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ZXScope

A site to visualize and optimize quantum circuits in QASM format by applying ZX calculus rewrite rules

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
zxscope.vercel.app
Built by
Debugging Epohul

Bloat

97/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

ZXScope is a live, single-purpose tool for a real niche problem, quantum circuit T-count reduction, with presets, upload, and before/after ZX graphs. It wraps the PyZX library, serves a narrow research and education audience unlikely to pay, and has no pricing, accounts, docs, or sign of work after one post. It is a working but thin demo with little defensibility.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

The problem is real for quantum researchers and students, but the audience is tiny, no paying path is visible, and a free tool is the natural model here.

22/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

  1. Describes a genuine need, reducing T-count, but frames the tool as a demonstration with no mention of users or charging.

    “a little progress on this topic: https://zxscope.vercel.app built a site to clearly see how circuits in qasm format can be optimized and have their T-count reduced. what this does: - take a qasm circuit as input - show the zx diagram of the circuit, then after applying rewrite rules, produce an equivalent circuit with less T-count - convert the reduced diagram back into qasm format it mainly us”

    Post · @debuggingepohul · 27 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. No pricing, payments, or accounts on the site, so there is no path to revenue.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

It is a front end over the open-source PyZX library, so anyone with PyZX knowledge could rebuild it in a weekend.

8/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. States that it mainly uses the PyZX library for the logic, so the core optimization is not proprietary.

    “a little progress on this topic: https://zxscope.vercel.app built a site to clearly see how circuits in qasm format can be optimized and have their T-count reduced. what this does: - take a qasm circuit as input - show the zx diagram of the circuit, then after applying rewrite rules, produce an equivalent circuit with less T-count - convert the reduced diagram back into qasm format it mainly us”

    Post · @debuggingepohul · 27 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The site has no proprietary data, integrations, or accounts that would compound.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Only one post, on a single day in April 2026, and nothing in the 163 days since, so there is no evidence of steady shipping.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 0 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 163 days — scaled to 42%.

Receipts (1)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “a little progress on this topic: https://zxscope.vercel.app built a site to clearly see how circuits in qasm format can be optimized and have their T-count reduced. what this does: - take a qasm circuit as input - show the zx diagram of the circuit, then after applying rewrite rules, produce an equivalent circuit with less T-count - convert the reduced diagram back into qasm format it mainly us”

    Post · @debuggingepohul · 27 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real, working optimizer is live over HTTPS, with presets, upload, and before/after ZX graphs, but it is a thin wrapper over PyZX with no docs, accounts, or backend signs.

52/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://zxscope.vercel.app responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The page offers presets, a .qasm upload, an optimize action, and before/after ZX graph views, so it appears to be a working tool; but it is a single-function wrapper with no verifiable output in the snapshot.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2026-04-27.

  • Operations2/15

    Only a live front end is visible, with no docs, API, accounts, status page, repo link, or second platform.

Receipts (4)

  1. https://zxscope.vercel.app responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The live page shows input presets (Toffoli, QFT, Clifford+T adder), an Optimize button, result metrics, ZX graph comparison, and optimized QASM output.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Describes the full flow: QASM in, ZX diagram, rewrite rules, reduced circuit, QASM out.

    “a little progress on this topic: https://zxscope.vercel.app built a site to clearly see how circuits in qasm format can be optimized and have their T-count reduced. what this does: - take a qasm circuit as input - show the zx diagram of the circuit, then after applying rewrite rules, produce an equivalent circuit with less T-count - convert the reduced diagram back into qasm format it mainly us”

    Post · @debuggingepohul · 27 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Facts show docs, accounts, status_page, and repo_links are all absent or false.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Free subdomain, no pricing, payments, privacy policy, terms, or support contact, and no team or roadmap; nothing suggests it is set up to be sustained or monetised.

15/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No mention of paying customers or revenue anywhere.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment3/20

    There is a single post, 'a little progress on this topic', and no later activity. The creator does have a separate quantum-themed channel, but nothing is dedicated to this project and there is no roadmap or team.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The post is purely technical and mentions no customers or income.

    “a little progress on this topic: https://zxscope.vercel.app built a site to clearly see how circuits in qasm format can be optimized and have their T-count reduced. what this does: - take a qasm circuit as input - show the zx diagram of the circuit, then after applying rewrite rules, produce an equivalent circuit with less T-count - convert the reduced diagram back into qasm format it mainly us”

    Post · @debuggingepohul · 27 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. One post only, with no roadmap or follow-up.

    “a little progress on this topic: https://zxscope.vercel.app built a site to clearly see how circuits in qasm format can be optimized and have their T-count reduced. what this does: - take a qasm circuit as input - show the zx diagram of the circuit, then after applying rewrite rules, produce an equivalent circuit with less T-count - convert the reduced diagram back into qasm format it mainly us”

    Post · @debuggingepohul · 27 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. The page offers no community, contact, or project channel.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · zxscope.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)