HOOMD-blue: A Python package for high-performance molecular dynamics and hard particle Monte Carlo simulations

Abstract

HOOMD-blue is a particle simulation engine designed for nano- and colloidal-scale molecular dynamics and hard particle Monte Carlo simulations. It has been actively developed since March 2007 and available open source since August 2008. HOOMD-blue is a Python package with a high performance C++/CUDA backend that we built from the ground up for GPU acceleration. The Python interface allows users to combine HOOMD-blue with with other packages in the Python ecosystem to create simulation and analysis workflows. We employ software engineering practices to develop, test, maintain, and expand the code.