PWA Frameworks

Software inventory

Amplitude analysis projects

The following frameworks or projects are specifically designed to do amplitude analysis. The table is built from this YAML file and can be updated here.

Code

from IPython.display import Markdown, display

from pwa_pages.project_inventory import (
    ProjectInventory,
    load_yaml,
    to_markdown_table,
)

inventory_dict = load_yaml("amplitude-analysis-projects.yml")
src = to_markdown_table(
    inventory=ProjectInventory(**inventory_dict),
    selected_languages=[
        "C++",
        "Python",
        "Julia",
        "Rust",
        "Cuda",
    ],
    fetch=True,
)
display(Markdown(src))

Project	Collaboration	Since	Latest commit	C++	Python	Julia	Rust	Cuda
AmpGen	CLEO / LHCb	2018	02/2025	✓
AmpTools	BESIII / GlueX	2011	07/2026	✓				✓
BruFit	CLAS12	2020	06/2026	✓
ComPWA (C++)		2012	01/2024	✓
ComPWA project		2020	07/2026		✓
cFit		2012	05/2018	✓
FDC-PWA	BESIII	2000		✓
GPUPWA	BESIII	2011		✓
HAMMER		2016	06/2026	✓	✓
Ipanema		2017	03/2019	✓	✓
Laura++	LHCb	2013		✓
laddu	GlueX	2024	05/2026		✓		✓
Mint2		2016	01/2020	✓
Pawian	BESIII / PANDA	2010	06/2026	✓
PyPWA	JLab	2014	05/2023		✓
Rio++	LHCb	2016		✓
ROOTPWA	COMPASS	2009	06/2020	✓	✓			✓
TARA	Crystal Barrel	1999		✓
TensorFlowAnalysis	LHCb	2016	12/2025		✓
TF-PWA	BESIII / LHCb	2019	05/2026		✓
ThreeBodyDecays.jl	LHCb	2019	07/2026			✓

General fitter packages

The following packages do not have functionality for amplitude building, but can do fits with high performance. The YAML database for this table can be updated here.

Code

inventory_dict = load_yaml("fitter-packages.yml")
src = to_markdown_table(
    inventory=ProjectInventory(**inventory_dict),
    selected_languages=[
        "C++",
        "Python",
        "Cuda",
    ],
    fetch=True,
    hide_columns=["Collaboration"],
)
display(Markdown(src))

Project	Since	Latest commit	C++	Python	Cuda
GooFit	2013	06/2026	✓	✓	✓
Hydra	2016	07/2026	✓
RooFit	2000		✓
zfit	2018	07/2026		✓

Software development

Tip

Have a look at scikit-hep.org/developer and Towards a HEP Software Training curriculum! For development instructions for the ComPWA organization, see Help developing.