{"categories":[{"label":"Physics","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-physics"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"spglib provides Python bindings to a C library for identifying and manipulating crystal symmetries and space groups in crystallographic structures.","skillfed_tags":["crystallography","materials-science","symmetry-analysis"],"use_cases":["Identify the space group and symmetry operations of a crystal structure from lattice and atomic positions","Reduce a crystal structure to its primitive cell using symmetry information","Generate equivalent atomic positions under space group symmetry operations","Validate crystal structure symmetry in materials discovery or high-throughput screening workflows","Integrate symmetry analysis into computational materials science pipelines"],"what_it_does":"spglib is a Python interface to a C library for crystallographic symmetry analysis. It identifies space groups, finds symmetry operations, and handles crystal structure symmetries\u2014core tasks in materials science, solid-state physics, and computational chemistry. The package wraps a compiled C backend and depends on numpy, importlib-resources, and typing-extensions.\n\nIt is intended for researchers and engineers working with crystal structures who need to programmatically detect and manipulate symmetries. The bindings can use either a bundled Spglib library or link to a system-installed version via LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, offering flexibility in environments with pre-existing Spglib installations.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you work with crystallographic data. spglib is actively maintained, carries no known vulnerabilities, supports modern Python versions (3.9\u20133.14), and is widely used in materials science. Medium install friction is typical for compiled bindings and poses no barrier on standard platforms. The BSD-3-Clause license is permissive."},"id":"spglib","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/spglib","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/spglib.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/spglib/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-12-29","license_spdx":"BSD-3-Clause","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"spglib","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"This is the spglib module."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1396683,"position":3960,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.7.0"}