Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. You can learn to use Python and see almost immediate gains in productivity and lower maintenance costs.
PyQuante is an open-source suite of programs for developing quantum chemistry methods. The program is written in the Python programming language, but has many "rate-determining" modules also written in C for speed.
cclib is an open source library, written in Python, for parsing and interpreting the results of computational chemistry packages. The current version parses output files from ADF, GAMESS (US), GAMESS-UK, Gaussian, Jaguar, Molpro, ORCA and Firefly.
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