Introductory release of the Unitary Compiler Collection (UCC)

Version 0.4.2 marks the first formal release to PyPI of the Unitary Compiler Collection (UCC), a Python library for frontend-agnostic, high performance compilation of quantum circuits.

This release contains the default UCC compilation workflow, including circuit translation and optimization passes, pass management, and the user interface. It also encompasses benchmarking scripts and utilities, tests, documentation, and basic infrastructure.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/unitaryfund/ucc/commits/v0.4.2

All PRs

First version of default UCC by @sonikaj in #10
Fixed issues with inflation of 1Q gates and now has support (under input constraints) for parameterized gates by @sonikaj in #22
Add CX cancellation pass by @Misty-W in #24
Add unit tests for CX_Cancellation pass by @Misty-W in #27
Moved cx_cancelation into transpiler_passes with other passes by @jordandsullivan in #33
Removing extraneous code for MVP by @jordandsullivan in #37
Update README.md with license notice by @nathanshammah in #38
23 remove quantumtranslator references by @jordandsullivan in #31
Add basic circuit equivalence check by @natestemen in #43
2 add benchmarks by @jordandsullivan in #42
18 mapping by @sonikaj in #41
Update Readme to reflect AGPLv3 by @jordandsullivan in #49
Add Qiskit CollectCliffordspass to UCC defaults by @Misty-W in #61
Add documentation by @natestemen in #67
specify Python version 3.12 in readme and setup.py by @willzeng in #76
Change Cirq dependency to cirq-core and support Python 3.13. by @Misty-W in #77
update readme to use current API by @willzeng in #79
Create user guide by @Misty-W in #73
Add benchmark script by @jordandsullivan in #65
remove inaccurate data by @jordandsullivan in #87
New Clifford pass sequence by @Misty-W in #90
Test that gateset is preserved by @Misty-W in #84
Move and expand test for logical equivalence by @Misty-W in #92
add basic expectation value benchmark by @natestemen in #96
97 reorg files by @jordandsullivan in #98
merge in new shell script changes by @jordandsullivan in #104
93 set up aws workflow for benchmarking by @jordandsullivan in #108
Update PTKET rebase pass with new API by @jordandsullivan in #105
Revert accidental merge "93 set up aws workflow for benchmarking" by @jordandsullivan in #112
Pin to Qiskit 1.2 temporarily by @jordandsullivan in #117
58 run first hardware benchmarks by @jordandsullivan in #110
Replace RebaseTKET with AutoRebase by @jordandsullivan in #121
Add paralellism flag and autokill subprocess jobs by @jordandsullivan in #100
Add GH Action for benchmarking by @jordandsullivan in #130
Update with new Cirq API by @jordandsullivan in #127
Update Dockerfile to install parallel package by @jordandsullivan in #131
Use Qiskit ConsolidateBlocks instead of UCC customized pass by @Misty-W in #119
101 clean up unnecessary files by @jordandsullivan in #124
Point to correct branch by @jordandsullivan in #139
Switch to 8 core runner, same paralellism by @jordandsullivan in #141
Add proposed release workflow by @natestemen in #137
Add info about ucc.supported_formats, update QASM links, add docs ins… by @jordandsullivan in #143
123 save compiler versions with data by @jordandsullivan in #134
114 generate plot via Github Actions pipeline by @jordandsullivan in #133
Re-organize files so QASM circuits live in a different directory than… by @jordandsullivan in #128
Add CI for testing by @natestemen in #135
148 mismatched headers in datafiles by @jordandsullivan in #150
fix small_test.sh CLI command to deal with spaces in paths by @willzeng in #152
53 display most recent benchmarks by @jordandsullivan in #151
Start a contributor docs section in the README by @willzeng in #153
Pin qiskit-qasm3-import version to 0.5.1 by @Misty-W in #160
Fresh benchmarks on multiple layouts by @Misty-W in #142
Reorganize code structure by @Misty-W in #162
Working OS info save function by @jordandsullivan in #163
Contributing guide + Read the Docs config by @natestemen in #166
Use the VF2 layout algorithm to optimize for two-qubit gate count by @Misty-W in #169
Prep for pypi release by @Misty-W in #171
145 plot compiler versions over time on graph by @jordandsullivan in #173
167 add readmemd to documentation by @jordandsullivan in #174
Update README.md by @willzeng in #178
Add explicit Sphinx config in .readthedocs.yaml file by @Misty-W in #180
Plot adjustments by @jordandsullivan in #183
merge in main by @jordandsullivan in #192
Test deploy key push acess by @jordandsullivan in #197
Wording by @jordandsullivan in #198
Roll version for packaging fix by @Misty-W in #175