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+# MQT Bench - A MQT tool for Benchmarking Quantum Software Tools
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+The MQT Bench library forms is part of the quantum software tools developed as part of the _{doc}`Munich Quantum Toolkit (MQT) <mqt:index>`_ by the [Chair for Design Automation](https://www.cda.cit.tum.de/) at the [Technical University of Munich](https://www.tum.de/). 
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+```{include} ../README.md
+:start-after: <!-- SPHINX-START -->
+```