Gaia Sky vs Halotools
Gaia Sky
gaiasky.spaceHalotools
halotools.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Gaia Sky | Halotools |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Astronomy Apps | 9.0 (#1) | 6.8 (#34) |
| License | Gaia Sky software is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. | Halotools is fully open source and distributed under a 3-clause BSD-style license. |
| Purpose | Gaia Sky is a real-time 3D astronomy visualization platform for exploring the Universe with scientific datasets. | Halotools is a specialized Python package for building and testing galaxy-halo connection models and analyzing dark matter halo catalogs. |
| Support | The project directs bug reports and feature requests to its source repository and says old releases are not supported. | Users can request support by Slack or personal email, or raise a public GitHub issue tagged as a feature request or question. |
Plans
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Halotools
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