kim-api¶
Open Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models.KIM is an API and OpenKIM is a collection of interatomic models (potentials) foratomistic simulations. This is a library that can be used by simulation programsto get access to the models in the OpenKIM database.This EasyBuild only installs the API, the models can be installed with thepackage openkim-models, or the user can install them manually by running kim-api-collections-management install user MODELNAMEor kim-api-collections-management install user OpenKIMto install them all.
https://openkim.org/
Available modules¶
The overview below shows which kim-api installations are available per target architecture in EESSI, ordered based on software version (new to old).
To start using kim-api, load one of these modules using a module load command like:
(This data was automatically generated on Fri, 06 Feb 2026 at 13:12:13 UTC)
| aarch64/generic | aarch64/a64fx | aarch64/neoverse_n1 | aarch64/neoverse_v1 | aarch64/nvidia/grace | x86_64/generic | x86_64/amd/zen2 | x86_64/amd/zen3 | x86_64/amd/zen4 | x86_64/intel/cascadelake | x86_64/intel/haswell | x86_64/intel/icelake | x86_64/intel/sapphirerapids | x86_64/intel/skylake_avx512 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kim-api/2.3.0-GCC-13.2.0 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| kim-api/2.3.0-GCC-12.3.0 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |