
brian2
by brian-team (organization)
Brian is a free, open source simulator for spiking neural networks. (description from the project’s GitHub page)
Repository facts
- Stars
- 1,247
- Forks
- 306
- Open issues and pull requests
- 205
- Primary language
- Python
- License
- Other license
- Owner
- brian-team · Organization
- Created
- Nov 27, 2012
- Last push
- Oct 15, 2026
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