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Kissat SAT solver

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usage: kissat [ <option> ... ] [ <dimacs> [ <proof> ] ]

where '<option>' is one of the following common options:

  --help  print this list of all command line options
  -h      print only reduced list of command line options

  -f      force writing proofs (to existing CNF alike file)
  -n      do not print satisfying assignment

  -q      suppress all messages (see also '--quiet')
  -s      print all statistics (see also '--statistics')
  -v      increase verbose level (see also '--verbose')

Further '<option>' can be one of the following less frequent options:

  --banner             print solver information
  --build              print build information
  --color              use colors (default if connected to terminal)
  --no-color           no colors (default if not connected to terminal)
  --compiler           print compiler information
  --copyright          print copyright information
  --force              same as '-f' (force writing proof)
  --id                 print 'git' identifier (SHA-1 hash)
  --range              print option range list
  --relaxed            relaxed parsing (ignore DIMACS header)
  --strict             stricter parsing (no empty header lines)
  --version            print version

The following solving limits can be enforced:

  --conflicts=<limit>
  --decisions=<limit>
  --time=<seconds>

Satisfying assignments have by default values for all variables
unless '--partial' is specified, then only values are printed
for variables which are necessary to satisfy the formula.

The following predefined 'configurations' (option settings) are supported:

  --basic    basic CDCL solving ('--plain' but no restarts, minimize, reduce)
  --default  default configuration
  --plain    plain CDCL solving without advanced techniques
  --sat      target satisfiable instances ('--target=2 --restartint=50')
  --unsat    target unsatisfiable instances ('--stable=0')

Or '<option>' is one of the following long options:

