brian2

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

Topics

• biological-simulations
• brian
• brian2
• code-generation
• computational-neuroscience
• differential-equations
• neuroscience
• python
• science
• simulation-framework
• spiking-neural-networks

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