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 QPUsfor an overview of all the platforms Rigetti QPU's are available on.

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.