Frequently Asked Questions

What other KMC codes are there?

Kinetic Monte Carlo codes that we are currently aware of, that are in some form released are with no claim of completeness:

What is the relation between kmos3, 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. In 2024 the name was then changed to kmos3 due to a change of the maintainers.