  --ands=<bool>              extract and eliminate and gates [true]
  --backbone=0..2            binary clause backbone (2=eager) [1]
  --backboneeffort=0..1e5    effort in per mille [20]
  --backbonemaxrounds=1...   maximum backbone rounds [1e3]
  --backbonerounds=1...      backbone rounds limit [100]
  --bigbigfraction=0..1e3    big binary clause fraction per mille [990]
  --bump=<bool>              enable variable bumping [true]
  --bumpreasons=<bool>       bump reason side literals too [true]
  --bumpreasonslimit=1...    relative reason literals limit [10]
  --bumpreasonsrate=1...     decision rate limit [10]
  --chrono=<bool>            allow chronological backtracking [true]
  --chronolevels=0...        maximum jumped over levels [100]
  --compact=<bool>           enable compacting garbage collection [true]
  --compactlim=0..100        compact inactive limit (in percent) [10]
  --congruence=<bool>        congruence closure on extracted gates [true]
  --congruenceandarity=2..5e7 AND gate arity limit [1e6]
  --congruenceands=<bool>    extract AND gates for congruence closure [true]
  --congruencebinaries=<bool> extract certain binary clauses [true]
  --congruenceites=<bool>    extract ITE gates for congruence closure [true]
  --congruenceonce=<bool>    congruence closure only initially [false]
  --congruencexorarity=2..20 congruence XOR gate arity limit [4]
  --congruencexorcounts=1... XOR counting rounds [2]
  --congruencexors=<bool>    extract XOR gates for congruence closure [true]
  --decay=1..200             per mille scores decay [50]
  --definitioncores=1..100   how many cores [2]
  --definitions=<bool>       extract general definitions [true]
  --definitionticks=0...     kitten ticks limits [1e6]
  --defraglim=50..100        usable defragmentation limit in percent [75]
  --defragsize=10...         size defragmentation limit [2^18]
  --eagersubsume=0..4        eagerly subsume previous learned clauses [4]
  --eliminate=<bool>         bounded variable elimination BVE [true]
  --eliminatebound=0..2^13   maximum elimination bound [16]
  --eliminateclslim=1...     elimination clause size limit [100]
  --eliminateeffort=0..2e3   effort in per mille [100]
  --eliminateinit=0...       initial elimination interval [500]
  --eliminateint=10...       base elimination interval [500]
  --eliminateocclim=0...     elimination occurrence limit [2e3]
  --eliminaterounds=1..1e4   elimination rounds limit [2]
  --emafast=10..1e6          fast exponential moving average window [33]
  --emaslow=100..1e6         slow exponential moving average window [1e5]
  --equivalences=<bool>      extract and eliminate equivalence gates [true]
  --extract=<bool>           extract gates in variable elimination [true]
  --factor=<bool>            bounded variable addition [true]
  --factorcandrounds=0...    candidates reduction rounds [2]
  --factordelay=0..12        delaying factor [4]
  --factoreffort=0..1e6      bounded variable effort in per mille [50]
  --factorhops=1..10         structural factoring heuristic hops [3]
  --factoriniticks=1..1e6    initial ticks ticks in millions [700]
  --factorsize=2...          bounded variable addition clause size [5]
  --factorstructural=<bool>  structural bounded variable addition [false]
  --fastel=<bool>            initial fast variable elimination [false]
  --fastelclslim=1...        fast elimination clause length limit [100]
  --fastelim=1..1e3          fast elimination resolvents limit [8]
  --fasteloccs=1..1e3        fast elimination occurrence limit [100]
  --fastelrounds=1..1e3      fast elimination rounds [4]
  --fastelsub=<bool>         forward subsuming fast variable elimination [true]
  --flushproof=<bool>        flush proof lines immediately [false]
  --focusedtiers=<bool>      always used focused mode tiers [true]
  --forcephase=<bool>        force initial phase [false]
  --forward=<bool>           forward subsumption in BVE [true]
  --forwardeffort=0..1e6     effort in per mille [100]
  --ifthenelse=<bool>        extract and eliminate if-then-else gates [true]
  --incremental=<bool>       enable incremental solving [false]
  --jumpreasons=<bool>       jump binary reasons [true]
  --lucky=<bool>             try some lucky assignments [true]
  --luckyearly=<bool>        lucky assignments before preprocessing [true]
  --luckylate=<bool>         lucky assignments after preprocessing [true]
  --mineffort=0...           minimum absolute effort in millions [10]
  --minimize=<bool>          learned clause minimization [true]
  --minimizedepth=1..1e6     minimization depth [1e3]
  --minimizeticks=<bool>     count ticks in minimize and shrink [true]
  --modeinit=10..1e8         initial focused conflicts limit [1e3]
  --modeint=10..1e8          focused conflicts interval [1e3]
  --otfs=<bool>              on-the-fly strengthening [true]
  --phase=<bool>             initial decision phase [true]
  --phasesaving=<bool>       enable phase saving [true]
