List of quantum chemistry and solid-state physics software
Quantum chemistry computer programs are used in computational chemistry to implement the methods of quantum chemistry. Most include the Hartree–Fock (HF) and some post-Hartree–Fock methods. They may also include density functional theory (DFT), molecular mechanics or semi-empirical quantum chemistry methods. The programs include both open source and commercial software. Most of them are large, often containing several separate programs, and have been developed over many years.
The following table illustrates the capabilities of the most versatile software packages that show an entry in two or more columns of the table.
Package | License† | Language | Basis | Periodic‡ | Mol. mech. | Semi-emp. | HF | Post-HF | DFT | GPU |
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ABINIT | Free, GPL | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
ACES | Free, GPL | Fortran, C++ | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
AMPAC | Academic | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
ADF | Commercial | Fortran | STO | Any | Yes | Yes4 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Atomistix ToolKit (ATK) | Commercial | C++, Python | NAO, EHT | 3d9 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
BigDFT | Free, GPL | Fortran | Wavelet | Any | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
CADPAC | Academic | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
CASINO (QMC) | Academic | Fortran 95 | GTO, PW, Spline, Grid, STO | Any | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
CASTEP | Academic (UK), commercial | Fortran 95, Fortran 2003 | PW | 3d | Yes | No | Yes5 | No | Yes | No |
CFOUR | Academic | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
COLUMBUS | Academic | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
CONQUEST | Academic | Fortran 90 | NAO, Spline | 3d | Yes | No | Yes5 | No | Yes | No |
CP2K | Free, GPL | Fortran 95 | Hybrid GTO, PW | Any | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, CUDA and OpenCL |
CPMD | Academic | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
CRYSTAL | Academic (UK), commercial (IT) | Fortran | GTO | Any | Yes | No | Yes | Yes10 | Yes | No |
DACAPO | Free, GPL?1 | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Dalton | Academic | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
deMon2k | Academic, commercial | Fortran | GTO | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
DFTB+ | Free, LGPL | Fortran 95 | NAO | Any | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
DFT++ | Free, GPL | C++ | PW, Wavelet | 3d | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
DIRAC | Academic | Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
DMol3 | Commercial | Fortran 90 | NAO | Any | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
ELK | Free, GPL | Fortran 95 | FP-LAPW | 3d | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Empire | Academic, commercial | Fortran | Minimal STO | Any | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
EPW6 | Free, GPL | Fortran | PW | 2d, 3d | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
ErgoSCF | Free, GPL | C++ | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
ERKALE | Free, GPL | C++ | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
EXCITING | Free, GPL | Fortran 95 | FP-LAPW | 3d | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
FLEUR | Academic | Fortran 95 | FP-(L)APW+lo | 1d, 2d, 3d | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
FHI-aims | Academic, commercial | Fortran | NAO | Any | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FPLO13 | Commercial | Fortran 95, C++, Perl | LO+minimum-basis NAO | Any | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
FreeON | Free, GPL | Fortran 95 | GTO | Any | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Firefly, PC GAMESS | Academic | Fortran, C, Assembly | GTO | No | Yes3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GAMESS (UK) | Academic (UK), commercial | Fortran | GTO | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GAMESS (US) | Academic | Fortran | GTO | No | Yes2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gaussian | Commercial | Fortran | GTO | Any | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GPAW | Free, GPL | Python, C | Grid, NAO, PW | Any | Yes | No | Yes5 | No | Yes | Yes |
HiLAPW | Unknown | Unknown | FLAPW | 3d | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
HORTON | Free, GPL | Python, C++ | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Jaguar | Commercial | Fortran, C | GTO | No | Yes | No11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
JDFTx | Free, GPL | C++ | PW | 3d | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, CUDA |
LOWDIN | Academic | Fortran 95, 03 | GTO | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MADNESS | Free, GPL | C++ | Wavelet | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MISSTEP | Free, GPL | C++ | PW | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
MOLCAS | Academic, commercial[1] | Fortran, C, C++, Python, Perl | GTO | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MolDS | Free, GPL | C++ | STO, GTO | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
MOLGW | Free, GPL | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MOLPRO | Commercial | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MONSTERGAUSS | Free | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
