OpenQAOA

A multi-backend python library for quantum optimization using QAOA on Quantum computers and Quantum computer simulators.

OpenQAOA is currently in OpenBeta.

Please, consider joining our discord if you want to be part of our community and participate in the OpenQAOA's development.

Check out OpenQAOA website https://openqaoa.entropicalabs.com/

Installation instructions

You can install the latest version of OpenQAOA directly from PyPI. First, create a virtual environment with python3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and then pip install openqaoa with the following command

pip install openqaoa

Alternatively, you can install manually directly from the GitHub repository by

1. Clone the git repository:

git clone https://github.com/entropicalabs/openqaoa.git

2. Creating a python virtual environment for this project is recommended. (for instance, using conda). Instructions on how to create a virtual environment can be found here. Make sure to use python 3.8 (or newer) for the environment.

3. After cloning the repository cd openqaoa and pip install the package.

pip install .

If you are interested in running the tests or the docs you can do so my using the installment modifiers [docs] and [tests]. For example,

pip install .[tests]

Should you face any issue during the installation, please drop us an email at [email protected] or open an issue!

Getting started

The documentation for OpenQAOA can be found here.

We also provide a set of tutorials to get you started. Among the many, perhaps you can get started with the following ones:

• Run your first OpenQAOA workflow
• How about trying some RQAOA for a change?
• Introducing EL's fast QAOA simulator
• Discover OpenQAOA's custom parametrizations

Key Features

• Build advanced QAOAs. Create complex QAOAs by specifying custom parametrisation, mixer hamiltonians, classical optimisers and execute the algorithm on either simulators or QPUs.

• Recursive QAOA. Run RQAOA with fully customisable schedules on simulators and QPUs alike.

• QPU access. Built in access for IBM Quantum, Rigetti QCS, and Amazon Braket.

Available devives

Devices are serviced both locally and on the cloud. For the IBM Quantum experience, the available devices depend on the specified credentials. For QCS and Amazon Braket, the available devices are listed in the table below:

Device location	Device Name
local	['qiskit.shot_simulator', 'qiskit.statevector_simulator', 'qiskit.qasm_simulator', 'vectorized', 'pyquil.statevector_simulator']
Amazon Braket	IonQ, Rigetti, OQC, and simulators
IBMQ	Please check the IBMQ backends available to your account
Rigetti QCS	Aspen-11, Aspen-M-1, and QVM simulator
Azure	IonQ, Quantinuum, Rigetti, QCI

Running the tests

To run the test, first, make sure to have installed all the optional testing dependencies by running pip install .[tests] (note, the braket must to be escaped if you are using the popular zsh shell), and then just type pytest tests/. from the project's root folder.

⚠️ Some tests require authentication: Please, check the flags in pytest.ini. Currently these testes are marked qpu, api, docker_aws, braket_api, sim

⚠️ Some tests require Rigetti's QVM or a valid AWS Jobs docker: Please, note these tests are marked as qvm and docker_aws (see Rigetti's documentation here for more information).

Contributing and feedback

If you find any bugs or errors, have feature requests, or code you would like to contribute, feel free to open an issue or send us a pull request on GitHub.

We are always interested to hear about projects built with EntropicaQAOA. If you have an application you'd like to tell us about, drop us an email at [email protected]