README.md

NSimX

A fast and simple gravitational N-body simulator based on the Leapfrog integration scheme.

1. Installation

Dependencies:

• A C compiler
• Python
  • NumPy
  • Matplotlib
  • imageio

To install NSimX, run the following command in your terminal:

$ https://github.com/Kushaalkumar-pothula/NSimX.git

2. Usage

To run the code, first compile main.c using a C compiler. The compilation was tested successfully using gcc:

$ gcc main.c -o main

This generates an executable which can be run:

$ ./main

Next, run the analysis script:

$ python plot.py