nwchem VS psi4

Compare nwchem vs psi4 and see what are their differences.

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nwchem psi4
4 2
460 920
- 3.3%
9.7 8.7
12 days ago 5 days ago
Fortran C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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nwchem

Posts with mentions or reviews of nwchem. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Molecular dynamics for Metal-Ligand interactions
    1 project | /r/comp_chem | 30 Dec 2022
    I still use VMD sometimes but I don't use GAMESS anymore. It is a bit difficult to make recommendations without knowing your knowledge level and the operating system that you are using. If you are comfortable with Python, you could start with Psi4. If you know how to compile programs you can try building and running NWChem. Orca is also popular but I have not used it myself. If you are at a university you may have access to other proprietary quantum chemistry programs such as Gaussian or ADF. You can choose any of the programs available to you, and then follow the tutorials and examples in the manual. Once you understand the basics it is easy to learn how to use any program as they all share common features.
  • Orbital analysis NWCHEM
    1 project | /r/comp_chem | 9 Mar 2022
  • Nwchem On M1 Macs
    1 project | /r/comp_chem | 17 Feb 2021
    Yes, it works. See https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/issues/320 and https://github.com/nwchemgit/nwchem/pull/326. I am an NWChem developer and M1 owner.
  • Nwchem on M1 macs
    1 project | /r/comp_chem | 5 Jan 2021
    Okay, so I have no direct experience with the M1 and its specific feature set, but NWC does run with arm devices so it should not be problem (here is a link to compile on a mac MacOSNWChem . Also NWC is Open Sauce so just grab a copy and try it out.

psi4

Posts with mentions or reviews of psi4. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nwchem and psi4 you can also consider the following projects:

xtb - Semiempirical Extended Tight-Binding Program Package

HartreeFock - A program implementing the Hartree–Fock (also post-HF: MP2, CCSD(T), CIS and TDHF/RPA)/self-consistent field method (also DIIS) with Gaussian orbitals

espresso - The ESPResSo package

elmerfem - Official git repository of Elmer FEM software

BOUT-dev - BOUT++: Plasma fluid finite-difference simulation code in curvilinear coordinate systems

awesome-python-chemistry - A curated list of Python packages related to chemistry

DFTK.jl - Density-functional toolkit

openbabel - Open Babel is a chemical toolbox designed to speak the many languages of chemical data.

Q6 - Q6 Repository -- EVB, FEP and LIE simulator.

root - The official repository for ROOT: analyzing, storing and visualizing big data, scientifically