OpenKIM

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KIM Quarterly Update (October 2026) Dear OpenKIM users, Welcome to the KIM Quarterly Update for October 2026! We hope your year has gone well and wish you a pleasant end of the year and holiday season. We would like to inform you of some recent and upcomi…	1	31	November 1, 2026
Multiple KIM installations or cannot find libkim-api.so howto , gulp , lammps Dear KIM users, A common issue people have with using OpenKIM potentials is being unable to find libkim-api.so, or having multiple installations of OpenKIM and the simulation program not using the correct one. If your …	4	453	July 5, 2024
Welcome to the OpenKIM Forum on matsci.org Greetings and welcome to the OpenKIM Forum! Use this space to ask questions, give feedback, and talk about using and contributing to OpenKIM. MatSci.org is an effort co-managed by the Materials Project and the KIM Proje…	2	2077	July 10, 2020
Contributing a LAMMPS Simulator Model for AIREBO-BC (pair_style airebo/bc)	7	130	July 12, 2026
kim-api-collections-management install user fails — OpenKIM API returns MongoDB connection error	2	64	June 17, 2026
Don't understand OpenKIM	4	154	May 26, 2026
Unable to Access OpenKIM Website error	2	95	April 23, 2026
Error in installing KIM model	12	262	January 3, 2026
The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/openkim/latest/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file	1	93	January 2, 2026
openKIM potential database seems inaccessible	3	114	September 3, 2025
Lammps openkim edip potential for carbon	9	294	August 27, 2025
Force Field choice for polymeric electrolyte reaxff , howto , lammps	2	422	August 17, 2025
Question on ERROR: KIM ModelCreate failed (src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp:840) lammps	3	98	July 24, 2025
Emergency shutdown (memory images has been reset to disk)q	2	71	February 5, 2025
ERROR: KIM Model name not found lammps	5	132	January 8, 2025
OpenKIM/Kliff: Listing parameters for 2NN-MEAM potentials	2	123	December 18, 2024
KIM model name not found error	2	74	December 13, 2024
Installing kim in linux lammps	1	87	December 1, 2024
Can someone help me find pair style for this model?	2	86	November 3, 2024
Keyword lattce has out of range element index (src/USER-MEAMC/pair_meamc.cpp:640)	3	2148	August 9, 2024
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'	3	153	July 18, 2024
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kim_query' (SOLVED)	2	134	July 5, 2024
I received an unusual error call on : "Must use 'kim init' command before the simulation box is defined (src/KIM/kim_init.cpp:89)." error , lammps	2	191	June 11, 2024
It appears I'm encountering an issue with the Kim init command	6	210	June 8, 2024
OpenKim Installation	2	250	May 28, 2024
ERROR : KIM Compute returned error (src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp:251) error , lammps	9	323	May 22, 2024
KLIFF and GULP howto	13	367	May 6, 2024
Error in downloading kim model	1	241	March 6, 2024
KIM Model name not found	9	598	December 11, 2023
Running tests on a new model howto	5	323	November 2, 2023

KIM Quarterly Update (October 2026)

Dear OpenKIM users, Welcome to the KIM Quarterly Update for October 2026! We hope your year has gone well and wish you a pleasant end of the year and holiday season. We would like to inform you of some recent and upcomi…

1

31

November 1, 2026

Multiple KIM installations or cannot find libkim-api.so

howto , gulp , lammps

Dear KIM users, A common issue people have with using OpenKIM potentials is being unable to find libkim-api.so, or having multiple installations of OpenKIM and the simulation program not using the correct one. If your …

4

453

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the OpenKIM Forum on matsci.org

Greetings and welcome to the OpenKIM Forum! Use this space to ask questions, give feedback, and talk about using and contributing to OpenKIM. MatSci.org is an effort co-managed by the Materials Project and the KIM Proje…