brian-team/brian2

Brian is a free, open source simulator for spiking neural networks.

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A clock-driven simulator using Python with symbolic equation parsing via SymPy and code generation through Cython, enabling efficient neuron and synapse modeling without manual low-level implementation. Integrates with NumPy/SciPy for numerical computation and supports GSL for advanced mathematical operations, while maintaining cross-platform compatibility through standardized Python packaging.

1,142 stars and 26,826 monthly downloads. Used by 2 other packages. Actively maintained with 33 commits in the last 30 days. Available on PyPI.

Maintenance 23 / 25
Adoption 22 / 25
Maturity 18 / 25
Community 25 / 25

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1,142

Forks

281

Language

Python

License

Last pushed

Mar 17, 2026

Monthly downloads

26,826

Commits (30d)

33

Dependencies

8

Reverse dependents

2

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