powerxrd

A Python package for parsing, visualizing, and analyzing powder XRD data – now at v3.0.0, and still somehow free.
The only known open-source GitHub project with an in-progress Rietveld refinement method that isn’t locked in someone's grad school folder.

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🔧 Installation

pip install powerxrd

Or for the cool kids using Poetry:

poetry add powerxrd

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🚀 Getting Started

Need a tutorial or a demo?

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🤝 Contributing

Have a fix, feature, or experimental diffraction model you swear is important?

1. Fork it: https://github.com/andrewrgarcia/powerxrd/fork
2. Create your branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your genius: git commit -am 'Add shiny new thing'
4. Push your glory: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a Pull Request and wait for your Nobel Prize

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📦 Latest Release: v3.0.0

• ✅ Python 3.9–3.10 compatibility
• 🚀 poetry packaging overhaul
• 🔧 Cleaner install via pip and poetry
• 🧠 Prep work for full Rietveld pipeline
• 😅 Fixed a few things that were previously held together with duct tape

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📚 Docs

📖 https://powerxrd.readthedocs.io/en/latest

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© 2025 Andrew Garcia – still doing science, still refusing to use OriginPro.