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Cantera
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Version 2.4.0a2 (development)

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What is Cantera?
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Cantera is an open-source collection of object-oriented software tools for
problems involving chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and transport
processes. Among other things, it can be used to:

* Evaluate thermodynamic and transport properties of mixtures
* Compute chemical equilibrium
* Evaluate species chemical production rates
* Conduct kinetics simulations with large reaction mechanisms
* Simulate one-dimensional flames
* Conduct reaction path analysis
* Create process simulations using networks of stirred reactors
* Model non-ideal fluids

Cantera can be used from Python and Matlab, or in applications written in C++
and Fortran 90. A number of `examples of Cantera's capabilities
<https://github.com/Cantera/cantera-jupyter>`_ are available in the form of
Jupyter notebooks. These examples can be tried interactively, in the cloud by
using the following Binder link:

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    :target: http://mybinder.org:/repo/cantera/cantera-jupyter

Installation
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`Installation instructions for the current release of Cantera
<http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/install.html>`_ are available from
the main `Cantera documentation site
<http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/index.html>`_. Installers are
provided for Windows (MSI packages), Mac OS X (through Homebrew), and
Ubuntu. Anaconda packages containing the Cantera Python module are also
available for Windows, OS X, and Linux.

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    :target: https://anaconda.org/Cantera/cantera

For other platforms, or for users wishing to install a development version of
Cantera, `compilation instructions
<http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/compiling.html>`_ are also available.

Documentation
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The `documentation <http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/index.html>`_
offers a number of starting points:

- `Python tutorial
  <http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/cython/tutorial.html>`_
- `Application Examples in Python
  <https://github.com/Cantera/cantera-jupyter#cantera-jupyter>`_
- `A guide to Cantera's input file format
  <http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/cti/index.html>`_
- `A list of frequently asked questions
  <http://cantera.github.io/docs/sphinx/html/faq.html>`_

`Documentation for the development version of Cantera
<http://cantera.github.com/dev-docs/sphinx/html/index.html>`_ is also available.

Code of Conduct
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In order to have a more open and welcoming community, Cantera adheres to a
`code of conduct <CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_ adapted from the `Contributor Covenent
code of conduct <http://contributor-covenant.org/>`_.

Please adhere to this code of conduct in any interactions you have in the
Cantera community. It is strictly enforced on all official Cantera
repositories, websites, users' group, and other resources.
If you encounter someone violating these terms, please
`contact the code of conduct team <mailto:conduct@cantera.org>`_
(`@speth <https://github.com/speth>`_,
`@bryanwweber <https://github.com/bryanwweber>`_, and
`@kyleniemeyer <https://github.com/kyleniemeyer>`_)
and we will address it as soon as possible.

Development Site
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The `latest Cantera source code <https://github.com/Cantera/cantera>`_, the
`issue tracker <https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/issues>`_ for bugs and
enhancement requests, `downloads of Cantera releases and binary installers
<https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/releases>`_ , and the `Cantera wiki
<https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/wiki>`_ can all be found on Github.

Users' Group
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The `Cantera Users' Group <http://groups.google.com/group/cantera-users>`_ is a
message board / mailing list for discussions amongst Cantera users.

Continuous Integration Status
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Travis builds (Linux & OS X):

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Appveyor builds (Windows):

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    :target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Cantera/cantera