[ET Trac] #2538: Inclusion of kuibit

[Gabriele Bozzola]

#2538: Inclusion of kuibit

 Reporter: Gabriele Bozzola
   Status: new
Milestone: 
  Version: development version
     Type: enhancement
 Priority: major
Component: 

kuibit is a Python package for post-processing simulations. The tool comes with  
several features for analysis and visualization. For some of the most common  
operations \(e.g., 2D plot of a grid variable, extraction of gravitational waves, ...\),  
users can directly obtain the result without writing any code. The number of such  
ready-made scripts grows with every release of kuibit. For everything else, kuibit  
has a large number of features \([https://sbozzolo.github.io/kuibit/features.html\)](https://sbozzolo.github.io/kuibit/features.html))  
that can be used in scripts or notebooks.

kuibit is designed to be user-friendly: it has rich documentation \([https://sbozzolo.github.io/kuibit/\),](https://sbozzolo.github.io/kuibit/),)  
examples ready to be used, and tutorials. kuibit is also designed to be developer- and  
maintainer- friendly: it is thoroughly commented, and it implements several continuous  
integration pipelines to test, document, and publish the package automatically.  
The high quality of kuibit is also recognized by its publication in the Journal of  
Open Source Software \([https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03099\).](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.03099).)

kuibit is largely inspired by Wolfgang Kastaun's PyCactus. kuibit shares the same  
overall design with PyCactus, and in some cases, the implementation details too.  
kuibit would not exist without PyCactus.

As far as I know, 5-10 people are actively using kuibit as their main tool to interface  
with the output of simulations. The feedback I got is overwhelmingly positive:  
users that are new to the Einstein Toolkit praise the simplicity of use and the comfort  
of working in Python; experienced users claim that kuibit allows them to focus on  
the science instead of the technical details.

kuibit has already been used for publications, see [https://inspirehep.net/literature?sort=mostrecent&size=25&page=1&q=refersto%3Arecid%3A1858070.](https://inspirehep.net/literature?sort=mostrecent&size=25&page=1&q=refersto%3Arecid%3A1858070.)

kuibit repo: [https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit](https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit)

Comments and feedback are welcomed.

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Ticket URL: https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2538/inclusion-of-kuibit
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