**************** What is edrixs? **************** EDRIXS is an open source toolkit for simulating XAS and RIXS spectra based on exact diagonalization of model Hamiltonians. It was started as part of `COMSCOPE project `_ in the Center for Computational Material Spectroscopy and Design, Brookhaven National Laboratory and is now maintained and developed in collaboration between the `Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division `_ and the `National Syncrotron Light Source II `_.