  --preprocess=<bool>        initial preprocessing [true]
  --preprocessbackbone=<bool> backbone preprocessing [true]
  --preprocesscongruence=<bool> congruence preprocessing [true]
  --preprocessfactor=<bool>  variable addition preprocessing [true]
  --preprocessprobe=<bool>   probing preprocessing [true]
  --preprocessrounds=1...    initial preprocessing rounds [1]
  --preprocessweep=<bool>    sweep preprocessing [true]
  --probe=<bool>             enable probing [true]
  --probeinit=0...           initial probing interval [100]
  --probeint=2...            probing interval [100]
  --proberounds=1...         probing rounds [2]
  --profile=0..4             profile level [2]
  --promote=<bool>           promote clauses [true]
  --quiet=<bool>             disable all messages [false]
  --randec=<bool>            random decisions [true]
  --randecfocused=<bool>     random decisions in focused mode [true]
  --randecinit=0...          random decisions interval [500]
  --randecint=0...           initial random decisions interval [500]
  --randeclength=1...        random conflicts length [10]
  --randecstable=<bool>      random decisions in stable mode [false]
  --reduce=<bool>            learned clause reduction [true]
  --reducehigh=0..1e3        high reduce fraction per mille [900]
  --reduceinit=2..1e5        initial reduce interval [1e3]
  --reduceint=2..1e5         base reduce interval [1e3]
  --reducelow=0..1e3         low reduce fraction per mille [500]
  --reluctant=<bool>         stable reluctant doubling restarting [true]
  --reluctantint=2..2^15     reluctant interval [2^10]
  --reluctantlim=0..2^30     reluctant limit (0=unlimited) [2^20]
  --reorder=0..2             reorder decisions (1=stable-mode-only) [2]
  --reorderinit=0..1e5       initial reorder interval [1e4]
  --reorderint=1..1e5        base reorder interval [1e4]
  --reordermaxsize=2..2^8    reorder maximum clause size [100]
  --rephase=<bool>           reinitialization of decision phases [true]
  --rephaseinit=10..1e5      initial rephase interval [1e3]
  --rephaseint=10..1e5       base rephase interval [1e3]
  --restart=<bool>           enable restarts [true]
  --restartint=1..1e4        base restart interval [1]
  --restartmargin=0..25      fast/slow margin in percent [10]
  --restartreusetrail=<bool> restarts tries to reuse trail [true]
  --seed=0...                random seed [0]
  --shrink=0..3              learned clauses (1=bin,2=lrg,3=rec) [3]
  --simplify=<bool>          enable probing and elimination [true]
  --smallclauses=0...        small clauses limit [1e5]
  --stable=0..2              enable stable search mode [1]
  --statistics=<bool>        print complete statistics [false]
  --substitute=<bool>        equivalent literal substitution [true]
  --substituteeffort=1..1e3  effort in per mille [10]
  --substituterounds=1..100  maximum substitution rounds [2]
  --subsumeclslim=1...       subsumption clause size limit [1e3]
  --subsumeocclim=0...       subsumption occurrence limit [1e3]
  --sweep=<bool>             enable SAT sweeping [true]
  --sweepclauses=0...        environment clauses [2^10]
  --sweepcomplete=<bool>     run SAT sweeping until completion [false]
  --sweepdepth=0...          environment depth [2]
  --sweepeffort=0..1e4       effort in per mille [100]
  --sweepfliprounds=0...     flipping rounds [1]
  --sweepmaxclauses=2...     maximum environment clauses [2^15]
  --sweepmaxdepth=1...       maximum environment depth [3]
  --sweepmaxvars=2...        maximum environment variables [2^13]
  --sweeprand=<bool>         randomize sweeping environment [false]
  --sweepvars=0...           environment variables [2^8]
  --target=0..2              target phases (1=stable,2=focused) [1]
  --tier1=1..100             learned clause tier one glue limit [2]
  --tier1relative=0..1e3     relative tier one glue limit [500]
  --tier2=1..1e3             learned clause tier two glue limit [6]
  --tier2relative=0..1e3     relative tier two glue limit [900]
  --transitive=<bool>        transitive reduction of binary clauses [true]
  --transitiveeffort=0..2e3  effort in per mille [20]
  --transitivekeep=<bool>    keep transitivity candidates [true]
  --tumble=<bool>            tumbled external indices order [true]
  --verbose=0..3             verbosity level [0]
  --vivify=<bool>            vivify clauses [true]
  --vivifyeffort=0..1e3      effort in per mille [100]
  --vivifyfocusedtiers=<bool> use focused tier limits [true]
  --vivifyirr=0..100         relative irredundant effort [3]
  --vivifysort=<bool>        sort vivification candidates [true]
  --vivifytier1=0..100       relative tier1 effort [3]
  --vivifytier2=0..100       relative tier2 effort [3]
  --vivifytier3=0..100       relative tier3 effort [1]
  --walkeffort=0..1e6        effort in per mille [50]
  --walkinitially=<bool>     initial local search [false]
  --warmup=<bool>            initialize phases by unit propagation [true]

