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 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†	Lang.	Basis	Periodic‡	Mol. mech.	Semi-emp.	HF	Post-HF	DFT
ABINIT	GPL	Fortran	PW	3d	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
ACES II	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ACES II MAB	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
ACES III	GPL	Fortran/C++	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
ADF	Commercial	Fortran	STO	Any	Yes	Yes4	Yes	No	Yes
Atomistix ToolKit (ATK)	Commercial	C++/Python	NAO/EHT	3d9	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
BigDFT	GPL	Fortran	Wavelet	Any	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
CADPAC	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
CASINO (QMC)	Academic	Fortran 95	GTO / PW / Spline / Grid / STO	Any	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
CASTEP	Academic (UK) / Commercial	Fortran	PW	3d	Yes	No	Yes5	Yes	Yes
CFOUR	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
COLUMBUS	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
CONQUEST	Academic	Fortran 90	NAO/Spline	3D	Yes	No	Yes5	No	Yes
COSMOS	Commercial	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
CP2K	GPL	Fortran 95	Hybrid GTO / PW	Any	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
CPMD	Academic	Fortran	PW	Any	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
CRYSTAL	Academic (UK) / Commercial	Fortran	GTO	Any	Yes	No	Yes	Yes10	Yes
DACAPO	GPL ?1	Fortran	PW	3d	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
DALTON	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
DFTB+	Academic / Commercial	Fortran 95	NAO	Any	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
DFT++	GPL	C++	PW / Wavelet	3d	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
DIRAC	Academic	Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
DMol3	Commercial	Unknown	Numeric AOs	3d	No	No	No	No	Yes
ELK	GPL	Fortran 95	FP-LAPW	3d	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Yes
ErgoSCF	GPL	C++	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
EXCITING	GPL	Fortran 95	FP-LAPW	3d	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Yes
FLEUR	Academic	Fortran 95	FP-(L)APW+lo	3d, 2d, 1d	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
FHI-aims	Commercial	Fortran	NAO	Any	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
FreeON	GPL	Fortran 95	GTO	Any	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Firefly / PC GAMESS	Academic	Unknown	GTO	No	Yes3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GAMESS (UK)	Academic (UK) / Commercial	Fortran	GTO	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GAMESS (US)	Academic	Fortran	GTO	No	Yes2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GAUSSIAN	Commercial	Fortran	GTO	Any	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GPAW	GPL	Python / C	Grid / NAO	Any	Yes	Unknown	Yes5	No	Yes
hBar Lab7	Commercial	Unknown	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
HiLAPW	Unknown	Unknown	FLAPW	3d	No	No	No	No	Yes
JAGUAR	Commercial	Unknown	GTO	Unknown	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
MADNESS	GPL	C++	Wavelet	Unknown	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
MISSTEP	GPL	C++	PW	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
MOLCAS	Commercial	Fortran	GTO	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MOLPRO	Commercial	Fortran	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
MOPAC	Academic / Commercial	Fortran	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	No	No
MPQC	LGPL	C++	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
NWChem	ECL v2	Fortran 77 / C	GTO, PW	Yes(PW) No(GTO)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Octopus	GPL	Fortran 95, C, OpenCL	Grid	Any	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
ONETEP	Academic (UK) / Commercial	Fortran	PW	Any	Yes	No	Yes5	No	Yes
OpenAtom	Academic	Charm++ (C++)	DVR	Unknown	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
OpenMX	GPL	C	NAO	3d	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
ORCA	Academic	C++	GTO	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PLATO	Academic	Unknown	NAO	Any	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
PQS	Commercial	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Priroda-06	Academic	Unknown	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
PSI	GPL	C / C++	GTO	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
PWscf6	GPL	Fortran	PW	3d	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
PyQuante	BSD	Python	GTO	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Q-Chem	Commercial	Fortran / C++	GTO	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Quantemol-N	Academic / Commercial	Fortran	GTO	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Quantum ESPRESSO	GPL	Fortran	PW	3d	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
RSPt	Academic	Fortran / C	FP-LMTO	3d	No	No	No	No	Yes
SPARTAN	Commercial	Fortran / C / C++	GTO	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SIESTA	Academic	Fortran	NAO	3d	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
TB-LMTO	Academic	Fortran	LMTO	3d	No	No	No	No	Yes
TERACHEM 8	Commercial	C/CUDA	GTO	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
TURBOMOLE	Commercial	Fortran	GTO	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
VASP	Academic(AT)/ Commercial	Fortran	PW	Any	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
WIEN2k	Commercial	Fortran / C	FP-(L)APW+lo	3d	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

^† “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 the simulation of systems with lower dimensionality within a supercell. Specified here is the capability for actual simulation within lower periodicity.

¹ The CAMPOS project (which includes Dacapo) states that all code is GPL. The Dacapo distribution itself does not contain any license information.

² Through interface to TINKER

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.

Further programs

AIMPRO Ascalaph Designer PWPAW / Atompaw deMon2K DFTB+ Fireball

FSatom MAPS NRLMOL ORCA ParaGauss

PARATEC PARSEC Petot QMCPACK Socorro S/PHI/nX SPR-KKR

See also

• Density functional theory programs
• List of software for Monte Carlo molecular modeling
• Molecular mechanics programs
• Molecular design software
• Molecule editor
• Molecular modeling on GPU
• Nanostructures modeling programs
• Semi-empirical programs
• Solid state system programs 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.