We present our package [binary_c-python](https://binary_c.gitlab.io/binary_c-python/), a population synthesis code which is aimed to provide a convenient and easy-to-use interface to the [binary_c](https://binary_c.gitlab.io/binary_c/) framework, allowing the user to rapidly evolve single stellar systems and populations of star systems. Based on earlier Perl versions by [Robert Izzard](https://robizzard.gitlab.io/), updated and extended for Python 3 by [David Hendriks](https://davidhendriks.com/), Robert Izzard. Credits to Jeff Andrews for early efforts on the python-c interface.
`binary_c-python` is developed for students and scientists in the field of stellar astrophysics, who want to study the evolution of individual or populations of single and binary star systems (see the [example use-case notebooks](https://binary_c.gitlab.io/binary_c-python/example_notebooks.html) in the [online documentation](https://binary_c.gitlab.io/binary_c-python)).
This is the release branch for `binary_c-python` version [1.0.0](https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c-python/-/tree/releases/1.0.0/2.2.4) and `binary_c` version [2.2.4](https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c/-/tree/releases/2.2.4).
This is the development branch for `binary_c-python` version [1.0.1](https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c-python/-/tree/releases/1.0.1/2.2.4) and `binary_c` version [2.2.4](https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c/-/tree/releases/2.2.4).
The latest release branch is `binary_c-python` version [1.0.0](https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c-python/-/tree/releases/1.0.0/2.2.4) and `binary_c` version [2.2.4](https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c/-/tree/releases/2.2.4).
## Installation
Below we provide the installation instructions for `binary_c-python`.
