dishtiny

Framework for digital multicellularity research.

Check out the live in-browser web app at https://mmore500.com/dishtiny.

• Free software: MIT license
• Documentation: https://dishtiny.readthedocs.io.
• Microbenchmark results: https://osf.io/3v9kp/
• Header-only C++17 Library

Local Setup

For mac users, you will need

softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
xcode-select --install

Then, for all users,

git clone https://github.com/mmore500/dishtiny.git --single-branch --depth 1

./dishtiny/third-party/submodules.sh
./dishtiny/third-party/install_emsdk.sh

python3 -m venv dishtiny/.env
source dishtiny/.env/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install uv wheel "setuptools<82"
python3 -m uv pip install -r dishtiny/third-party/requirements.in --no-build-isolation

make -C dishtiny web-no-pthread
make -C dishtiny serve

and navigate to http://localhost:8000/web.

To build the native executable (requires MPI),

make -C dishtiny native

Citing

If dishtiny contributes to a scientific publication, please cite it as

Moreno, M. A., & Ofria, C. (2019). Toward open-ended fraternal transitions in individuality. Artificial life, 25(2), 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00284

@article{moreno2019toward,
    author = {Moreno, Matthew Andres and Ofria, Charles},
    title = "{Toward Open-Ended Fraternal Transitions in Individuality}",
    journal = {Artificial Life},
    volume = {25},
    number = {2},
    pages = {117-133},
    year = {2019},
    month = {05},
    issn = {1064-5462},
    doi = {10.1162/artl_a_00284},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/artl\_a\_00284},
    eprint = {https://direct.mit.edu/artl/article-pdf/25/2/117/1896700/artl\_a\_00284.pdf},
}

Please also cite core dependencies Empirical and signalgp-lite. And don't forget to leave a star on GitHub!