This repository contains files for testing various Python packages for representing physical quantities. It's still in early stages, but some useful information can be collected by running run_comparisons.py.

Some more information about quantities and the current state of representing physical quantities in Python can be found in this talk.

• astropy.units
• dimensions.py
• dimpy
• ipython-physics
• magnitude
• numericalunits
• pint
• piquant
• quantities
• scimath
• SP.PhysicalQuantities
• unum

• firkin -- Not compatible with numpy
• udunitspy -- Installation problems
• units -- Not compatible with numpy
• buckingham -- Not compatible with numpy
• simtk.units -- source not available, from what I can see...
• python-units -- fails