Xanadu Integrates PennyLane and Catalyst with the Munich Quantum Toolkit
Xanadu’s PennyLane and its Catalyst compiler are now integrated with the Munich Quantum Toolkit — bringing advanced quantum compilation directly into one of the most widely used quantum programming frameworks, with just a single line of code.
Xanadu, one of the world’s leading quantum computing companies, has announced the integration of PennyLane and its Catalyst compiler with the Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT), co-developed and maintained by MQSC and Technical University of Munich.
The integration connects PennyLane’s intuitive Python interface with MQT’s high-performance compilation, optimization, and verification tools. Users can now tap into these capabilities automatically — without changing their existing code structure. A single additional line in a PennyLane program is all it takes to unlock the full compilation pipeline running underneath.
As quantum programs grow in complexity alongside hardware, efficient compilation is becoming a critical bottleneck. This collaboration addresses that directly: PennyLane handles the user-facing interface, while Catalyst and MQT share the heavy lifting for compilation — drawing on decades of mature classical compiler technology now adapted for quantum.
For the full announcement, see the official press release.