# WarpX

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## Overview

**Warning: This is an alpha release of WarpX. The code is still in active development. Robustness and performance may fluctuate at this stage. The input and output formats may evolve.**

WarpX is an advanced electromagnetic Particle-In-Cell code.
It supports many features including Perfectly-Matched Layers (PML), mesh refinement, and the boosted-frame technique.

## Documentation

In order to learn how to install and run the code, please see the online documentation:
https://warpx.readthedocs.io

To contact the developers, feel free to open an issue on this repo, or visit our Gitter room at https://gitter.im/ECP-WarpX/community

## Contributing

Our workflow is described in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).