Frequently Asked Questions

What other kMC codes are there?

Kinetic Monte Carlo codes that I am currently aware of, that are in some form released on the intertubes are with no claim of completeness :

• akmc (G. Henkelman)
• Carlos (J. Lukkien)
• chimp (D. Dooling)
• KMCLib (M. Leetma)
• Graph Theoretical KMC Code (D. Vlachos)
• Monty (SXM Boerrrigter)
• MoCKa (L. Kunz)
• NASCAM (S. Lucas)
• Spparks (S. Plimpton)
• Zacros (M. Stamatakis)

What is the relation between kmcos and kmos?

Initially, the code was named kmos for kinetic modeling on steroids. However, during the 2020 revitalization and migration to python3, the code’s name was changed kmcos with intention of greater emphasis of the generality of the code.