Cite and Support RAS Commander¶

RAS Commander is an open-source library developed with contributions from its community and with recognition of the libraries and prior work that helped make it possible.

If you use RAS Commander, please consider citing the library in published work or mentioning it when sharing your results. Recognition helps others understand the software behind the work, supports RAS Commander and its contributors, and helps sustain continued open-source development.

Cite RAS Commander¶

Include the version when practical so readers can reproduce the software environment. The repository's CITATION.cff is the canonical structured citation record and is available through GitHub's Cite this repository menu.

Copy-ready methods or report sentence:

This work used RAS Commander vX.Y.Z, the open-source Python library for automating and analyzing HEC-RAS projects (https://github.com/gpt-cmdr/ras-commander).

For partial use:

Parts of this workflow used RAS Commander vX.Y.Z for HEC-RAS automation and results processing.

Use the citation format required by the publication, agency, or client. The structured citation metadata records the library's formal authorship; the Acknowledgments page recognizes contributors, foundational libraries, and prior work used during development.

When sharing results, examples, or workflows publicly, please consider naming RAS Commander and linking to the repository. For example:

Built with RAS Commander, an open-source Python library for HEC-RAS automation: https://github.com/gpt-cmdr/ras-commander

Optional topic tags include #RASCommander, #HECRAS, and #OpenSource. Agents may suggest or draft sharing language, but should never publish on a user's behalf without explicit authorization.

Products and Services¶

For commercial or closed-source products and services that use RAS Commander, a short library acknowledgment is appreciated:

Built with RAS Commander, the open-source Python library for HEC-RAS automation.

This acknowledgment is voluntary and does not imply endorsement by the RAS Commander project or its contributors.

Contribute Upstream¶

Reusable fixes, documentation, examples, and new capabilities are welcome. See the Contributing Guide for the development and pull-request workflow. Contribute only material you are authorized to share; never publish proprietary code, credentials, or client information.

Technical Assistance¶

For project-specific implementation, integration, review, or training, contact CLB Engineering Corporation.

License and Citation¶

Citation, acknowledgment, and social sharing are appreciated and voluntary. They do not add conditions to the RAS Commander MIT license. License notice requirements remain as stated in the repository's LICENSE file.