qm-octave
SDK to control an Octave with QUA
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you own or have access to Quantum Machine's Octave hardware and need to control it from Python. The package is stable, has low install friction, carries no security vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive BSD-3-Clause license. The 409-day release gap is a minor concern but not disqualifying if your Octave system is compatible with version 2.1.6. Verify hardware compatibility before committing to a specific version.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 to 3.12; requires access to Quantum Machine's Octave hardware and its gRPC endpoint.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
- Maintenance is aging—last release was 409 days ago—but the package has received updates including calibration API compatibility improvements since its initial release.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-3-Clause (permissive) — BSD-3-Clause is permissive and imposes no significant restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in most contexts.
last release 2025-07-01 (409 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 92,124 downloads/mo, #13,477 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install qm-octave
import qm_octave
# Use the SDK to control Octave hardware via gRPC- Whether the 409-day gap since last release reflects active maintenance or dormancy relative to product roadmap.
- Compatibility with Octave hardware versions and whether 2.1.6 is the recommended release for current systems.
- Whether betterproto, grpcio, grpclib, and protobuf versions have known conflicts or specific constraints.
What it is and what it does
QM Octave is a Python SDK that lets you control Quantum Machine's Octave quantum processor hardware using QUA. It wraps gRPC communication with protobuf serialization, exposing a Python interface to send control signals and read results from the Octave system. The package depends on betterproto, grpcio, grpclib, and protobuf for its networking and serialization layer.
You install it to write Python programs that interact with Octave hardware—typically as part of a larger quantum computing workflow where QUA scripts define the quantum operations and this SDK bridges the gap between your Python code and the physical hardware. It has evolved through several releases, most recently adding support for calibration API compatibility.
Use it for
- Write Python control scripts for Octave quantum processors using the QUA language.
- Integrate Octave hardware into quantum computing experiments and calibration workflows.
- Communicate with Octave via gRPC for real-time quantum control and measurement.
- Automate quantum hardware calibration using updated calibration API support.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you own or have access to Quantum Machine's Octave hardware and need to control it from Python.
The package is stable, has low install friction, carries no security vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive BSD-3-Clause license. The 409-day release gap is a minor concern but not disqualifying if your Octave system is compatible with version 2.1.6. Verify hardware compatibility before committing to a specific version.
Install
qm-octave on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Maintenance is aging—last release was 409 days ago—but the package has received updates including calibration API compatibility improvements since its initial release.
Requires Python 3.9 to 3.12; requires access to Quantum Machine's Octave hardware and its gRPC endpoint.
License in practice
BSD-3-Clause is permissive and imposes no significant restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in most contexts.
Quickstart
pip install qm-octave
import qm_octave
# Use the SDK to control Octave hardware via gRPCVerify before relying
- Whether the 409-day gap since last release reflects active maintenance or dormancy relative to product roadmap.
- Compatibility with Octave hardware versions and whether 2.1.6 is the recommended release for current systems.
- Whether betterproto, grpcio, grpclib, and protobuf versions have known conflicts or specific constraints.
Package facts
| License | BSD-3-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Capped below the current Python release <3.13,>=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesbetterprotogrpciogrpclibprotobuf |
| Maintenance | Aging 409 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 92,124 / month, #13,477 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: qm_octave-2.1.6-py3-none-any.whl
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