How much does it cost to self-host Qutip?

Qutip can be self-hosted starting at $4.13/mo on hetzner CAX11. Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk.

Is Qutip actively maintained?

Qutip has a composite health score of 74/100 across activity, maturity, community, security, sustainability, and adoption. See /methodology/ for the formula.

How hard is Qutip to self-host?

Qutip has a self-hosting difficulty score of 2/5 (1 = one-click, 5 = complex Kubernetes setup).

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Python BSD-3-Clause

QuTiP: Quantum Toolbox in Python

qutippythonquantum-toolboxquantumquantum-computingquantum-mechanicsquantum-informationquantum-opticsunitaryhack

Verdict 74/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 5 months ago

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Health score
 74 /100 
6-dim composite

Self-hosts from

$4.13 /mo

hetzner · CAX11

Difficulty

2 /5

Docker + read README

GitHub stars

2.0k

755 forks

About Qutip

From the project's README at github.com/qutip/qutip. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

QuTiP: Quantum Toolbox in Python ================================

A. Pitchford, C. Granade, A. Grimsmo, N. Shammah, S. Ahmed, N. Lambert, E. Giguère, B. Li, J. Lishman, S. Cross, A. Galicia, P. Menczel, P. Hopf, P. D. Nation, and J. R. Johansson

[](https://github.com/qutip/qutip/actions/workflows/tests.yml) [](https://coveralls.io/r/qutip/qutip) [](https://codeclimate.com/github/qutip/qutip/maintainability) [](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) [](https://pypi.org/project/qutip) [![Conda-Forge Downloads](https://img.shields.io/conda/dn/conda-forge/qutip

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity

maturity

100

community

security

sustainability

100

adoption

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

Signal	Value	Source
GitHub stars	2.0k	github.com/qutip/qutip
GitHub forks	755	github.com/qutip/qutip
PYPI downloads (last month)	336k	qutip

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age	13.7 years	since Oct 2012
Last commit	2 months ago	Apr 28, 2026
Releases shipped	35	last: 5 months ago
Funding links	1	declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

Provider	Plan	Specs	Monthly
hetzner	CAX11	2c · 4GB · 40GB	$4.13 USD	Deploy →
vultr	VC2	1c · 1GB · 25GB	$5 USD	Deploy →
linode	Nanode 1GB	1c · 1GB · 25GB	$5.12 USD	Deploy →
digitalocean	Basic Regular 1GB	1c · 1GB · 25GB	$6 USD	Deploy →