Bloodhound User Guide

Under Construction

Update (March 2026): Bloodhound is currently undergoing major updates and is temporarily unavailable. If you are interested in using it or would like to be notified when the new version is released, please contact me.

Python Dependencies

Bloodhound requires the following Python packages:

Required Input Data

Bloodhound requires the following input datasets: *** make sure to write where these files need to be! ***

  • Simulation snapshots
  • Rockstar halo catalogs
  • Rockstar .bin files
  • Consistent-trees full merger tree data: tree.hdf5
  • Snapshot time information: snapshot_redshift_scale-factor.txt

Directory Structure