ψQuantum Playground

Guided Tutorial

Quantum computing from zero, one click at a time. No math, no background needed.

Step 1 of 11 · Meet the qubit
Meet the qubit

This wire is a qubit

Welcome! In the next few minutes you'll run real quantum programs — no physics, no math, just clicking.

The horizontal line on the right is a qubit: the quantum version of a bit. A normal bit is a 0 or a 1, like a light switch. A qubit can be more interesting, as you're about to see.

Right now the qubit starts as |0⟩ (read: “ket zero” — the fancy brackets are just how physicists write it). The bar chart below the wire says: if you looked at this qubit, you'd find 0 with 100% certainty.

q0: |0⟩
Chance of each reading
|0
100.0%
|1
0.0%