Here is a short overview of all parameters currently supported. Parameters which are used frequently are emphasized.
| SYSTEM | name of System |
| NWRITE | verbosity write-flag (how much is written) |
| ISTART | startjob: 0-new 1-cont 2-samecut |
| ICHARG | charge: 1-file 2-atom 10-const |
| ISPIN | spin polarized calculation (2-yes 1-no) |
| MAGMOM | initial mag moment / atom |
| INIWAV | initial electr wf. : 0-lowe 1-rand |
| ENCUT | energy cutoff in eV |
| PREC | precission: medium, high or low |
| NELM, NELMIN and NELMDL | nr. of electronic steps |
| EDIFF | stopping-criterion for electronic upd. |
| EDIFFG | stopping-criterion for ionic upd. |
| NSW | number of steps for ionic upd. |
| NBLOCK and KBLOCK | inner block; outer block |
| IBRION | ionic relaxation: 0-MD 1-quasi-New 2-CG |
| ISIF | calculate stress and what to relax |
| IWAVPR | prediction of wf.: 0-non 1-charg 2-wave 3-comb |
| ISYM | symmetry: 0-nonsym 1-usesym |
| LCORR | Harris-correction to forces |
| POTIM | time-step for ion-motion (fs) |
| TEBEG, TEEND | temperature during run |
| SMASS | Nose mass-parameter (am) |
| NPACO and APACO | distance and nr. of slots for P.C. |
| POMASS | mass of ions in am |
| ZVAL | ionic valence |
| RWIGS | Wigner-Seitz radii |
| NELECT | total number of electrons |
| NUPDOWN | fix spin moment to specified value |
| EMIN, EMAX | energy-range for DOSCAR file |
| ISMEAR | part. occupancies: -5 Blöchl -4-tet -1-fermi 0-gaus >0 MP |
| SIGMA | broadening in eV -4-tet -1-fermi 0-gaus |
| IALGO | algorithm: use only 8 (CG) or 48 (RMM-DIIS) |
| LREAL | non-local projectors in real space |
| ROPT | number of grid points for non-local proj in real space |
| GGA | xc-type: PW PB LM or 91 |
| VOSKOWN | use Vosko, Wilk, Nusair interpolation |
| DIPOL | center of cell for dipol |
| AMIX, BMIX | tags for mixing |
| WEIMIN, EBREAK, DEPER | special control tags |
| TIME | special control tag |
| LWAVE,LCHARG and LVTOT | create WAVECAR/CHGCAR/LOCPOT |
| LELF | create ELFCAR |
| LORBIT | create PROOUT |
| NPAR | parallelization over bands |
| LSCALAPACK | switch of scaLAPACK |