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  • Welcome to Quantum Cloud Services
  • Getting Started
    • Set up your environment
      • JupyterLab IDE
      • Install Locally
        • Quil SDK Docker Image
    • Quil SDK Overview
    • Running your first Quantum Program
  • Guides
    • Quil
      • What is Quil?
      • Language Support
      • Dynamic Control Flow
      • Customizing Program Readout
    • QPU vs. Simulator (QVM)
    • How to Use Rigetti QPUs
    • Access a QPU
      • QPU Reservations
      • On-Demand Access
      • QCS QPU Gateway
    • QCS Group Accounts
    • Interactive Tutorials
    • How Programs Are Built & Run
      • Execution and Request timeouts
    • The Lifecycle of a Program
    • The Rigetti QCS API
    • Using the QCS CLI
      • Using the Legacy QCS CLI
    • QCS Credentials
    • Benchmarking and Fidelity
  • Troubleshooting
    • Gathering Diagnostics
    • Report an Issue
  • Glossary
  • FAQ
  • References
    • pyQuil Reference
    • QCS API Specification
    • QCS CLI Reference
    • QCS Client Configuration
    • Quil / Quil-T Specification
    • quilc Reference
    • quil-rs Reference
    • QVM Reference
    • Rigetti Module for Cirq
    • Rigetti Provider for Qiskit
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Welcome to Quantum Cloud Services

Quantum Cloud Services (QCS) is Rigetti’s quantum-first cloud computing platform. With QCS, our quantum processors (QPUs) are tightly integrated with classical computing infrastructure and made available to you over the cloud.

If you don't already have a QCS account, you can request one. See How to Use Rigetti QPUs for an overview of all the platforms on which Rigetti QPUs are available.

Quil SDK

The Quil SDK is a set of software tools that allows you to write quantum programs in Quil, then compile and run them on a simulator, or on a real Quantum Processor via QCS.

The SDK is comprised of the following:

  • pyQuil: A Python library for building and executing Quil programs

  • quilc: An optimizing Quil compiler

  • QVM: A quantum virtual machine (quantum computer simulator)

When you're ready, continue on to learn how to start using QCS and the Forest SDK.

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