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title: Cirq
authors:
  - name: Cirq Developers
    website: https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq/graphs/contributors
abstract: >-
  Python package for writing, manipulating, and running quantum circuits
  on quantum computers and simulators.
version: 1.4.1
date-released: 2024-06-26
url: https://quantumai.google/cirq
repository-code: https://github.com/quantumlib/Cirq
license: Apache-2.0
identifiers:
  - description: Archival DOI for Cirq software releases
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.4062499
    type: doi
  - description: The home page for Cirq
    value: https://quantumai.google/Cirq
    type: url
  - description: PyPI project for Cirq
    value: https://pypi.org/project/Cirq
    type: url
type: software
keywords:
  - algorithms
  - API
  - application programming interface
  - NISQ
  - noisy intermediate-scale quantum
  - open-source software
  - Python
  - quantum
  - quantum algorithms
  - quantum circuit simulation
  - quantum circuits
  - quantum computer simulation
  - quantum computing
  - quantum information
  - quantum programming
  - quantum programming languages
  - quantum simulation
  - qubit
  - research
  - science
  - SDK
  - simulation
  - simulator
  - software
  - software development toolkit
  - visualization