# User Guide

A variety of electronic structure methods are implemented in the PySCF package.
Many of them can also be used for solid-state calculations with periodic
boundary conditions.  This User Guide introduces the basic theories of these
methods and demonstrates their main functionalities.

```{toctree}
:caption: Getting started
:maxdepth: 1

install
using
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Building molecules and crystals
:maxdepth: 1

gto
pbcgto
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Electronic structure methods
:maxdepth: 1

scf
dft.rst
mp.rst
gw.rst
ci.rst
cc.rst
adc.rst
agf2.rst
mcscf.rst
mcpdft.rst
mrpt.rst
tddft.rst
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Other functionalities
:maxdepth: 1

solvent.rst
qmmm.rst
md.rst
df.rst
pbc.rst
eph.rst
lo.rst
sgx.rst
geomopt.rst
gpu.rst
```

```{toctree}
:caption: PySCF-forge
:maxdepth: 1

pyscf-forge
pprpa.rst
```

```{toctree}
:caption: Extensions
:maxdepth: 1

extensions
```