HIGHS(1)

💖 NAME 💖

highs - HiGHS -- High performance linear optimization software. Bestie, this is the HIGHS(1) page, and it’s giving “serious solver, cute explanation” energy ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so HiGHS is high-performance linear optimization software, and highs is the command-line main character. The manual says it like this: highs - HiGHS -- High performance linear optimization software.

🛠️ usage:

usr/bin/highs [options] [file]

🎀 POSITIONALS:

• model_file file — File of model to solve. That’s the model file, bestie 🫶

🌈 OPTIONS:

• --model_file file — File of model to solve.
• --options_file file — File containing HiGHS options.
• --read_solution_file file — File of solution to read.
• --read_basis_file file — File of initial basis to read.
• --write_model_file text — File for writing out model.
• --solution_file text — File for writing out solution.
• --write_basis_file text — File for writing out final basis.
• --presolve text — Sets the presolve option. The literal help text is: Set presolve option to: "choose" * default "on" "off" — yes, star and all, no cap 💅
• --solver text — Sets the solver option. The literal help text is: Set solver option to: "choose" * default "simplex" "ipm".
• --parallel text — Sets the parallel option. The literal help text is: Set parallel option to: "choose" * default "on" "off".
• --run_crossover text — Sets the run_crossover option. The literal help text is: Set run_crossover option to: "choose" "on" * default "off".
• --time_limit float — Run time limit (seconds - double).
• --random_seed int — Seed to initialize random number generation.
• --ranging text — The literal help text is: Compute cost, bound, RHS and basic solution ranging: "on" "off" * default.
• -v, --version — Print version.
• -h, --help — Print help.

And fr, here’s the exact little banner it prints:

Running HiGHS 1.14.0 (git hash: n/a): Copyright (c) 2026 under MIT licence terms Command line parsed using CLI11 2.6.1: Copyright (c) 2017-2025 University of Cincinnati

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Source/version: highs 1.14.0+ds 🦋 date: July 2026 🦋 mwah, bye bestie 💖