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Change log: 8.1.1

Written by Dr. Oliver S. Lee | Oct 19, 2026, 9:21:40 AM

Digichem (backend) v8.1.1

New features and improvements:
  • The SOS and SCS variants of the double hybrid wPBEPP86 functionals have been added to the method library
  • The time-consuming density cube file can now be disabled in xTB calculations
  • Upgraded bundled xTB program to 6.7.1
  • Added new server endpoints for retrieving methods by class name
  • Methods returned from the server now include their index where applicable
  • Added support for the outcore (-rw) version of std2
Bugfixes:
  • Fixed out of memory errors in xTB and similar programs that use large amount of stack memory (ulimit)
  • Fixed xTB calculations crashing if the topo file is absent for some reason
  • Fixed a bug when exclusively using basis set exchange basis sets and no ECPs are available

 

Digichem-library v8.1.1

New features and improvements:
  • Result parsers can now accept an atoms_default argument for when coord parsing fails
Bugfixes:
  • Fixed parsing xTB calculations if the topo file is absent for some reason
  • Fixed fallback parser not calling Openprattle_converter correctly
  • Added a patch for PySCF cube writer failing with very large structures