User Manual

Complete manual for QECTOR Decoder v3: installation, license-token configuration (QECTOR_LICENSE, offline Ed25519 verification), decoder selection by code family, Stim/Sinter integration, batch and GPU decoding, and troubleshooting.

DecoderTarget codeSpeedAccuracyTier
Blossom (MWPM)CSS, SurfaceFast (UF pre-match)Exact optimalProduction
Belief-MatchingCSS, SurfaceModerateHighProduction
BP-OSDqLDPC, LDPCModerateOptimal for qLDPCProduction
Union-FindLarge surfaceNear-linear O(N)ApproximateProduction
GPU BatchAny (batch)High throughputIdentical to CPUProduction
Hybrid / CascadeDegenerate, mixedIterativeHighResearch
GNN Belief MatcherSurface, researchSlow (offline)Neural-enhancedResearch