https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf

RF and Microwave Engineering Scikit
https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf

electronics engineering microwave-engineering python scikit-rf

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RF and Microwave Engineering Scikit

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf
• Owner: scikit-rf
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2012-01-19T14:25:58.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-09T06:25:40.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-09T07:27:49.292Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: electronics, engineering, microwave-engineering, python, scikit-rf
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://scikit-rf.org
• Size: 98.2 MB
• Stars: 778
• Watchers: 57
• Forks: 299
• Open Issues: 46
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE.txt
  • Citation: CITATION.cff

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README

          
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## Description

![scikit-rf_logo](doc/source/_static/scikit-rf-title-flat.png)

**scikit-rf** (aka `skrf`) is an Open Source, BSD-licensed package for RF/Microwave engineering implemented

in the Python programming language. It provides a modern, object-oriented library which is both

flexible and scalable.

* [Home Page](http://www.scikit-rf.org)

* [Documentation](http://scikit-rf.readthedocs.org/)

## Install

[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/scikit-rf?style=flat&logo=pypi)](https://pypi.org/project/scikit-rf/)

[![Conda-forge version](https://img.shields.io/conda/v/conda-forge/scikit-rf?style=flat&logo=anaconda)](https://img.shields.io/conda/v/conda-forge/scikit-rf)

[![Conda version](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/scikit-rf/badges/latest_release_date.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/scikit-rf)

If you have [installed Python](https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download), you can install scikit-rf from [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/) via

```Shell

python -m pip install scikit-rf

```

If you have [installed conda](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html), then you can also get scikit-rf from

```Shell

conda install -c conda-forge scikit-rf

```

**scikit-rf** includes standalone gui applications which can be installed and used like this

```Shell

# Install the additional dependencies for the gui applications

python -m pip install scikit-rf[plot,visa]

# Run the apps

data-grabber # Run the data-grabber application

multiline-trl # Run the multiline-trl application

```

## Questions or comments? Ask the Community

[![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-join%20chat-blueviolet?style=flat&logo=slack)](https://join.slack.com/t/scikit-rf/shared_invite/zt-d82b62wg-0bdSJjZVhHBKf6687V80Jg)

[![Matrix](https://img.shields.io/badge/Matrix-join%20chat-blueviolet?style=flat&logo=matrix)](https://app.element.io/#/room/#scikit-rf:matrix.org)

[![LinkedIn](https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn_scikit_rf_group-orange?style=flat)](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12462155/)

* [LinkedIn scikit-rf Users Group](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12462155/): User group to ask and answer questions and to received scikit-rf announcements.

* Chat: scikit-rf have channels on both [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/scikit-rf/shared_invite/zt-d82b62wg-0bdSJjZVhHBKf6687V80Jg) and [Matrix](https://app.element.io/#/room/#scikit-rf:matrix.org)

* [Suggestion box](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkSNy8KzoHwdDxYGCmHHiA3GsHgN6zKTFI2NrcUR29U7Xx6A/viewform?usp=sf_link): if you would like to suggest a feature/topic for consideration (optionally anonymous).

## Contributing to the scikit-rf project

There is multiple ways to contribute to an open-source project like scikit-rf!

* [Sponsoring the project](https://scikit-rf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/index.html#sponsoring-the-project)

* [Contributing to the code](https://scikit-rf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/index.html#contributing-to-the-code)

* [Contributing to the Documentation](https://scikit-rf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/index.html#contributing-to-the-documentation)

* [Getting some merchandise to express your love](https://scikit-rf.org/merch.html)

![skrfshirt](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/master/logo/skrfshirtwhite.png)

## Authors

The list of the developers of scikit-rf is available on the [contributors page](https://github.com/scikit-rf/scikit-rf/graphs/contributors/).

## License

scikit-rf is permissively licensed under a [3-clause BSD license](LICENSE.txt).