joshspeagle/brutus

# brutus *Et tu, Brute?*  [](https://github.com/joshspeagle/brutus/actions) [](https://codecov.io/gh/joshspeagle/brutus) [](https://brutus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest) [](https://pypi.org/project/astro-brutus/) [](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02227) [](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) **Documentation**: [brutus.readthedocs.io](https://brutus.readthedocs.io) ## Installation pip install astro-brutus Requires Python 3.9+ on Linux, macOS, or Windows with WSL. **Windows users**: Due to the `healpy` dependency, brutus requires WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Windows. ### Development Install git clone https://github.com/joshspeagle/brutus.git cd brutus pip install -e ".[dev]" ## Data Files Download required stellar models and dust maps: from brutus import fetch_grids, fetch_isos, fetch_dustmaps fetch_grids() # MIST stellar grids fetch_isos() # MIST isochrones fetch_dustmaps() # 3D dust maps Data files are also available from the [Harvard Dataverse](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/astro-brutus). ## Citation If you use `brutus`, please cite [Speagle et al. (2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02227). ## License MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details. ## Contact - Author: Joshua S. Speagle () - Issues: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/joshspeagle/brutus/issues) ## Acknowledgments `brutus` uses [MIST](http://waps.cfa.harvard.edu/MIST/) stellar evolution models and [Bayestar](https://argonaut.skymaps.info/) dust maps. We thank the developers for making their data publicly available.