QuTiP VS Cirq

Compare QuTiP vs Cirq and see what are their differences.

Cirq

A python framework for creating, editing, and invoking Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) circuits. (by quantumlib)
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QuTiP Cirq
6 2
1,560 4,104
1.9% 1.3%
9.8 9.4
about 7 hours ago about 18 hours ago
Python Python
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License Apache License 2.0
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QuTiP

Posts with mentions or reviews of QuTiP. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-01.
  • Single Photon Source Simulation in Qiskit?
    2 projects | /r/QuantumComputing | 1 Apr 2023
  • Which programming language is best to simulate a quantum computer?
    5 projects | /r/AskPhysics | 25 Jan 2023
    I think Python would be a more mainstream choice and so you'll find modules like qiskit or [qutip(https://qutip.org/) already exist and will make life easier.
  • How much would I benefit if I started working on my coding skills before uni?
    2 projects | /r/AskPhysics | 24 Jan 2023
    If you want to be a bit more physics-focused in your coding, it might help to dig up a course or textbook on numerical methods in physics. Being able to numerically solve differential equations is probably the most generally applicable skill in physics. Machine learning methods are pretty ''hot right now'' and might be fun to have a look into. And for quantum technology in particular, you might enjoy having a look at some python packages like Kwant for quantum transport, QuTiP for quantum dynamics and Qiskit for quantum computing. You won't understand the physics for this for quite some time, they might help serve as a bit of inspiration and an indication as to what physicists can use programming for.

Cirq

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

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Cirq yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing QuTiP and Cirq you can also consider the following projects:

qiskit - Qiskit is an open-source SDK for working with quantum computers at the level of extended quantum circuits, operators, and primitives.

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qubo-nn - Classifying, auto-encoding and reverse-engineering QUBO matrices

quantum-benchmarks - benchmarking quantum circuit emulators for your daily research usage

pint - Operate and manipulate physical quantities in Python

polarization - A group for computer scientists and physicists with aspirations of becoming quantum scientists. Quantum computing, jobs, books and graduate school are amongst the topics covered.

pint - Laravel Pint is an opinionated PHP code style fixer for minimalists.

mitiq - Mitiq is an open source toolkit for implementing error mitigation techniques on most current intermediate-scale quantum computers.