Brightway Software Ecosystem#

The is growing larger every year! This page lists different Brightway packages. If you would like to add your own project, simply add it to this page by opening a pull request.

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  root((🌿 Brightway))
    id(📈 VISUALIZATION)
        bw2analyzer
        polyviz
    id(🧮 ASSESSMENT)
        bw2calc
        bw_temporalis
        bw2regional
        lca_algebraic
        pathways
        bw_timex
    id(💿 DATABASE)
        bw2data
        bw_processing
        ScenarioLink
    id(🧩 INVENTORY)
        ocelot
        wurst
        futura
        premise
    id(🖋️ IN/OUT)
        bw2io
        ecoinvent_interface
        brightpath
        unfold
    id(💻 WebApp)
        Panel WebApp
    id(🖥️ USER INTERFACE)
       Activity Browser

Core Brightway Libraries#

Project	Description
`bw2data`	Project management, graph storage and ORM using SQLite, search
`bw2calc`	Matrix-based calculations
`bw2io`	ETL for LCA data
`bw2analyzer`	Analyze inventory data and LCA results

Supporting Brightway Libraries#

Project	Description
`bw2parameters`	Library for storing, validating, and calculating with parameters
`bw_graph_tools`	Path traversal and graph manipulation
`bw_interface_schemas`	Interface schemas for data transfer in Brightway
`bw_processing`	Tools to create datapackages in a common format
`bw_simapro_csv`	Importing SimaPro CSV files into Brightway
`ecoinvent_migrate`	Code to generate Randonneur migration files for ecoinvent releases
`ecoinvent_interface`	Unofficial python interface to ecoinvent data
`matrix_utils`	Build and iterate on matrices using datapackages
`multifunctional`	Multifunctional activities in Brightway
`pyecospold`	Read and write `ecospold` XML versions 1 and 2
`randonneur_data`	Data for the randonneur ETL library and specification
`randonneur`	Library to apply flexible changes to datasets
`stats_arrays`	NumPy array interface for defining uncertain parameters

Major Community Projects#

Project	Description
`bw_hestia_bridge`	Importing Hestia data into Brightway
`bw_graph_tools`	Path traversal and graph manipulation in Brightway
`bw_simapro_csv`	Importing SimaPro CSV files into Brightway
`bw_processing`	Creation of structured arrays in a common format
`bw_temporalis`	Dynamic LCA, considering time in both inventory and impact assessment
`bw_timex`	Account for temporal distribution and evolution in Time-explicit LCA
`bw_aggregation`	Flexibly use aggregated unit processes for faster calculations
`bw_regional`	Regionalized LCA calculations

Other Community Projects#

Projects extending Brightway#

Project	Authors	Development	Contributors	Stargazers
Activity Browser	Activity Browser team
`presamples`	Pascal Lesage
`brightway2-aggregated`	CIRAIG
`bw2landbalancer`	CIRAIG
`bw2waterbalancer`	CIRAIG
`lca_algebraic`	oie-mines-paristech
`premise`	Romain Sacchi
`polyviz`	Romain Sacchi
`wurst`	Chris Mutel et al.