cpymad

cpymad is a Cython binding to MAD-X for giving full control and access to a MAD-X interpreter in python.

Note: Support for 32bit builds and python 2.7 has been removed in version 1.8.0.

Note: Support for python<3.10 and manylinux1 have been removed in 1.19.0.

Contents

• Installation
• Building from source
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Troubleshooting
• Getting Started
  • Basic MAD-X commands
  • Controlling MAD-X
  • Accessing MAD-X
  • Logging commands
  • Redirecting output
• API Reference
  • cpymad.madx
  • cpymad.libmadx
  • cpymad.util
  • cpymad.types
• Known issues

Links

• Source code

• Issue tracker

• Latest release

• MAD-X source

Note that cpymad links against a custom build of MAD-X that may differ from the official CERN command line client. This binary may have problems that the official binary does not have and vice versa. See also: Reporting issues.

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page

Documentation updated: Jan 06, 2026