tobiasosborne/QuantumHardware.jl

QuantumHardware.jl addresses a specific pain point in the quantum computing ecosystem: the lack of a standardized, machine-readable registry of hardware capabilities (qubit counts, fidelities, topology, and modalities). While currently at 0 stars and 1 day old, the project is notable because its author, Tobias Osborne, is a prominent professor in quantum information theory, lending significant domain authority to the data schema. The value proposition is not the code itself, but the 'data gravity' of a maintained, public-source database that can be ingested by simulators like Sturm.jl. The defensibility is low (3) because the data is sourced from public documents and could be replicated by a dedicated analyst; however, the effort required to maintain high-fidelity data across ion traps, superconducting circuits, and neutral atoms creates a minor barrier to entry. Frontier labs have zero interest in this niche cataloging task. The primary risk is 'bit rot'—if the database isn't updated as fast as the hardware evolves, it loses utility. Compared to commercial trackers like The Quantum Computing Report, this project's value lies in its integration-first approach (DuckDB/TOML) for researchers.