MOPAC | Academic, commercial | Fortran | Minimal GTO | Any | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
MPQC | Free, LGPL | C++ | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
NRLMOL | Unknown | Fortran | GTO | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
NTChem | Unknown | Unknown | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
NWChem | Free, ECL v2 | Fortran 77, C | GTO, PW | Yes (PW), No (GTO) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, CUDA |
Octopus | Free, GPL | Fortran 95, C | Grid | Any | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, CUDA and OpenCL |
ONETEP | Academic (UK), commercial | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | Yes5 | No | Yes | Yes, CUDA |
OpenAtom | Academic | Charm++ (C++) | PW | 3d | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
OpenMX | Free, GPL | C | NAO | 3d | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
ORCA | Academic | C++ | GTO | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PLATO | Academic | Unknown | NAO | Any | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
PQS | Commercial | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Priroda-06 | Academic | C | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PSI | Free, GPL | C, C++, Python | GTO | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PUPIL | Free, GPL | Fortran, C | GTO, PW | Any | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PWmat | Commercial | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PWscf6 | Free, GPL | Fortran | PW | 3d | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
PyQuante | Free, BSD | Python | GTO | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PySCF | Free, BSD | Python | GTO | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Q-Chem | Commercial | Fortran, C++ | GTO | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
QMCPACK (QMC) | Free, U. Illinois Open Source | C++ | GTO, PW, Spline, Grid, STO | Any | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, CUDA |
Quantemol-N | Academic, commercial | Fortran | GTO | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
QSite | Unknown | Unknown | GTO | No | Yes | No11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Quantum ESPRESSO | Free, GPL | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, CUDA |
RMG | Free, GPL | C, C++ | Grid | Any | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, CUDA |
RSPt | Academic | Fortran, C | FP-LMTO | 3d | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Scigress | Commercial | C++, C, Java, Fortran | GTO | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Spartan | Commercial | Fortran, C, C++ | GTO | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Siam Quantum | Free, GPL | C | GTO | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
SIESTA | Free, GPL | Fortran | NAO | 3d12 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
TB-LMTO | Academic | Fortran | LMTO | 3d | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
TeraChem 8 | Commercial | C, CUDA | GTO | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TURBOMOLE | Commercial | Fortran | GTO | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
VASP | Academic (AT), commercial | Fortran | PW | 3d | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WIEN2k | Commercial | Fortran, C | FP-(L)APW+lo | 3d | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Yambo Code | Some parts GPL | Fortran | PW | 3d | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
† "Academic": academic (no cost) license possible upon request; "Commercial": commercially distributed.
‡ Support for periodic systems (3d-crystals, 2d-slabs, 1d-rods and isolated molecules): 3d-periodic codes always allow simulating systems with lower dimensionality within a supercell. Specified here is the ability for simulating within lower periodicity.
1 The CAMPOS project (which includes Dacapo) states that all code is GPL. The Dacapo distribution contains no license information.
2 QuanPol is a full spectrum and seamless (HF, MCSCF, GVB, MP2, DFT, TDDFT, CHARMM, AMBER, OPLSAA) QM/MM package integrated in GAMESS-US.[2]
3 Through Ascalaph
4 Through interface to MOPAC
5 Using exact exchange DFT
6 Distributed with Quantum ESPRESSO
7 Web service integrating MPQC.
8 TeraChem is the first fully GPU-accelerated quantum chemistry software.
9 Atomistix ToolKit also contains finite-bias NEGF electron transport calculations with open boundary conditions.
10 Through CRYSCOR program.
11 However, available in the Schrödinger Suite.
12 SIESTA also contains finite-bias NEGF electron transport calculations with open boundary conditions using TranSIESTA.
13 FPLO has fully relativistic calculation.
Further programs
See also
- List of software for Monte Carlo molecular modeling
- Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling
- Molecular design software
- Molecule editor
- Molecular modeling on GPUs
- List of software for nanostructures modeling
- Semi-empirical quantum chemistry methods
- Computational chemical methods in solid state physics, with periodic boundary conditions
- Valence bond programs
References
- Young, David (2001). Computational Chemistry: A Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 322–359. ISBN 0-471-33368-9.
- "NVIDIA GPU Applications". NVIDIA. Retrieved 9 July 2014.