Quirk+: A Tool for Quantum Software Development Based on Quirk.

Abstract

Quantum computing is becoming increasingly relevant. Numerous research efforts are being carried out to improve quantum computers by increasing the number of qubits in their processors, mitigating noise, etc. However, the tools that exist to program these computers are not advancing at the same speed. Therefore, in this work, we propose Quirk+, a quantum circuit development tool based on Quirk. We have implemented improvements over Quirk such as the inclusion of a custom gate importer/exporter, a running circuit inspector, a translator to qasm and vice-versa, as well as other interface usability improvements. Tools such as the one we propose in this paper will facilitate the work of quantum software developers, as well as break down the barriers to access to this type of programming for classical software developers.