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Installation

Balsam requires Python3.7+ and is tested on Linux and MacOS. Within any suitable Python environment, Balsam can be installed using pip:

# Use --pre to get the Balsam pre-release
$ pip install --pre balsam

Balsam developers or service administrators should instead follow the developer installation instructions.

Supported Sites

Balsam is easily extensible to new HPC systems. Default configurations are available for the following systems:

Facility System Configuration Included?
ALCF Aurora
ALCF Polaris
ALCF Sunspot
NERSC Perlmutter-CPU
NERSC Perlmutter-GPU
--- Mac OS