Aladin Desktop vs Halotools
Aladin Desktop
aladin.cds.unistra.frHalotools
halotools.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Aladin Desktop | Halotools |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Astronomy Apps | 8.2 (#9) | 6.8 (#34) |
| License | The official release is free and distributed under the GPL v3 license. | Halotools is fully open source and distributed under a 3-clause BSD-style license. |
| Purpose | Aladin Desktop visualizes and manipulates digitized astronomical images and surveys, overlays catalogue entries, and accesses related data from SIMBAD, VizieR, and other archives. | Halotools is a specialized Python package for building and testing galaxy-halo connection models and analyzing dark matter halo catalogs. |
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Aladin Desktop
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Halotools
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