Julia

• QuantumInfo.jl - Julia library for quantum information related calculations.
• QSimulator.jl - Unitary and Lindbladian evolution in Julia.
• RandomQuantum.jl - Package for generating random quantum states and processes.
• Cliffords.jl - Efficient calculation of Clifford circuits in Julia.

F#

• Liqui|> - Toolsuite for quantum simulation developed by Microsoft QuArC.

Quantum annealing

Python, C & Matlab

• Qbsolv - QUBO solver with D-Wave or classical tabu solver backend.

Python

• NetworkX - Exploration and analysis of network graphs.
• dimod - Shared API for Ising and QUBO problems.
• sapi_dimod - Dimod wrapper for D-Wave's Solver API (SAPI).
• micro_client_sapi_dimod - Dimod wrapper for the D-Wave Micro Client.
• minorminor - Heuristic tool for minor graph embedding.
• penaltymodel - Utilities and interfaces for using penalty models.
• penaltymodel_maxgap - Generates penalty models with smt solves. Factory & Cache for penaltymodel.
• embedding_utilities - Mapping samples between original and embedded graph.
• dwave-system - Incorporating D-Wave quantum annealers as samplers in the D-Wave Ocean (?) software stack.
• dwave-cloud-client - Min. implementation of the REST interface to communicate with D-Wave's Solver API.
• chimera_embedding - Algorithms to generate native-structured embeddings for Chimera graphs.

C++

• Virtual Hardware Embedding - Virtual Hardware Embedding Suite for adiabatic quantum computing.

Quantum games

Python

• Quantum Awesomeness - Simple puzzles to benchmark various quantum processor.
• Quantum Battleships - Playing battleships with quantum measurements.

Quantum algorithms

Python

• Grove - Quantum algorithms implemented using Rigetti's pyQuil.
• OpenFermion - Compiling and analyzing quantum algorithm for quantum chemistry simulations.
• XACC Examples - Example code using XACC for quantum computing.
• XACC QChem - QPU Benchmarks for Quantum Chemistry via XACC, Psi4 and OpenFermion.
• Adapt - Algorithms for adaptive refinement of measurements.

Julia

• QuantumTomography.jl - Julia package to perform quantum state and process tomography.

C++

• XACC VQE - Distributed Variational Quantum Eigensolver built on XACC for solving electronic structure problems.

Quantum compilers

C++

• Qubiter - Quantum compiler using CS Decomposition to build a binary tree of matrices.
• pQCS - Parallel quantum circuit synthesis with optimal T-count.
• ScaffCC - Compilation, analysis and optimization framework for the Scaffold quantum programming language.

Python

• QGL2 Compiler - Language compiler for imperative Quantum Gate Language (QGL).

Julia

• QGL.jl - A performance orientated QGL compiler.

Quantum assembly

• OpenQASM - IBM's open-source quantum assembly language.
• QMASM - A quantum macro assembler for D-Wave's quantum annealers.

Experimental quantum computing

Python

• Quince - Node-based GUI that allows for graphical configuration of qubit experiments in Auspex.
• PyQLab - Library for instrument control and superconducting QIP experiments.

Matlab

• Qlab - Measurement and control software for superconducting qubits.

Julia

• Qlab.jl - Generic lab tools in Julia.

Abandoned projects

2+ years of inactivity. Feel free to reanimate & document some of this work!

• QACG - Quantum Arithmetic Circuit Generator in Haskell.
• QCViewer - A visual quantum circuit design and simulation tool.

Contributing

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License

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