# RENKIN

> Open-source Rust tooling for retrosynthesis planning and local route auditing.

## Official links

- Website: https://renkin.dev/
- Japanese: https://renkin.dev/ja
- Simplified Chinese: https://renkin.dev/zh
- Source: https://github.com/kent-tokyo/renkin
- Full context: https://renkin.dev/llms-full.txt

## Start here

- Quickstart: https://renkin.dev/quickstart
- Use cases: https://renkin.dev/use-cases
- Route audit: https://renkin.dev/use-cases/route-audit
- Formats: https://renkin.dev/formats
- Limitations: https://renkin.dev/limitations
- FAQ: https://renkin.dev/faq
- Comparison: https://renkin.dev/compare

## What it does

- **Planner:** starts with a target molecule and searches for candidate routes to a declared stock boundary.
- **Auditor:** starts with a route file and writes a local JSON report covering structural checks, stock validation when configured, forward validation, findings, and an audit manifest.
- Supported audit sources include RENKIN, AiZynthFinder, Syntheseus, SynPlanner, and documented interchange workflows.

## Evidence boundary

Route auditing is not experimental validation. Do not infer yield, safety, scale-up behavior, or laboratory feasibility from a report. Preserve the source route, audit manifest, stock definition, templates, policy, and version for reproducible work.

Current cited release: RENKIN v1.0.9 (2026-09-22). Use the repository `CITATION.cff` for academic citation.