Introduction
The quantum community has explored quantum computing on the cloud since 2016. Now the community has a new challenge: demonstrate useful quantum computation.
Through IBM Quantum™, you have access to performant and utility-scale (>100-qubit) quantum systems for your work, as well as scalable and flexible quantum software. In particular, the milestone 1.0 release(opens in a new tab) of the Qiskit SDK has ushered in a new era of performance and stability for the quantum software community. Whether you try out a no-cost plan or run your programs through a pay-as-you-go or premium plan, you can start doing useful work with quantum computing now.
The sections at the core of our documentation are based on the stages of a typical quantum user’s journey: build quantum circuits and operators in Qiskit, then transpile and run on quantum systems using Qiskit Runtime primitives, a simplified interface for circuit execution. By pairing Qiskit with Qiskit Runtime, you benefit from seamless circuit execution powered by advanced runtime compilation, error suppression, and error mitigation techniques.
If you’re just getting started with IBM Quantum, you are in the right place. Use the topics in this section to get ready, then proceed to Build to create your first quantum circuit. Keep working through the sections in order, following the tabs at the top of this page.
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Install: Begin using our tools and platforms with install and setup instructions.
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Build: Design and develop quantum circuits with primitives and advanced methods like dynamic circuits and mid-circuit measurements. You can also find our circuit library here.
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Transpile: Compile to optimize your circuits to run efficiently on hardware, with varying degrees of error awareness.
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Verify: Validate and evaluate your quantum circuits.
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Run: Run on our hardware with job configuration options such as sessions.
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API reference: Find API references for the Qiskit SDK, Qiskit Runtime IBM Client, Qiskit IBM Runtime REST API, and Qiskit IBM Provider in the API reference drop-down menu above. You can also find the Error code registry here and migration guides here.
Community
Join other users in our quantum community to share ideas and see what others are up to.
- Join our Slack channel(opens in a new tab)
- Follow us on LinkedIn(opens in a new tab)
- Start contributing to our GitHub(opens in a new tab)
- Find us on YouTube(opens in a new tab)
- Stay up-to-date with our blog(opens in a new tab)
Next steps
- Install and set up for Qiskit.
- Run the Hello world program.
- Explore hand-on tutorials in IBM Quantum Learning, such as:
- Take the Basics of quantum information(opens in a new tab) course.
- View a list of all tutorials in IBM Quantum Learning(opens in a new tab).