Furthermore '<dimacs>' is the input file in DIMACS format.
The solver reads from '<stdin>' if '<dimacs>' is unspecified.
If the path has a '.bz2', '.gz', '.lzma', '7z' or '.xz' suffix
then the solver tries to find a corresponding decompression
tool ('bzip2', 'gzip', 'lzma', '7z', or 'xz') to decompress
the input file on-the-fly after checking that the input file
has the correct format (starts with the corresponding
signature bytes).

If '<proof>' is specified then a proof trace is written to the
given file.  If the file name is '-' then the proof is written
to '<stdout>'. In this case the ASCII version of the DRAT format
is used.  For real files the binary proof format is used unless
'--no-binary' is specified.

Writing of compressed proof files follows the same principle
as reading compressed files. The compression format is based
on the file suffix and it is checked that the corresponding
compression utility can be found.
Options (177)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpprint this list of all command line optionshelp
-hprint only reduced list of command line optionshelp
-fforce writing proofs (to existing CNF alike file)help
-ndo not print satisfying assignmenthelp
-qsuppress all messages (see also '--quiet')help
-sprint all statistics (see also '--statistics')help
-vincrease verbose level (see also '--verbose')help
--bannerprint solver informationhelp
--buildprint build informationhelp
--coloruse colors (default if connected to terminal)help
--no-colorno colors (default if not connected to terminal)help
--compilerprint compiler informationhelp
--copyrightprint copyright informationhelp
--forcesame as '-f' (force writing proof)help
--idprint 'git' identifier (SHA-1 hash)help
--rangeprint option range listhelp
--relaxedrelaxed parsing (ignore DIMACS header)help
--strictstricter parsing (no empty header lines)help
--versionprint versionhelp
--conflicts limithelp
--decisions limithelp
--time secondshelp
--basicbasic CDCL solving ('--plain' but no restarts, minimize, reduce)help
--defaultdefault configurationhelp
--plainplain CDCL solving without advanced techniqueshelp
--sattarget satisfiable instances ('--target=2 --restartint=50')help
--unsattarget unsatisfiable instances ('--stable=0')help
--ands boolextract and eliminate and gates [true]help
--backbone 0..2binary clause backbone (2=eager) [1]help
--backboneeffort 0..1e5effort in per mille [20]help
--backbonemaxrounds 1...maximum backbone rounds [1e3]help
--backbonerounds 1...backbone rounds limit [100]help
--bigbigfraction 0..1e3big binary clause fraction per mille [990]help
--bump boolenable variable bumping [true]help
--bumpreasons boolbump reason side literals too [true]help
--bumpreasonslimit 1...relative reason literals limit [10]help
--bumpreasonsrate 1...decision rate limit [10]help
--chrono boolallow chronological backtracking [true]help
--chronolevels 0...maximum jumped over levels [100]help
--compact boolenable compacting garbage collection [true]help
--compactlim 0..100compact inactive limit (in percent) [10]help
--congruence boolcongruence closure on extracted gates [true]help
--congruenceands boolextract AND gates for congruence closure [true]help
--congruenceites boolextract ITE gates for congruence closure [true]help
--congruenceonce boolcongruence closure only initially [false]help
--congruencexors boolextract XOR gates for congruence closure [true]help
--decay 1..200per mille scores decay [50]help
--definitioncores 1..100how many cores [2]help
--definitions boolextract general definitions [true]help
--definitionticks 0...kitten ticks limits [1e6]help
--defraglim 50..100usable defragmentation limit in percent [75]help
--defragsize 10...size defragmentation limit [2^18]help
--eagersubsume 0..4eagerly subsume previous learned clauses [4]help
--eliminate boolbounded variable elimination BVE [true]help
--eliminatebound 0..2^13maximum elimination bound [16]help
--eliminateclslim 1...elimination clause size limit [100]help
--eliminateeffort 0..2e3effort in per mille [100]help
--eliminateinit 0...initial elimination interval [500]help
--eliminateint 10...base elimination interval [500]help
--eliminateocclim 0...elimination occurrence limit [2e3]help
--eliminaterounds 1..1e4elimination rounds limit [2]help
--emafast 10..1e6fast exponential moving average window [33]help
--emaslow 100..1e6slow exponential moving average window [1e5]help
--equivalences boolextract and eliminate equivalence gates [true]help
--extract boolextract gates in variable elimination [true]help
--factor boolbounded variable addition [true]help
--factorcandrounds 0...candidates reduction rounds [2]help
--factordelay 0..12delaying factor [4]help
--factoreffort 0..1e6bounded variable effort in per mille [50]help
--factorhops 1..10structural factoring heuristic hops [3]help
--factoriniticks 1..1e6initial ticks ticks in millions [700]help
--factorsize 2...bounded variable addition clause size [5]help
--factorstructural boolstructural bounded variable addition [false]help
--fastel boolinitial fast variable elimination [false]help
--fastelclslim 1...fast elimination clause length limit [100]help
--fastelim 1..1e3fast elimination resolvents limit [8]help
--fasteloccs 1..1e3fast elimination occurrence limit [100]help
--fastelrounds 1..1e3fast elimination rounds [4]help
--fastelsub boolforward subsuming fast variable elimination [true]help
