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scientific computing and deep-tech tools

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 99 members · Data as of 2026-10-08

These products provide specialized libraries, algorithms, and low-level utilities for fields like quantum chemistry, biomolecular modeling, cryptography, and hardware circuit design. They are primarily used by researchers, scientific software engineers, and specialized developers. Unlike general developer tools, this cluster centers on computationally intensive, mathematically rigorous, and deep-tech domain applications.

Metrics

Stage
heating
Recent count
71
Prior count
23
Total count
99
Momentum
208.70
Attention
0.38
Crowding
0.28
Concentration
0.82
Opportunity
0.51

Opportunity components

Attention
0.38
Low crowding
0.72
Momentum (normalized)
0.77
Low concentration
0.18

Source split

github
47 (0.66)
hn
12 (0.17)
ph
11 (0.15)
yc
1 (0.01)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.65

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
uplifting-biomolecular-modeling GITHUB 263 2026-09-17
gezi-quark-downloader GITHUB 199 2026-10-04
A nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator HN 119 2026-05-15
High-Performance Wavelet Matrix for Python, Implemented in Rust HN 93 2025-12-17
Kara: Making Diamond an Engineering Material YC 85 2026-08-11
zkGolf HN 69 2026-07-02
SIMD Viterbi Decoder in Rust HN 64 2026-08-04
I Ching simulator with accurate Yarrow Stalk probabilities HN 63 2025-12-14
Front End Fuzzy and Substring and Prefix Search HN 56 2025-10-29
scuttle GITHUB 55 2026-09-23
Differentiable Quantum Chemistry HN 52 2026-01-17
openqarp GITHUB 49 2026-09-14
AttaLambda: a language where types and data are made of untyped lambdas HN 44 2026-09-14
compensated-magnet-ledger GITHUB 42 2026-10-04
Qthermo GITHUB 42 2026-09-11
Triple-HTF-Bollinger-Bands-Strategy-5m-15m-1h GITHUB 42 2026-10-05
giga-embeddings-10B-A1.8B_hybrid GITHUB 41 2026-09-25
zubit-protocol GITHUB 32 2026-09-28
Jev-Quantum GITHUB 31 2026-09-21
Quantum Tunnel HN 30 2026-01-04
Jiggle-or-Physics GITHUB 29 2026-09-28
fast-long-context GITHUB 29 2026-09-20
SymDerive HN 26 2026-02-01
minojev GITHUB 25 2026-09-18
Think Turing Complete, but you write the circuits in TypeScript (WIP) HN 22 2026-09-02
Higher-dimensional lattices unfolded into the 2D plane HN 18 2026-08-06
Zero-power photonic language model–code HN 18 2025-11-29
I built a lite LPU that can do inference on Karpathy's MicroGPT HN 18 2026-08-24
pku_quantllm GITHUB 18 2026-09-11
srl-lab-builder GITHUB 17 2026-09-28
spinlens GITHUB 16 2026-09-30
perftest-vk GITHUB 15 2026-09-29
pi-orbs GITHUB 15 2026-10-02
Cajal: Scaling Formal Verification for Scientific Discovery YC 15 2026-02-24
aes GITHUB 14 2026-09-12
Gayatri-Tutor-ChemistryDemo GITHUB 14 2026-09-23
Qumulator HN 14 2026-04-27
I built a hardware quantum RNG and wired it into a Magic 8-Ball HN 13 2026-06-26
Going from 1+1=2 to Quantum Mechanics HN 13 2026-06-01
backline GITHUB 13 2026-09-09
sirius GITHUB 12 2026-09-15
Jiggle-or-Physics GITHUB 11 2026-10-02
Open-source distributed quantum compute network HN 11 2026-04-02
Combinators in Array Languages HN 11 2026-09-21
atomic-bomberman GITHUB 10 2026-10-04
Vaghenu, a meter aware sloka-to-chant, TTS for Sanskrit HN 10 2026-06-30
Logos of Aether HN 10 2026-01-05
Coda — Natural language quantum computing YC 10 2026-01-21
Does Information Density Cause Time Dilation? HN 10 2025-12-24
Bonsai-27B-NInfer GITHUB 10 2026-09-24