qiskit 0.44.0

Software for developing quantum computing programs

Qiskit is an open-source SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of circuits, algorithms, and application modules.

Installation

The best way of installing qiskit is by using pip:

$ pip install qiskit

See install Qiskit for detailed instructions, how to use virtual environments, and build from source standalone versions of the individual Qiskit elements and components.

Qiskit Packaging

The Qiskit project used to be made up of many components. However, in the future the Qiskit metapackage will only install Qiskit Terra:

Build	Version	Contribute
Qiskit Terra

:warning: WARNING :warning: For the time being, two other packages are installed, but these components will be removed from the metapackage in a future release.
Build	Version	Contribute
Qiskit Aer
Qiskit IBM Quantum Provider

Using quantum services

If you are interested in using quantum services, you can check out the Providers page for the list of available providers that Qiskit supports.

Contribution Guidelines

If you'd like to contribute to Qiskit, please take a look at our contribution guidelines. This project adheres to Qiskit's code of conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code.

We use GitHub issues for tracking requests and bugs. Please use our Slack for discussion and simple questions. For questions that are more suited for a forum we use the Qiskit tag in the Stack Exchange.

Next Steps

Now you're set up and ready to check out our Qiskit Tutorials repository.

Authors and Citation

Qiskit is the work of many people who contribute to the project at different levels. If you use Qiskit, please cite as per the included BibTeX file.

License

Apache License 2.0