Qiskit Aer Simulator

Qiskit Aer is a high-performance simulator backend for Qiskit, designed for fast and accurate simulation of quantum circuits on classical computers. It supports various simulation methods, including statevector, density matrix, extended stabilizer, and matrix product state, along with advanced noise modeling capabilities. The current version is 0.17.2, and it typically releases new versions in sync with major Qiskit releases to maintain compatibility.