YANK

A GPU-accelerated Python framework for exploring algorithms for alchemical free energy calculations

Note

YANK is now in Early Access for its 1.0 release! YAML syntax should be fully operational while we prepare the underlying Python API. The program has not yet been extensively validated. Use at your own risk!

Features

• Modular Python framework to facilitate development and testing of new algorithms
• GPU-accelerated via the OpenMM toolkit (see benchmarks)
• Alchemical free energy calculations in both explicit and implicit solvent
• Hamiltonian exchange among alchemical intermediates with Gibbs sampling framework
• General Markov chain Monte Carlo framework for exploring enhanced sampling methods
• Built-in equilibration detection and convergence diagnostics
• Support for AMBER prmtop/inpcrd files
• Support for absolute binding free energy calculations
• Support for transfer free energies (such as hydration or partition free energies)

Get going

• Get YANK up and running now

Get involved

• Download the code or fork the repo on GitHub
• See YANK in action
• Report a bug or request a feature on the GitHub issue tracker

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Getting YANK Up and Running

• Quickstart (for the impatient)
• Installation
  • Installing via conda
    • Release build
    • Development build
    • Upgrading your installation
    • Testing your installation
    • Testing Available Platforms
    • Configuring Non-Standard CUDA Install Locations
    • Configuring Your CUDA Devices
    • Optional Tools
  • Supported platforms and environments
    • Software
    • Hardware
  • Installing from Source
    • Installing from the GitHub Source Repository
    • Testing your Installation
    • Running on the Cloud
• Running YANK
  • Hardware
    • Running on GPUs
    • Running on the CPU
  • Parallelization
    • Serial mode
    • MPI mode
  • Getting help
  • Running in serial mode
  • Running in MPI mode
  • Selecting a platform
  • Extending Simulations
    • Extending Previous Simulations from Command Line
• YAML Files for Simulation
  • All Pages
    • options
    • molecules
    • solvents
    • systems
    • protocols
    • experiments
    • Combinatorial Options
    • YAML Versions
    • Cookbook for YAML Options
  • Detailed Options List
• Release history
  • 0.15.0 Backend and Helpful Debugging Build
  • 0.14.1 Early Access of 1.0 Release
  • 0.12.0 (development)
  • 0.11.2 (development)
  • 0.11.0 (development)
  • 0.10.0 (development)
  • 0.9.0 (development)
  • 0.8.0 (development)
  • 0.7.0 (development)
  • v0.6.1 (development)
  • v0.6.0 (development)
  • v0.5.0 (development)
• Examples
  • Installing the Examples
  • Install Location
  • List of Examples
    • Example 1: Absolute Binding of para-Xylene to T4-Lysozyme in Explicit Solvent
    • Example 2: Absolute Binding of Host cucurbit[7]uril with Guest molecule B2 in Implicit Solvent
    • Example 3: Hydration Free energy of Phenol in Explicit Solvent
    • Example 4: Binding Free Energy of a large set of ligands for T4-Lysozyme, split by ”!Combinatorial”
    • Example 5: Hydration Free Energy of the FreeSolv database (subset)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The Science Behind YANK

• Theory
  • The Thermodynamic Cycle of YANK
• Algorithms
  • Solvent treatment
    • Implicit solvent
    • Explicit solvent
  • Restraints and standard state correction
    • Standard state correction
    • Restraint types
    • Adding new restraints
  • Alchemical intermediates
  • Alchemical protocol
  • Hamiltonian exchange with Gibbs sampling
  • Markov chain Monte Carlo
    • Metropolis Monte Carlo displacement and rotation moves
    • Generalized hybrid Monte Carlo
  • Automated equilibration detection
  • Analysis with MBAR
  • Automated convergence detection
  • Simulation health report
  • Autotuning the alchemical protocol
• Analysis
  • Analyzing data
    • Analysis tools
• Benchmarks

Citations and Thanks

• References
• Authors and contributors

API Reference

• API Reference

Developing

• NetCDF store file format specification
• Building the documentation
• Style guide

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License

YANK is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file distributed with YANK for more details.