pyrocko 2025.12.4

A versatile seismology toolkit for Python.

Pyrocko

A seismology toolkit for Python

Installation

Pyrocko can be installed on various operating systems and in many different installation styles. Please consult the Pyrocko Installation Manual for details.

System wide installation from source

git clone https://git.pyrocko.org/pyrocko/pyrocko.git
cd pyrocko
python install.py deps system
python install.py system

User installation from source

git clone https://git.pyrocko.org/pyrocko/pyrocko.git
cd pyrocko
pip install .  # only install into isolated environments like this!

Installation with Anaconda

Anaconda3 packages are available for Linux, OSX and Windows (details).

conda install -c pyrocko pyrocko

User installation with Python pip

Binary pip packages are available for Linux and Windows (details).

pip install --user pyrocko
pip install --user --only-binary :all: PyQt5

Documentation

Documentation and usage examples are available online at https://pyrocko.org/docs/current

Community Support

Community support at https://hive.pyrocko.org.

Citation

The recommended citation for Pyrocko is: (You can find the BibTeX snippet in the CITATION file):

Heimann, Sebastian; Kriegerowski, Marius; Isken, Marius; Cesca, Simone; Daout, Simon; Grigoli, Francesco; Juretzek, Carina; Megies, Tobias; Nooshiri, Nima; Steinberg, Andreas; Sudhaus, Henriette; Vasyura-Bathke, Hannes; Willey, Timothy; Dahm, Torsten (2017): Pyrocko - An open-source seismology toolbox and library. V. 0.3. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.2.1.2017.001

License

GNU General Public License, Version 3, 29 June 2007

Copyright © 2017 Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Pyrocko is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Pyrocko is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Contact

• Sebastian Heimann; [e-mail]

• Marius Isken; [e-mail]

• Marius Kriegerowski; [e-mail]

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geoscienes GFZ
Section 2.1: Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Helmholtzstraße 6/7
14467 Potsdam, Germany