--flushproof boolflush proof lines immediately [false]help
--focusedtiers boolalways used focused mode tiers [true]help
--forcephase boolforce initial phase [false]help
--forward boolforward subsumption in BVE [true]help
--forwardeffort 0..1e6effort in per mille [100]help
--ifthenelse boolextract and eliminate if-then-else gates [true]help
--incremental boolenable incremental solving [false]help
--jumpreasons booljump binary reasons [true]help
--lucky booltry some lucky assignments [true]help
--luckyearly boollucky assignments before preprocessing [true]help
--luckylate boollucky assignments after preprocessing [true]help
--mineffort 0...minimum absolute effort in millions [10]help
--minimize boollearned clause minimization [true]help
--minimizedepth 1..1e6minimization depth [1e3]help
--minimizeticks boolcount ticks in minimize and shrink [true]help
--modeinit 10..1e8initial focused conflicts limit [1e3]help
--modeint 10..1e8focused conflicts interval [1e3]help
--otfs boolon-the-fly strengthening [true]help
--phase boolinitial decision phase [true]help
--phasesaving boolenable phase saving [true]help
--preprocess boolinitial preprocessing [true]help
--preprocessfactor boolvariable addition preprocessing [true]help
--preprocessprobe boolprobing preprocessing [true]help
--preprocessrounds 1...initial preprocessing rounds [1]help
--preprocessweep boolsweep preprocessing [true]help
--probe boolenable probing [true]help
--probeinit 0...initial probing interval [100]help
--probeint 2...probing interval [100]help
--proberounds 1...probing rounds [2]help
--profile 0..4profile level [2]help
--promote boolpromote clauses [true]help
--quiet booldisable all messages [false]help
--randec boolrandom decisions [true]help
--randecfocused boolrandom decisions in focused mode [true]help
--randecinit 0...random decisions interval [500]help
--randecint 0...initial random decisions interval [500]help
--randeclength 1...random conflicts length [10]help
--randecstable boolrandom decisions in stable mode [false]help
--reduce boollearned clause reduction [true]help
--reducehigh 0..1e3high reduce fraction per mille [900]help
--reduceinit 2..1e5initial reduce interval [1e3]help
--reduceint 2..1e5base reduce interval [1e3]help
--reducelow 0..1e3low reduce fraction per mille [500]help
--reluctant boolstable reluctant doubling restarting [true]help
--reluctantint 2..2^15reluctant interval [2^10]help
--reluctantlim 0..2^30reluctant limit (0=unlimited) [2^20]help
--reorder 0..2reorder decisions (1=stable-mode-only) [2]help
--reorderinit 0..1e5initial reorder interval [1e4]help
--reorderint 1..1e5base reorder interval [1e4]help
--reordermaxsize 2..2^8reorder maximum clause size [100]help
--rephase boolreinitialization of decision phases [true]help
--rephaseinit 10..1e5initial rephase interval [1e3]help
--rephaseint 10..1e5base rephase interval [1e3]help
--restart boolenable restarts [true]help
--restartint 1..1e4base restart interval [1]help
--restartmargin 0..25fast/slow margin in percent [10]help
--seed 0...random seed [0]help
--shrink 0..3learned clauses (1=bin,2=lrg,3=rec) [3]help
--simplify boolenable probing and elimination [true]help
--smallclauses 0...small clauses limit [1e5]help
--stable 0..2enable stable search mode [1]help
--statistics boolprint complete statistics [false]help
--substitute boolequivalent literal substitution [true]help
--substituteeffort 1..1e3effort in per mille [10]help
--substituterounds 1..100maximum substitution rounds [2]help
--subsumeclslim 1...subsumption clause size limit [1e3]help
--subsumeocclim 0...subsumption occurrence limit [1e3]help
--sweep boolenable SAT sweeping [true]help
--sweepclauses 0...environment clauses [2^10]help
--sweepcomplete boolrun SAT sweeping until completion [false]help
--sweepdepth 0...environment depth [2]help
--sweepeffort 0..1e4effort in per mille [100]help
--sweepfliprounds 0...flipping rounds [1]help
--sweepmaxclauses 2...maximum environment clauses [2^15]help
--sweepmaxdepth 1...maximum environment depth [3]help
--sweepmaxvars 2...maximum environment variables [2^13]help
--sweeprand boolrandomize sweeping environment [false]help
--sweepvars 0...environment variables [2^8]help
--target 0..2target phases (1=stable,2=focused) [1]help
--tier1 1..100learned clause tier one glue limit [2]help
--tier1relative 0..1e3relative tier one glue limit [500]help
--tier2 1..1e3learned clause tier two glue limit [6]help
--tier2relative 0..1e3relative tier two glue limit [900]help
--transitive booltransitive reduction of binary clauses [true]help
--transitiveeffort 0..2e3effort in per mille [20]help
--transitivekeep boolkeep transitivity candidates [true]help
--tumble booltumbled external indices order [true]help
--verbose 0..3verbosity level [0]help
--vivify boolvivify clauses [true]help
--vivifyeffort 0..1e3effort in per mille [100]help
--vivifyirr 0..100relative irredundant effort [3]help
--vivifysort boolsort vivification candidates [true]help
--vivifytier1 0..100relative tier1 effort [3]help
--vivifytier2 0..100relative tier2 effort [3]help
--vivifytier3 0..100relative tier3 effort [1]help
--walkeffort 0..1e6effort in per mille [50]help
--walkinitially boolinitial local search [false]help
--warmup boolinitialize phases by unit propagation [true]help

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