You need to first install openbabel and nlopt (we're working on a conda recipe to skip this step):

conda install -c conda-forge openbabel nlopt

Then you can install the package

pip install git+https://github.com/peteboyd/tobascco

This automatically installs a runscript that is appropriate for most use cases

A key part of the code are the SBU databases (metal nodes, organic linkers) some defaults are shipped with the package. Those databases are currently file based, i.e., plain text files that need to be parsed for every run of the code and to which new SBUs need to be appended.

New entries to the SBU database can be added using the code in createinput.py module (or job type create_sbu_input_files=True in an input file).

If you use this code, please cite Boyd, P. G.; K. Woo, T. A Generalized Method for Constructing Hypothetical Nanoporous Materials of Any Net Topology from Graph Theory. CrystEngComm 2016, 18 (21), 3777–3792.