Low-level data processing pipeline software for the CTAO (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory).
This is code is a prototype data processing framework and is under rapid development. It is not recommended for production use unless you are an expert or developer!
- Code: https://github.com/cta-observatory/ctapipe
- Docs: https://ctapipe.readthedocs.io/
- Slack: Contact Karl Kosack for invite
If you use this software for a publication, please cite the Zenodo Record for the specific version you are using and our latest publication.
You can find all ctapipe Zenodo records here: List of ctapipe Records on Zenodo.
There is also a Zenodo DOI always pointing to the latest version: 
At this point, our latest publication is the 2023 ICRC proceeding, which you can cite using this bibtex entry:
@inproceedings{ctapipe-icrc-2023,
author = {Linhoff, Maximilian and Beiske, Lukas and Biederbeck, Noah and Fröse, Stefan and Kosack, Karl and Nickel, Lukas},
title = {ctapipe -- Prototype Open Event Reconstruction Pipeline for the Cherenkov Telescope Array},
usera = {for the CTA Consortium and Observatory},
doi = {10.22323/1.444.0703},
booktitle = {Proceedings, 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference},
year=2023,
volume={444},
number={703},
location={Nagoya, Japan},
}
ctapipe and its dependencies may be installed using the Anaconda or Miniconda package system. We recommend creating a conda virtual environment first, to isolate the installed version and dependencies from your main environment (this is optional).
The latest version of ctapipe can be installed via:
mamba install -c conda-forge ctapipe
or via:
pip install ctapipe
Note: to install a specific version of ctapipe take look at the documentation here.
Note: mamba is a C++ reimplementation of conda and can be found here.
Note this is pre-alpha software and is not yet stable enough for end-users (expect large API changes until the first stable 1.0 release).
Developers should follow the development install instructions found in the documentation.